Oleksandr Usyk may have his hands full once again with Daniel Dubois, the British fighter who boasts a 95% knockout ratio.
Their first fight in Poland was famously marred by a controversial low blow, which Dubois insists was a legal shot, and ended in a ninth round knockout victory for Usyk.
However, ‘Dynamite’ looks to turn the tables this time, and with the support of former undisputed champion Lennox Lewis, who backs a stoppage win for the IBF champion, there may be no stopping him now.
Already, he is coming into this fight on form with three stoppage wins in a row and his confidence through the roof.
So it is only right to take a look back at his five best stoppages, including his extraordinary comeback win in Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, no less.
Jarrell Miller
While it may not look like the most devastating stoppage of Jarrell Miller, it was a breakdown which revived the confidence of Dubois and kick-started his current renaissance.
In the lead-up to the fight, Miller was on his usual form in press conferences presenting an altogether different challenge mentally than what the now 27-year-old was used to.
But talking and fighting are two different things, which the Greenwich man proved convincingly on the night.
While early on, ‘Big Baby’ had rhythm and sunk in some heavy right hands, the 333-pound excess of the American left him gasping in the second half.
A good jab and a little left in the tank meant ‘DDD’ could punish his loudmouth opponent with calculated pressure.
Soon it was too much and with a few hooks from both levers, the Brooklyn banger was reduced to rubble in the corner as the referee stopped the bout in the dying embers of the final round.
Trevor Bryan
The original route to his first encounter with the Ukrainian saw England’s own head across the Atlantic to win the WBA ‘regular’ heavyweight title from Trevor Bryan.
500 fans in the Casino Miami, in true Don King fashion, saw the prospect figure out a tough Bryan in quick time, getting around the defence of the older man with left hooks through the middle.
Round four signalled the end for the ‘Dream’, who was walked onto a left hook in close to lay him out flat on the canvas for a Dubois knockout.
On the night he felt the performance ‘showed his heart’ and proved that he could belong near the world championship level.
It was a much more impressive victory for the time, considering where he was in his career, but it pales in comparison to his future success and stature.
Kyotaro Fujimoto
Similar to the previous finish, this was one of his best-looking fight-ending punches during his 24-fight career against Japan’s Kyotaro Fujimoto.
Another early one for the then-prospect, with him figuring out that the smaller man was a boxer who had little defensive acumen and fought in a straightforward manner.
The jab of Dubois is one key weapon highlighted for his next bout, and here it is apparent why when in the second round he floored Fujimoto with a solid lead hand.
As soon as he rose to his feet, the end was near.
A follow-up from the heavyweight title challenger saw a slight feint with the jab, slickly followed by a right hand across the chin to knock the Japanese boxer out cold.
Kevin Lerena
This win against Kevin Lerena is unbelievable when you remember the hometown fighter was knocked down three times in the first round.
The first knockdown was caused by the injury to the ankle the British fighter suffered when he got caught by a left hook to the temple.
A second was by Daniel’s own doing, taking himself to one knee from the pain but a third occurred in the final seconds of the round when Lerena landed a left to the side of the head.
He could’ve easily pulled out or been stopped by the referee, but carried on and caused a shock when he regrouped.
Round two was much less notable but the third saw a thunderous right hand down the middle put the South African on his back.
A finish out of nowhere as the heavy-handed Dubois showed he can get his man out of there when he used a mix of hooks and uppercuts to get the referee to step in.
It can’t be explained how he found the courage to continue on the injured leg, but he came out the other side with a victory which remains a highlight.
Anthony Joshua – round five KO
It wouldn’t be anything else, would it? The finest night of his career in Wembley Stadium against Anthony Joshua and a knockout win to top it off, it may not ever get better than this.
Three knockdowns preceded the big finish, where the change of the guard in UK heavyweight boxing happened.
Closing seconds of Round one saw Dubois jump into a right hand to floor Joshua, a left hook, and a barrage of shots were unleashed in the same final seconds of the third.
A slip that the referee called a knockdown in the fourth was not the end of the world for AJ, but the next round was.
In the infamous fifth round, as the Watford man looked to flip the script, he got his man back to the ropes to unload an uppercut, only to be countered by the most devastating of right hands to crown Daniel Dubois the IBF interim champion.
Every boxer wants that one night to look back on, and this is it for the young star, but he could still create a moment if he pulls off what looks like the impossible task of an Usyk victory.