By Gabriel F. Cordero
Officials are set for the August 26 clash between WBA/IBF/WBO heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk and WBA regular champion Daniel Dubois, taking place at the Tarczynski Arena in Wroclaw, Poland.
The referee will be Luis Pabón (Puerto Rico). Judges are the venerable Stanley Christodolau (South Africa), Pawlo Kardyna (Poland), and Leszek Jankowiak (Poland).
Usyk is currently running as about a 12:1 favorite.
19-1 with 18 koes makes this worth dropping a few bucks on Dubois. I don’t think he will win, but at those odds and in this sport, a $20 bet could make your weekend and if instead it goes the way expected, you won’t feel it.
Save the $20. If Joshua couldn’t do it. Dubois definitely can’t!
I am not so sure. Joshua has confidence issues and Usyk is getting up there. He also has not looked all that good at heavy outside of Joshua.. That said….two Polish judges in Poland does not bode well for Dubois.
I’d say it’s a good bet. I think Joshua got in there and overthought his way through those two fights. Dubois most certainly will not. He has one way to win. I expect him to come out swinging for the fences. Don’t expect him to land, but we’ll see.
No such thing as a good bet. You are losing even when your fighter wins.
How?
Usyk wins with late stoppage.
Props to Usyk taking on a young dangerous heavyweight. Meanwhile, Fury pretending to retire just to avoid a real fight.
Spence lost but at least he went for all the marbles. Fury is one of the softest heavyweight champions in history.
I hope Dubois can win, it will make the division interesting, no disrespect to Usyk
Dubois is strong but SLOOOW!
Usyk will make him look like an amateur with his movement and counters.
Most likely outcome is a Unanimous decision for Usyk, but a late round tko is definitely possible!
If anything I’d check the odds for a ko/tko by Usyk as that is a good bet.
Dubious has the punchers chance of course, but he won’t land it. Usyk will develop a plan for 3 rounds without much worry because Dubois is a one trick pony. Once the middle rounds kick in, the skill disparity will be on full display for a TKO in the 8th round, ref stoppage, mostly from exhaustion.
Maybe Dubois cuts Uysk with a few big shots. Usyk’s face certainly showed big damage from Joshua. That’s the only way I see this guy winning.