John Fury, father of heavyweight champion, Tyson, has laid out the blueprint for Daniel Dubois to pull off an upset victory in his upcoming unified title challenge against Oleksandr Usyk.
Tyson Fury was heavily linked to an undisputed clash with Usyk this year, but the latter pulled out of very public negotiations due to his belief that a fair deal could not be reached.
Instead, the Ukrainian will take on his WBA mandatory challenger Dubois in what will be his second defence of the unified title after defeating and rematching the previous champion, Anthony Joshua.
In an interview with Boxing Social via Free Bets Ireland, the father of ‘The Gypsy King’ said it was bad business from Usyk’s team, and believes Dubois could come away with the belts.
“Daniel Dubois can knock him out, so Usyk has dropped a clanger [by not accepting Fury fight]. Going up against an eighteen stone, six-foot-five heavyweight, who can punch, for peanuts compared to what he would get against Tyson? I don’t know where they [Usyk’s team] are going with that. Craziness.”
“They’ve [Dubois’ team] have got to have the right tactics, the right game plan and some b***ocks. That’s all that’s needed to take the cruiserweight down. But, if you try and box him, you are playing into his hands, fighting his fight. You’ve got to get rough and tough with him and you have got to be able to sustain attacks and then you beat Usyk, easy.”
“Without sustained, two-phased attacks, power shots and bullying him, using your size, forget about it. If you’re going to try and out-jab him, a cruiserweight, forget about it, you’ve got to hit him with everything but the kitchen sink and keep it going.”
Usyk and Dubois will meet on August 26 in Wroclaw, Poland, in an event that can be watched live on TNT Sports pay-per-view in the UK and ESPN+ in the US.