While Oleksandr Usyk will rematch Daniel Dubois with the undisputed heavyweight title on the line once again, Usyk and fans alike are already aware that the end of the Ukrainian’s career is on the horizon. But as Usyk tells ESPN, he fully intends to fight at least once more in his home country before he retires from the sport.
“I’m not hoping ... I know it will be that way,” Usyk told ESPN prior to his fight against Dubois, when asked if hopes he will fight in Ukraine again. “Everything I start doing,
ADand everything I have started, I’ll finish to the end.”
Usyk is currently training in Spain because he says it’s too dangerous for him to fight in Kyiv with the ongoing war. In fact, Usyk corrects himself to say that he actually could train in Kyiv but that he wouldn’t be able to get sparring partners to come there, which is why he’s holding his camp outside of the country.
Before Usyk can look forward to a big homecoming event, however, he’ll need to deal with Dubois who will be coming into this rematch with a new confidence that he likely didn’t have the first time he faced Usyk. Whether or not that will be enough to topple Usyk, we’ll find out this weekend.
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