{"id":32387,"date":"2025-07-18T20:16:26","date_gmt":"2025-07-18T20:16:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/usyk-vs-dubois-2-oleksandr-usyk-plays-mind-games-with-daniel-dubois-at-weigh-in\/"},"modified":"2025-07-18T20:16:28","modified_gmt":"2025-07-18T20:16:28","slug":"usyk-vs-dubois-2-oleksandr-usyk-plays-mind-games-with-daniel-dubois-at-weigh-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/usyk-vs-dubois-2-oleksandr-usyk-plays-mind-games-with-daniel-dubois-at-weigh-in\/","title":{"rendered":"Usyk vs Dubois 2: Oleksandr Usyk plays mind games with Daniel Dubois at weigh-in"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\"><b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">Oleksandr Usyk attempted to get in Daniel Dubois&#8217; head one final time by stepping ahead of the Briton and standing at the front of the stage during the weigh-in at BoxPark Wembley.<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Dubois tipped the scales at 17st 6lb with Usyk coming in at a career-heavy 16st 3lb for their undisputed heavyweight contest on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">After a tense face-off the pair turned to the crowd but Usyk walked forward and flexed his muscles to block his rival from view before Dubois followed him.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;I&#8217;m locked in, focused and I can&#8217;t wait,&#8221; Dubois said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;I&#8217;m going to win by any means necessary.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">But Dubois, 27, was cut short when Usyk moved to the front of the stage again &#8211; raising his arms to draw a huge cheer.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Dubois, who has 22 wins in 24 fights as a professional, looked perturbed that his rival had stolen the limelight and walked off shaking his head.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">It was the final time WBA (Super), WBO and WBC champion Usyk and IBF title-holder Dubois will come face-to-face before meeting in a rematch at Wembley Stadium on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Usyk, 38, is undefeated in 23 professional contests and claimed a ninth-round stoppage when they fought in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/sport\/boxing\/66630748\" class=\"ssrcss-k8mrr8-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\">August 2023.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;It&#8217;s a great opportunity for my people and my country. See you tomorrow,&#8221; was all Usyk had to say.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/sport\/boxing\/articles\/crl074jy866o\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Oleksandr Usyk attempted to get in Daniel Dubois&#8217; head one final time by stepping ahead of the Briton and standing at the front of the stage during the weigh-in at BoxPark Wembley. Dubois tipped the scales at 17st 6lb with Usyk coming in at a career-heavy 16st 3lb for their undisputed heavyweight contest on Saturday. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":32388,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[11],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32387"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32387"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32387\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32389,"href":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32387\/revisions\/32389"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32388"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32387"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32387"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32387"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}