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Usyk – Dubois: When your dad turns a fight day into a pub session

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1 year ago

July 22, 2025

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While Oleksandr Usyk meditated in silence or shadowboxing in a darkened room, Daniel Dubois allegedly passed through the rolls with sausage and tried to keep strangers away from the cartridge-thanks to Dad, he turned the fight day into a full Essex Garden party.

According to Simon Jordan TalkSport, Daniel’s dad, Stanley, thought that this cracking of the idea was to host seventy people in the family home. On a real day of fighting. Not a press incident. Not sending. Only enormous, clamorous knees in the house where Daniel still lives.

So, while the Usyk camp probably smelled of deep warmth and laser, Dubois apparently got stuck listening to the guy in the kitchen, asking if there would be jelly arrows before everyone went to Wembley.

Dubois is known for being a still boy – he stays for himself, does work, says little. The exact opposite of everything it was. It is said that the house was so packed and clamorous that Daniel had just got into the car and went on a ride. Do not spotless his head before the greatest fight in his life – to escape from his uncle Keith, asking if he could take his Missus and her partner for a ring walk.

Too many guests, no plan

Then the journey genius came. Stanley – apparently realizing that he created an unofficial fan zone in his own home – he tried to organize additional cars to take everyone to Wembley. It went out. So what did he do? Daniel himself led.

With the exception … the car was not accredited in terms of access of the fighter.

So the IBF heavyweight master finished through the Wembley parking lot, as if he were tardy for a job interview at the Heated Dog stand. Without Dawn. No tunnel walking. Just Daniel, probably wondering how it all went sideways.

Even better – apparently there is a video that Stanley has it with safety, refusing to let Daniel let in, unless his whole crowd does not come either. Nothing gives the tone a fight for the title of world champion, just like your dad trying to bribe the flight, Greggs sausage roll, while Sharon Live Streams is on Facebook shouting: “We were promised VIP!”

He went to the ring like a fan

While this madness worked, Uyk was somewhere composed, terrifying and clinical. No noise. No drama. He just appeared and did what he was doing – in the 5th round he flattened Dubois with a blow called “Ivan”. Not someone from the party. The competent, edged law that ended the night.

Meanwhile, Daniel looked like someone who did not have a moment of the whole room all day. His dad was reportedly barking over the coach during the fight – actual screams during the corner time.

Nothing helps during the heavyweight war, such as your elderly man who burden the upper part of the guy, earning to keep you alive.

This time Daniel was not outclassed because of a lack of heart – he was just buried under madness. You train for months, prepare yourself like a professional, and you still play the host on the day of the fight. Not fully preparing textbooks.

Leave your dad in a pub

Sometimes daddies just have to stay in the pub. Not the ring. Without barking on the trainer. Just parked in a corner with a mug, a packet of Scamp fries and zero access to the safety gate.

Daniel deserved the better. Next time without a guest list, without a buffet, without the rear seat trainer – just a straight road to the ring and nobody wins the last roll of sausage.

Last updated 22/22/2025

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Sebastian Fundora vs Ermal Hadribeaj: Start Time and Live Results

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59 minutes ago

October 17, 2026

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"Sebastian Fundora vs Ermal Hadribeaj: Start Time and Live Results"

Sebastian Fundora defends his WBC super welterweight title against Ermal Hadribeaj on Saturday, October 17, 2026, at The Chelsea at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas, with the card starting at 8 p.m. ET / 5 p.m. PT / 1 a.m. BST Sunday. TNT and DAZN broadcast the fight live.

Updated Oct 14, 2026, 4:34 am EDT

FIGHT DAY! Sebastian Fundora vs Ermal Hadribeaj

Sebastian Fundora

Ermal Hadribaj

Date: Saturday, October 17, 2026
Venue: The Chelsea at The Cosmopolitan, Las Vegas
Card starts: 8:00 pm EDT / 1:00 am BST (Sun, Oct 18 in the UK)
Expected ring walks: 11:00 pm EDT / 4:00 am BST (Sun, Oct 18 in the UK)
Weight class: super welterweight
Scheduled distance: 12 rounds

Live results will appear here on fight night.

Sebastian Fundora vs Ermal Hadribeaj
WBC super welterweight title.

Brandon Figueroa vs. Tomoki Kameda bout is now off after Figueroa fell ill overnight.

Armando Reséndiz vs Koen Mazoudier
Super middleweight, 10 rounds.

Marco Romero vs Braulio Ferreira
Super middleweight, eight rounds.

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Daniel Dubois vs. Fabio Wardley Rematch: Live Results and Fight Updates

Published

4 hours ago

October 17, 2026

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Daniel Dubois vs. Fabio Wardley Rematch: Live Results and Fight Updates

By Boxing News 24 Desk – 10/17/2026 – Comments

Dubois defends his WBO heavyweight title against Wardley on DAZN PPV at The O2 Arena in London on Saturday, October 17.

