OLEKSANDR USYK will defend his world heavyweight titles against British challenger Daniel Dubois TONIGHT!
The Ukrainian, 36, has not lost in 20 professional bouts as he prepares for the second defence of his heavyweight crown.
Usyk goes into the bout after two superb wins against Anthony Joshua, most recently in August last year.
Meanwhile, Dubois, 25, is seeking to become world champion at the first time of asking.
- Main event ring-walk time: 11pm BST (approx)
- TV channel: TNT Sports Box Office
- Live stream: TNT Sports Box Office app/website
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Lapin vs Schwarz – R4
The Ukraine-heavy crowd breaks into a round of applause – clearly not for the tepid boxing in the ring right now.
Lapin is only interested in a drawn-out points victory and Schwarz is content enough to afford him it.
This will be 30 minutes I never get back.
With each passing bell another little part of me dies.
Lapin vs Schwarz – R3
These boys are just patting each other on the gloves and plodding about.
Run to your kettles, fridges and toilets now while the 'action' is limited.
And pray, pray for a drastic influx of punching, endeavor and belief in the later rounds.
Lapin vs Schwarz – R2
It's tentative and dull but this partisan Ukraine crowd seem just happy to have something to celebrate.
Lapin is poking out a right jab but throwing nothing meaningful.
Schwarz is limited too and Lapin lands a one-two.
Hopefully all the fireworks are being saved for main event.
- By Wally Downes Jr
Here we go!
Daniel Lapin – a close friend and training partner of Oleksandr Usyk's – gets the action underway on TNT.
The Ukraine light-heavy faces Aro Schwartz over 10 rounds.
Can Team Usyk get off to the perfect start before they defend their heavyweight world titles against Daniel Dubois tonight?
- By Connor Greaves
How to watch Usyk vs Dubois
- Oleksandr Usyk vs Daniel Dubois will be broadcast live on TNT Sports Box Office.
- The PPV price for the bout is set at £19.95.
- You can live stream the action on the TNT Sports Box Office app/website.
- The app is available to download for FREE onto your mobile or tablet device.
- Alternatively, you can follow SunSport's live blog to keep up to date with all the action from the Tarczynski Arena in Poland.
What time are the ring-walks?
- The ring-walks for Oleksandr Usyk vs Daniel Dubois are expected to be at approximately 11pm BST.
- The main event is expected to get underway at approximately 11:15pm BST.
- Timings could be subject to change depending on the length of the undercard fights.
Dangerous Daniel Dubois
Dubois is ready to make good use of him shredding so much weight and believes that he has the minerals to dethrone Oleksandr Usyk.
The Brit said: "Usyk is a great fighter and I do respect him, but it's my time now.
"I'm going to shock the world and show people how good Daniel Dubois really is.
Weight a minute
Before the main event, both boxers always have to get weighed and there were some shocking results.
Oleksandr Usyk weighed in at 220.9lbs (15st 10lbs).
While Daniel Dubois incredibly weighed in at 233.2lbs (16st 9lbs) – which is seven pounds lighter than his last fight.
This has been DDD’s lightest weight in close to six years which shows how serious he is taking this title fight.
Usyk vs Dubois: boxing records
Oleksandr Usyk hasn’t been labelled a Ukrainian machine for no reason as his record speaks for itself.
The boxing champ has been involved in 20 fights and has won every single bout.
While Dubois record isn’t as immaculate, but it sure is impressive.
Usyk (20-0-0) – 13 KOs
Dubois (19-1-0) – 18 KOs and has been KO once before
- By Connor Greaves
What is the undercard?
Fans are gearing up for what is set to be a huge main event between Usyk and Dubois.
But the undercard is quite tasty itself:
- MAIN EVENT: Oleksandr Usyk vs Daniel Dubois – for WBO, WBA and IBF heavyweight titles
- Denys Berinchyk vs Anthony Yigit
- Dmytro Mytrofanov vs Hamzah Sheera
- Daniel Lapin vs Aro Schwartz
- Fiodor Czerkaszyn vs Anauel Ngamissengue
- Rafal Wolczecki vs Roberto Arriaza
- Vasile Cebotari vs Joel Julio
- Nursultan Amanzholov vs Lazizbek Mullojonov
- Oleksandr Solomennikov vs Piotr Gudel
- Ziyad Almaayouf vs Janos Penzes
- Bryce Mills vs Damian Tymosz
- Yaroslav Khartsyz vs Konrad Czajkowski
Welcome to Usyk vs Dubois
Grab your popcorn boxing fans as we have bill to get through and SunSport will be bringing you coverage of EVERY match.
But the main fight that we all want to see is heavy-hitting Oleksandr Usyk defending his world heavyweight titles against British challenger Daniel Dubois – and the action unfolds TONIGHT.
Dubois, 25, is seeking to become world champion at the first time of asking.
His only defeat in the pro ranks came at the hands of Joe Joyce three years ago.
On that occasion, he was stopped in the 10th round as he took a knee when his eye began to close.
Now he has rebuilt himself to the point where he believes he can pull off a huge upset against Olympic gold medallist Usyk.
However, this will be by far his hardest battle as the Ukranian icon has not lost in 20 professional bouts as he prepares for the second defence of his heavyweight crown including beating British superstar Anthony Joshua twice.
Don't go anywhere as coming right up, we'll have the undercard action, any breaking news and exclusive stories all before the big fight which is expected to get underway at 11pm BST.
Lapin vs Schwarz – R1
Lapin's long blonde locks are braided tight to his scalp as he gets the main card started.
The crowd is starting to grow in Wroclaw and corners of the 45,000-seater stadium are getting louder.
Southpaw Lapin is long and rangey while German Schwarz is short and powerful.
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