This Saturday night sees a huge heavyweight bout between the veteran unified title holder from Ukraine in Oleksandr Usyk versus an up and coming 25-year-old Daniel Dubois from Britain. The fight will be in Poland, meaning a massive home crowd advantage for a national hero in Usyk.
In Dubois biggest jump in competition to date, can he handle both the fighter and the raucous crowd to pull off the upset and become the new heavyweight king? We use bookmaker William Hill to find the best odds to bet on ahead of this title bout.
※ Current Odds Date & Time: August 25th, 3:30 P.M. (GMT)
At the time of writing, Oleksandr Usyk is an enormous favourite, listed at 1.10 odds to win outright. Daniel Dubois provides a nice payday as the underdog at 7.00. Looking at the lines for method of result, a Usyk win by knockout pays off at 1.50, while a Usyk win by decision or technical decision is at 3.50. Dubois by knockout returns 9.00 odds and Dubois by decision or technical decision sits at 17.00. The draw pays at 21.00.
※ Current Odds Date & Time: August 25th, 3:30 P.M. (GMT)
This is another marquee match-up at heavyweight that will give bettors a huge favourite in Usyk, who should easily beat the younger fighter in Dubois. That being said, since suffering his only career loss, Dubois has looked impressive in putting himself back in position to be the mandatory challenger to Usyk.
Dubois also brings a height and youth advantage, along with a one punch capability that Usyk cannot match. Dubois has the “puncher’s chance”, but also the chance to show he is much more as he looks to ruin the impending super fight between Tyson Fury and Usyk, should the Ukrainian find a way to win. Usyk will look to use his footwork and dance around the power of Dubois, while out-boxing him from the outside and frustrating him into making mistakes.
Best bets for a fight of this magnitude can be hard to find with such a big disparity in odds. Usyk made his name unifying the cruiserweight belts, then moving up and beating the bigger name in Anthony Joshua, two times, to solidify his place in the heavyweight division and set up the obvious fight with Fury.
For those who believe Dubois to be a much more dangerous test than the version of Joshua that Usyk faced, Dubois by knockout at 9.00 is your best bet. For those that see Usyk as the higher skilled, technically superior boxer, William Hill has the enhanced odds promotion of Oleksandr Usyk to win in round 7-9, at odds of 5.00.