Fabio Wardley gets another crack at Daniel Dubois five months after dropping him twice but losing their first fight. Dubois recovered to stop Wardley in the 11th round in Manchester.

UPCOMING

Daniel Dubois vs. Fabio Wardley

2026-10-17 · 14:00 ET / 7:00 PM UK · O2 Arena, London · Live on DAZN

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AFTER0ROUNDS

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Wardley returns as the challenger. Dubois makes his first defence against the heavyweight he dethroned in May, with DAZN PPV and DAZN Ultimate Tier carrying the rematch.

Start Time and Ring Walks

Coverage starts at 7 p.m. BST / 2 p.m. ET / 11 a.m. PT.

Dubois and Wardley are expected to make their ring walks at approximately 10:30 pm BST / 5:30 pm ET / 2:30 pm PT. All times fall on Saturday, October 17.

DAZN PPV Price

The standalone PPV costs £24.99 in the UK and $59.99 in the USincluding the undercard and main event.

DAZN Ultimate Tier subscribers receive the event without a separate PPV purchase.

Full Fight Card, Weigh-In Results and Expected Times

Daniel Dubois vs Fabio Wardley

WBO heavyweight title

Dubois: 253.9 lbs (115.17 kg) | Wardley: 248.3 lbs (112.63 kg)

Expected ring walks: 10:30 pm BST / 5:30 pm ET / 2:30 pm PT

Louie O’Doherty vs Michael Gomez Jr.

British and Commonwealth lightweight titles

O’Doherty: 134.12 lbs (60.84 kg) | Gomez Jr.: 134.3 lbs (60.92 kg)

Approximate start: 9:30 pm BST / 4:30 pm ET / 1:30 pm PT

Adam Olaniyan vs Dan Garber

Heavyweight

Olaniyan: 250.15 lbs (113.47 kg) | Garber: 223.15 lbs (101.22 kg)

Approximate start: 9:10 pm BST / 4:10 pm ET / 1:10 pm PT

Bakhodir Jalolov vs Solomon Dacres

Heavyweight

Jalolov: 255.12 lbs (115.72 kg) | Dacres: 242.9 lbs (110.18 kg)

Approximate start: 8:10 pm BST / 3:10 pm ET / 12:10 pm PT

Nelson Birchall vs Levi Gilles

Approximate start: 7:10 pm BST / 2:10 pm ET / 11:10 am PT

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Solomon Dacres Confidently Takes on Bakhodir Jalolov in Epic Showdown

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5 hours ago

October 17, 2026

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"Solomon Dacres Confidently Takes on Bakhodir Jalolov in Epic Showdown"

Solomon Dacres expects to stop Bakhodir Jalolov tonight, but his record offers little support for that prediction against the 6’7″ two-time Olympic gold medalist.

Jalolov has looked sluggish enough lately to give critics room for skepticism. The dominant puncher seen in the amateur ranks rarely appears in his prize ring outings, prompting a few observers to sniff an upset. Regardless, Jalolov looking flat does not suddenly transform Dacres into a top threat.

“Got to get him out of there, man,” Dacres told SecondsOut. “Mid to late rounds.”

That would be a considerable leap for a fighter whose most revealing professional result remains his first-round stoppage defeat to David Adeleye in December 2024.

Dacres describes that loss as a “blip,” but it came against the most notable opponent he had faced. Across five years as a professional, he hasn’t built a record of beating contenders that would make a Jalolov knockout seem likely.

His points win against Vladyslav Sirenko also requires context. Sirenko amassed numbers without testing himself against true threats, meaning that victory hardly proves Dacres can deal with Jalolov’s height, reach, and southpaw boxing skills.

“This fight here is beyond English title level, man,” Dacres said. “This is like world level.”

Jalolov deserves criticism for how slowly his professional career has moved and for performances that haven’t matched expectations. His Olympic medals don’t excuse that, and Dacres has an opportunity to make him work.

Expecting Dacres to win because Jalolov underwhelms ignores his own modest punch output. Managing just three stoppages across ten victories, he lacks the firepower to back up big talk.

For Dacres to land the kinds of sustained combinations required to stop someone Jalolov’s size, he has to pin him down. Jalolov does not fight like a traditional, stationary heavyweight slugger. Even when he looks uninspired, he uses lateral footwork, maintains long range with his southpaw lead hand, and angles off before opponents can set their feet.

Dacres lacks both the foot speed to cut off the ring effectively and the explosive one-punch power to make Jalolov cautious. If Dacres tries to force the issue, he’ll put himself at risk of getting caught. Pressing aggressively against a 6’7″ southpaw who excels at firing straight left hands down the pipe is asking for trouble.

Unless Jalolov completely checks out mentally and stands against the ropes to trade, Dacres will be eating long jabs and counters all night, with a Jalolov stoppage being the far more probable outcome.

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