Daniel Dubois picked up the most important win of his profession as he stopped Filip Hrgovic within the eighth spherical to win the interim IBF heavyweight title.
Dubois got here on sturdy within the second half of the bout and earned the win after the ringside physician determined Hrgovic couldn’t proceed on account of cuts.
The combat was happening in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia as a part of the Matchroom vs. Queensberry 5 on 5, with Hrgovic representing Eddie Hearn and Matchroom, and Dubois representing Frank Warren and Queensberry.
The bout was broadly believed to be for the vacant IBF heavyweight title following Oleksandr Usyk’s break up resolution victory over Tyson Fury in Could, with the belt anticipated to turn into vacant on account of Hrgovic’s lengthy wait as necessary challenger.
As a substitute, Usyk filed an exemption with the IBF, that means that they as an alternative opted to place the interim belt up for grabs for the winner of Hrgovic and Dubois.
Each fighters began the combat at a particularly quick tempo, touchdown huge photographs, with Hrgovic getting the higher of the early exchanges.
He started to tire because the combat reached the midway stage although, and was battling cuts over each eyes, and Dubois had arguably one of the best spherical of the combat within the seventh when he had his opponent stumbling after some huge punches.
One spherical later, the physician waved the combat off because of the cuts, with Dubois selecting up the large win and claiming the interim IBF heavyweight title.
Dubois might now be rewarded with an all-British showdown towards Anthony Joshua at Wembley Stadium in September, and he mirrored on his win.
“Full respect to Hrgovic, he is an effective fighter. It was a variety of expertise for me, and now I’ve bought this belt and it’s onto the subsequent. I used to be a bit chilly at first of the combat, I ate some photographs however they solely woke me up.
“The spherical earlier than the final I used to be attending to him. It was coming collectively like magic. I’m so happy with myself for this. I used to be on all-time low final 12 months and now I’m again on high. I’ve heard the subsequent opponent can be AJ, so carry it on. That is my period, that is my time.””
The victory for Dubois continued the streak for Queensberry on the evening, following a stoppage win for Hamzah Sheeraz over Ammo Williams, together with Nick Ball defeating Ray Ford by break up resolution to win the WBA featherweight title, and Willy Hutchinson beating Craig Richards by unanimous resolution.
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