"Someone has to finish it": Dubois wished Usyk to lose to Fury

Daniel Dubois (22-2, 21 KOs), the holder of the International Boxing Federation (IBF) belt, admitted that he would like to see Tyson Fury (34-1-1, 24 KOs) in a rematch with Oleksandr Usyk (22-0, 14 KOs). At the same time, the Briton called his compatriot an outsider in the fight and expressed hope for a sensation.

Dubois said this in an interview with the Seconds Out YouTube channel. The heavyweight champion noted that Usyk's undefeated streak, which continues to defeat British boxers, must be stopped, and Fury is clearly capable of beating the Ukrainian boxer.

"Listen, well, upsets happen. You never know what's going to happen in the heavyweight division. That's boxing. I'm going to pick Fury, I want Fury to win, but you never know anything for sure. Wuxia has been around for a while now. super heavyweight and someone has to finish it.

In the first fight, Oleksandr defeated Tyson by split decision – 114:113, 113:114, 115:112 – and became the absolute world heavyweight champion.

A month after the fight, on May 18, the Ukrainian was forced to give up the International Boxing Federation (IBF) belt, which Dubois defended on September 21 by brutally knocking out Anthony Joshua (28-4, 25 KOs).

Before that, Oleksandr spoke categorically about what would happen if Tyson tried to disrupt the rematch. He also shared his expectations for the second fight with Fury and responded to accusations of cheating during the May 18 fight. In addition, Oleksandr told what he learned from this fight.

The legendary Wladimir Klitschko shared his expectations for the rematch between Usyk and Fury. And ex-champion Amir Khan disagreed with the forecasts for the boxers' second fight. In addition, Russian Alexander Povetkin attributed the success of our compatriot to Russia.

In turn, Russian boxing coach Andrei Ivichuk called Tyson the winner of the upcoming rematch with Alexander. And the Ukrainian named the only boxer he is interested in fighting after the second fight with the Briton.

In addition, Joshua answered the question of who he would like to see win the rematch between Usyk and Fury. The Briton himself named his motivation for the second fight against our compatriot. He also told when he would start preparing for the fight.

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