Oleksandr Oleksandrovych Usyk vs. Daniel Raphael Dubois 2 & Lawrence Okolie Jr. vs. Kevin Lerena RBR

Running order today at Wembley:

• Lasha Guruli vs. James Francis, 6 rounds @ super lightweight
• Aadam Naseem Salem Hamed vs. Juan Ezequiel Gregores, 4 rounds @ super lightweight
• Vladyslav Hennadiyovych Sirenko vs. Solomon Dacres, 10 rounds @ heavyweight
• Daniel Sergeevich Lapin vs. Lewis Edmondson, 10 rounds @ light heavyweight
• Lawrence Mbawan Okolie, Jr. vs. Kevin Lerena, 12 rounds @ heavyweight
• Oleksandr Oleksandrovych Usyk vs. Daniel Raphael Dubois II, 12 rounds @ heavyweight

Main event ring walks expected about 4:40pm EST.

 

What a name. Don´t know why, but it cracked me up.

 

IB funfacts:

• This is Usyk's seventh consecutive bout versus a Brit; since 2019 he's fought nothing but.
  
  
• This is Usyk's third professional rematch; since 2020 he's been locked in with the same three opponents, twice apiece. This is his first non-direct rematch.
  
  
• Usyk comes in having boxed as many professional rounds as he'd boxed amateur rounds as of 2010 when he fought Arsen Goulamirian for the first time in the France v Ukraine International (Usyk then already has Ukraine national championship x2, AIBA worlds silver, AIBA President's Cup gold, and Olympic appearance to his credit)
  
  
• Dubois comes in with a .500 career record against southpaws (victory over Kevin Lerena by TKO3 and defeat by Usyk via KO9 in his very next bout nine months later)
  
  
• Dubois was the inspiration for the character design of King Dedede in Kirby's Dream Land
  (j/k that game came out 5 years before he was born... but like, look at him!)
  
  
• Attendance today at Wembley is expected to exceed 90k, with 83,000 tickets already sold as of two weeks ago. This could surpass Fury vs. Whyte as the number two all time highest boxing gate at Wembley (94k). The record is held by Dubois vs. Joshua last year (96k+)

 

Youngest son of Naz. Guess what his (very original) nickname is?

 

13th title fight for Usyk, 8th title fight which it to fought in his opponents country. Usyk´s willingness to travel is truly unique. It´s rare to champions do any sort of traveling.

 

This undercard sucks balls.

 

Usyk by stoppage between 7-12 rounds. Dubois is quitter, Quit with Joyce Quit with Usyk after right jab. U can't change your mental just like that. He have back in the head like he lost with Oleksandr once.

 

Last summer I traveled to my family's village in Calabria. On a full moon night, I entered the cemetery holding the remains of my ancestors going back 500 years. I sliced open the palm of my right hand, sprinkled to dripping blood on the graves and declared out loud:
" Jupiter Optimus et Maximus, Jesus Mary and all the Saints, I swear by my blood that I will never watch, view or hear any boxing match that involves L. Okolie".
Therefore I will not be viewing this card and will not enter this RBR until Usyk-Dubois begins.

A man has to have dignity and faith.

 

The undercard is pretty uninspiring I have no interest in watching Okolie either so I'll just tune in for the main event.

 

What's the undercard exactly?

 

One more IB funfact:

• It has been 5,790 days since Usyk was last defeated (by Egor Leonidovich Mekhontsev, on September 11th of 2009). @LilButt - who celebrates his 13th birthday a week from tomorrow - was negative three years old.

 

Literally right in post #3.