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Former Daniel Dubois opponent gives him advice on how to dethrone Oleksandr Usyk

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Daniel Dubois is looking to right the wrongs of his first encounter with Oleksandr Usyk on July 19th.

The 27-year-old was jabbed to one knee in the ninth round as Oleksandr Usyk retained his unified heavyweight titles.

One former ‘Dynamite’ opponent, Kevin Lerena, has given his former foe some advice ahead of the rematch.

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Lerena floored the British fighter three times, causing an injury to his ankle in the opening rounds.

But the power of Daniel Dubois saw him drop the South African twice before an onslaught at the end of round three saw the referee stop the contest.

Lerena gives Dubois key to victory against Usyk

The Brit is riding high off a huge Anthony Joshua knockout win, and the Ukrainian will want to continue his momentum after two Tyson Fury victories.

Speaking to iFL TV, the Johannesburg fighter gave his verdict on how the IBF champion can have success.

He said: “It’s a 50-50 fight. One is an extremely powerful concussive puncher. And one is a magician, probably one of the greatest boxers, technicians of our era.

“If Daniel can’t hurt Oleksandr in the first 6-8 rounds, I think Usyk wins convincingly. I think Daniel will be very dangerous for the first half of the fight.

“He can hit you, and he can hurt you, and he has a nice, authoritative jab. Usyk needs to take that away and utilise that to counter-punch him.”

The 33-year-old will feature on the July 19th bill when he takes on Lawrence Okolie at heavyweight.

Only one fighter has heard the final bell against Daniel Dubois

In 24 fights, DDD has only been taken the distance once by an experienced heavyweight operator.

The heavy-handed boxer has finished 21 opponents by knockout, but it was American fighter Kevin Johnson whom he could not clean out.

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Johnson gave the young heavyweight a much-needed 10 rounds after eight early finishes.

The fight itself was fairly comprehensive and consisted of the prospect piling pressure on the now 45-year-old without much reply.

He is a very durable 60-fight veteran, and in 22 losses, he has only been stopped three times, most notably by Joshua and Martin Bakole.

But ever since this bout, Dubois has made sure his bouts finish inside the distance in devastating fashion.