Daniel Dubois has his sights set on an undisputed world heavyweight championship conflict with the winner of the Oleksandr Usyk vs Tyson Fury rematch.
Dubois picked up the IBF heavyweight title that Usyk vacated and retained the belt with a shocking demolition of Anthony Joshua at Wembley stadium.
Usyk, who himself has gone undisputed at each cruiserweight and heavyweight, will struggle Fury for the opposite three main heavyweight titles on December 21, reside on Sky Sports activities Field Workplace.
However Dubois has a message for the winner of Usyk-Fury II. “I’m coming for their belts!” he instructed Sky Sports activities. “Positively. The highest guys, I would like them. I would like all of them.
“Simply going to tear proper via them. If it is Usyk then it’s going to be revenge. Or if it is Fury I am able to cowl that territory as properly. We’ll cope with it once we get there.
“It continues one struggle at a time. By no means overlook anybody. I’ve obtained some large fights lined up.
“Just keep coming through them, then eventually I’ll be right up there, undisputed. That’s my goal.”
His subsequent defence of the IBF title will likely be on February 22 in Riyadh in opposition to former WBO champion Joseph Parker.
He’d then prefer to field the Usyk-Fury winner later in 2025.
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“Saying that, yes. But I’m not overlooking Parker. That’s all on the line for him as well. He’ll be fighting just as hard as I am. Never overlook anyone. Deal with him first and then we can move on to that one,” Dubois mentioned.
Of the present heavyweight contenders with no title, Parker might be in the very best kind coming off a brace of fantastic wins over Zhilei Zhang and Deontay Wilder. Nonetheless Dubois chosen him for a voluntary defence.
“I feel ready to become a really elite fighter and fight all the best fights. My last five or four fights have all been at the top level so why go back down? I need to keep climbing that mountain until I get to the stars. And to the moon. And to the universe!” Dubois mentioned with a smile.
“Seek and destroy, that’s my mindset. Go all guns blazing but prepare properly. He’s been up the mountain and he’s a veteran now. So I need to go out there and really clean him out. Be better than him in every department.”
Dubois is buoyed by a brand new diploma of confidence after that superlative win over Joshua at Wembley.
“They say that’s what happens – you win a world title, you improve. I want to put those words to the test and see. I’ve got some new superpowers now,” he mentioned.
“Definitely something’s changed and I want to keep winning and keep going.”
Watch Usyk vs Fury II reside on Sky Sports activities Field Workplace on December 21
