Usyk vs Dubois 2: Oleksandr Usyk plays mind games with Daniel Dubois at weigh-in

Oleksandr Usyk v Daniel Dubois 2

Venue: Wembley Stadium, London Date: Saturday, 19 July

Coverage: Listen connected BBC Radio 5 Live and BBC Sounds, travel unrecorded substance commentary from 20:00 BST connected Saturday, 19 July connected BBC Sport website and app.

Oleksandr Usyk attempted to get successful Daniel Dubois' caput 1 last clip by stepping up of the Briton and lasting astatine the beforehand of the signifier during the weigh-in astatine BoxPark Wembley.

Dubois tipped the scales astatine 17st 6lb with Usyk coming successful astatine a career-heavy 16st 3lb for their undisputed heavyweight contention connected Saturday.

After a tense face-off the brace turned to the assemblage but Usyk walked guardant and flexed his muscles to artifact his rival from presumption earlier Dubois followed him.

"I'm locked in, focused and I can't wait," Dubois said.

"I'm going to triumph by immoderate means necessary."

But Dubois, 27, was chopped abbreviated erstwhile Usyk moved to the beforehand of the signifier again - raising his arms to gully a immense cheer.

Dubois, who has 22 wins successful 24 fights arsenic a professional, looked perturbed that his rival had stolen the limelight and walked disconnected shaking his head.

It was the last clip WBA (Super), WBO and WBC champion Usyk and IBF title-holder Dubois volition travel face-to-face earlier gathering successful a rematch astatine Wembley Stadium connected Saturday.

Usyk, 38, is undefeated successful 23 nonrecreational contests and claimed a ninth-round stoppage erstwhile they fought successful August 2023.

"It's a large accidental for my radical and my country. See you tomorrow," was each Usyk had to say.

Usyk was undisputed astatine cruiserweight and moved up a part successful 2019. He has grown into his heavyweight framework implicit the past six years and is 1 lb heavier than erstwhile helium bushed Tyson Fury successful December.

He is eight pounds heavier than erstwhile helium stopped Dubois successful Poland 23 months ago.

Londoner Dubois erstwhile again had to judge being the B-side connected location turf with astir of the 400 oregon truthful radical astatine BoxPark showing enactment for Usyk.

Several Ukrainian flags were hanging from the balcony and it was wide who they had travel to see, though that enactment mightiness not chopped done arsenic overmuch erstwhile astir 90,000 battalion into Wembley Stadium.

Fellow heavyweights Joseph Parker and Dave Allen were among those watching on, portion Britain's past undisputed heavyweight champion Lennox Lewis was besides successful attendance.

Lewis, who held each 3 satellite titles successful 1999, has urged Dubois to "rise to the occasion" and offered up proposal connected however to woody with the undefeated Usyk.

"Dubois needs to get that jab going, propulsion him against the ropes and commencement combinations - don't discarded punches and enactment eager," Lewis told BBC Sport.

"Remember helium is the existent heavyweight and needs to property him."

Dubois trimmed down to 16st 9lb erstwhile helium mislaid against Usyk but has since recovered large occurrence aft bulking up to bushed Jarrell Miller, Filip Hrgovic and Anthony Joshua.

Dubois is bidding to go the archetypal Briton to reign undisputed successful the four-belt era.