Promoter Frank Warren says the undisputed heavyweight champion Oleksandr Ulsyk (24-0, 15 COs) defend next against his WBO-sheltered challenger Joseph Parker, following his fifth round victory over IBF champion Daniel Dubois (22-3, 21 CO’s) Saturday night in Wembley Stage in London.
Parker WBO Order
Warren, who promotes Parker, says the WBO has already ordered the title defense to be next. However, USYK did not say whether he would fight Parker, and you should suspect that he will not be interested in this fight, because it will be a big step backwards for him from the opposition he has to face.
Usyk destroyed the unfortunate Dubois tonight and hit him twice in the fifth round. It seemed that Dubois could get up after the second knockout, but instead stayed and counted by referee Michel Griffin at the 1:52 point.
USYK destroys unfortunate dubois
“It wasn’t one -sided. At the end it was. I think Daniel gave a good version of himself in some of the rounds. But he is an incredible fighter, Utilk, a contemporary big, ‘said the promoter Frank Warren BoxnationRespond to his fighter, Daniel Dubois, and is knocked out by Oleksandr Ulsyk.
I hate breaking it to Frank, but it was a one -sided fight tonight. Dubois did not win a round and seemed to just throw wildly in the hope of getting happy. He never got close to winning any of the rounds.
“Daniel, I hope he can learn from it. I was in the corner and told him to use his stitch. When he doubled his stitch and let his right hand go, he had success. It wasn’t his night, ‘says Warren.
If Dubois learned from a loss, he would have done it the last time, Utsyk knocked him out in 2023. Tonight Daniel looked just as bad, and it showed no improvement in his game. He was actually worse tonight because he fought more recklessly because of the slide he had on his shoulder the last time Utskyk knocked him out. Dubois just can’t think.
Warren’s next battle statement
“We’ll fight. His next battle will be against Joseph Parker, ” Warren said when asked if USKyk was ‘unbeatable’.
No, it won’t, Frank. USYK will not waste his time fighting the loss, Parker. USYK is likely to fight against Tyson Fury unless the ‘Gypsy King’ was full of hot air when he returned in 2026 to come back to fight against him. This is a more interesting battle for USKYK than Parker, which cannot sell.
“I hope so. He must learn from it. If he doesn’t learn from it, he won’t come again, ‘Warren said when asked if Dubois could come back from this defeat. It’s up to him. It was a difficult night or him. He got up at 10. He was not polished, ”Warren said when asked if Dubois was in order after this cruel knockout.
At 27, Dubois is not going to learn from this loss because he does not have the ring to improve. In addition, he does not have a wonderful coach. If Don Charles teaches him junk, what comes to him. He is likely to extend it with Charles to the bitter end, which will no longer be if he continues to be beaten.
“The WBO has already mentioned it, they didn’t? They mentioned it before the fight,” Warren said whether Parker would be next for USyk. “Unless he retires. From the appearance of him, I cannot see him retiring.
I earnestly doubt that Ulsyk will waste his time fighting Parker because he has no fan base, and there is no money in a fight against him. If the WBO pushes it, USKyk will surely evacuate that tire.
Parker can then be elevated to a paper champion, but his popularity will remain as low as it has always been. He does not have charisma, and his fighting style is now out of words, boring to look at. Parker conveyed himself in the version of Jimmy Young. He is so awful to look at.
“It was a good fight while it lasted. I don’t agree with you that it was a one -sided fight. He was there in a few rounds there. He finally just caught up with a shot and never recovered,” Warren said.
Frank is joking of himself if he doesn’t think the fight was one -sided. It was a mismatch between a much better, technically gifted utility to a leading, incompetent dubois. Warren’s fighter, Daniel, looked like an amateur in the ring tonight. It is disturbing that he does not admit that his fighter leagues were under umbrella.
Last updated on 07/19/2025
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