Oleksandr Usyk vs. Daniel Dubois Heavyweight Title Fight Set for August 26 in Poland

Unified heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk has confirmed an August 26 date for his title defense against Daniel Dubois in an Instagram post on Thursday.

The WBO, IBF, WBA and IBO titles will be on the line at the Tarczyński Arena in Wroclaw, Poland when Usyk faces Dubois.

The 36-year-old Usyk is 20-0 lifetime with 13 knockouts, while Dubois, 25, is 19-1 with 18 knockouts.

Usyk was in talks with Tyson Fury, the WBC heavyweight champion, for a unification title fight on April 29 in London.

However, as ESPN's Mike Coppinger reported in March, those talks broke down. The two sides agreed to a 70-30 net revenue split, per Coppinger, but couldn't see eye-to-eye on other "material terms critical to the deal beyond the split."

Now Usyk will take on Dubois, who has finished all of his knockout wins within five rounds. His last bout was in Dec. 2022, when he beat Kevin Lerena by third-round TKO.

Usyk was last in the ring in Aug. 2022, when he defeated Anthony Joshua for the second straight time. Usyk won the WBA, IBF, WBO and IBO heavyweight titles in Sept. 2021 after beating Joshua by unanimous decision. He then took Joshua down by split decision 11 months later.