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In an exciting fight last December, Dubois rose from the canvas to stop Kevin Lerena and win a secondary belt from the WBA. That essentially solidified him as the mandatory challenger for the WBA title Usyk holds.
But Dubois injured his knee in that fight, so he would need to recover from that injury before he could fight Usyk.
That could mean the IBF mandatory, Filip Hrgovic might get the next shot at Usyk, although London's Joe Joyce, an Interim title-holder with the WBO, will be pushing for his own fight with the Ukrainian if he comes through his next fight, a bout with Zhilei Zhang next month.
But Dubois injured his knee in that fight, so he would need to recover from that injury before he could fight Usyk.
That could mean the IBF mandatory, Filip Hrgovic might get the next shot at Usyk, although London's Joe Joyce, an Interim title-holder with the WBO, will be pushing for his own fight with the Ukrainian if he comes through his next fight, a bout with Zhilei Zhang next month.