On August 26, 2023, a 25-year-old Daniel Dubois (19-1, 18 KOs) got a shot at the heavyweight WBA (Super), IBF, WBO, and The Ring title held by 36-year-old Ukrainian boxer Oleksandr Usyk (20-0, 13 KOs).
Dubois came in to the fight on a 4-fight win streak with a 90% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 8 months and 23 days. Usyk was on a 20-fight win streak with a 65% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 1 year and 6 days.
Oleksandr Usyk stopped Daniel Dubois via TKO in the 9th round of the 12-round world-title fight, and successfully defended his WBA (Super), IBF, WBO, and The Ring heavyweight titles. Usyk improves his record to 21-0 (14 KOs), while Dubois adds a loss to his record at 19-2.
On November 28, 2020, a 23-year-old Daniel Dubois (15-0, 14 KOs) and a 35-year-old fellow British boxer Joe Joyce (11-0, 10 KOs) met in the ring in a heavyweight bout.
Dubois came in to the fight on a 15-fight win streak with a 93% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 2 months and 30 days. Joyce was on a 11-fight win streak with a 90% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 4 months and 3 days.
Joe Joyce stopped Daniel Dubois via KO in the 10th round. Joyce improves his record to 12-0 (11 KOs), while Dubois adds a loss to his record at 15-1.