Usyk vs Dubois on TNT Sports Box Office
August 21, 2023
On August 26th, fight fans in the UK and Ireland will be able to watch the unified heavyweight world title fight featuring Oleksandr Usyk and Daniel Dubois, exclusively live on TNT Sports Box Office.
Unified heavyweight champion Usyk will defend his WBC, IBF and WBA world titles at the Tarczynski Arena in Poland on Ukrainian Independence Day weekend. In the opposite corner will be British contender Daniel Dubois, who is looking to claim his first full world title, having previously held the WBA (Regular) belt.
Usyk currently holds a 20-0 record as a professional. After a glittering amateur career that included an Olympic gold medal at London 2012, the Ukrainian turned pro in 2013 and went on to become the undisputed champion of the cruiserweight division, unifying all four belts against Murat Gassiev in the final of the World Boxing Super Series in 2018. After moving up to heavyweight, Usyk beat British fan favourite Derek Chisora before defeating Anthony Joshua twice, to initially win and then defend his three heavyweight world titles.
Dubois, is 19-1 as a professional fighter with 18 knockout wins to his name. The 25 year old Brit suffered his only career defeat after suffering a fractured eye socket against Joe Joyce in 2020. Since then, Dubois has completed four wins in a row to earn his title shot.
The undercard will be live on TNT Sports Box Office from 6pm UK time. Usyk v Dubois costs £19.95 in the UK and can be watched through BT, Virgin Media TV and Sky or online via the web or the TNT Sports Box Office App. Viewers do not need to be a TNT Sports subscriber to buy this event.
- Virgin Media TV customers in the UK: customers with a TiVo and/or V6 set-top-box should visit the On-Demand section and choose Live Events; customers with a Virgin TV360 and/or Stream set-top-box should go to the Pay Per View Events rail.
- BT TV customers can go to channel 494 and pay using their remote control.
- Viewers wanting to watch the fight online should visit the TNT Sports Box Office website and follow instructions to subscribe and watch on the web or on the TNT Sports Box Office App, customers can choose to watch on the big screen using Google Chromecast and Apple Airplay.
- EE, Three, Vodafone and O2 customers watching online or via the TNT Sports Box Office App can choose to add the payment to their mobile bill.
- Sky customers can purchase TNT Sports Box Office on channel 490 via their remote control or via the Sky website.
- Customers in the Republic of Ireland can purchase TNT Sports Box Office via Sky for- €29.99 or €34.99 (on the day).
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