Daniel Dubois' trainer, Don Charles, has played down the rumors that Dubois held a house party hours before his title fight against Oleksandr Usyk.

Oleksandr Usyk knocked out Daniel Dubois to reign as the undisputed heavyweight boxing champion. Round-by-round analysis.

Usyk regained undisputed status at heavyweight by beating Dubois again, and has now been ordered to face his WBO mandatory challenger

Right now, Parker is on a fine run that also includes points victories over former world champion Deontay Wilder and big Chinese heavyweight Zhilei Zhang. As such, he is the WBO mandatory, and he has now been ordered to face Usyk, though whether or not it happens or the Ukrainian vacates the belt remains to be seen.

The Ukrainian knocked out Daniel Dubois in the fifth round of their rematch on Saturday in front of 90,000 fans at Wembley Stadium in London to become a two-time undisputed heavyweight world champion.

Dubois’s coach, Don Charles, has sought to set the record straight after the event was first reported on by The Times, telling Talksport on Tuesday (22 July): “Let’s replace the word ‘party’ with ‘gathering’. It was a gathering, okay? Right.

Oleksandr Usyk kept his heavyweight belt by taking down Daniel Dubois, dominating the rematch of their controversial 2023 fight

Daniel Dubois has once again come under fire for, in the eyes of some onlookers, 'quitting' in his most recent fight with Oleksander Usyk.

Discover the top lessons from Usyk’s dominant rematch win over Dubois II, from technical upgrades to career implications, compiled by BoxingScene experts.

The WBO first ordered Usyk to face Parker in March, but Usyk, who held the WBO, WBA and WBC titles at the time, was able to go ahead with his bout with IBF champion Daniel Dubois to crown an undisputed champion.