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00:00Ladies and gentlemen, our highly anticipated main event this Saturday.
00:06It is scheduled for 12 rounds, and it will be for the undisputed Heavyweight Championship of the World.
00:18Brought to you by Frank Warren for Queensbury with Ready to Fight,
00:24along with their great sponsors, Riyadh Season, The Ring Magazine, GGBet, SNU, and Global Next Trade.
00:35A big thanks to those great sponsors.
00:38Also a reminder, it will be shown live worldwide on DAZN by now at DAZN.com.
00:50Let's now welcome the participants.
00:54First to the ring from England, his professional record, 22 wins, two defeats,
01:03with 21 of his 22 wins coming by way of knockout.
01:08This Saturday, he will be the reigning and defending IBF Heavyweight Champion of the World,
01:18Triple D, Daniel Dynamite Dubois.
01:24Here we go, Daniel Dubois in the ring.
01:43What an opportunity for Daniel Dubois here to become the undisputed Heavyweight Champion of the World.
01:49And he looks sharp, he looks focused, he actually looks a bit lighter.
01:53Or is that just me?
01:55Yeah, I thought the same thing.
01:56There's an edge about him, slightly tense, but you can understand why with the magnitude of this.
02:02But we were saying the same thing when he fought AJ.
02:04And what did he do there, he completely ripped up the script.
02:07This man is rejuvenating.
02:08This man has all the confidence in the world.
02:10And he's going to need that in facing a master in Oleksandr Usyk.
02:15Can he land those big heavy shots?
02:17If he does, we could see the first British Heavyweight Champion with all four belts.
02:23It needs to be perfect for him, Eddie.
02:25Everything needs to be perfect.
02:26It needs to be better than he's ever been before.
02:28And there needs to be a slight decline in Usyk as well.
02:31It all has to be perfect for Daniel on the night.
02:34But there's no reason why it can't be.
02:35He has a great chance of winning this fight.
02:37Let's hear it.
02:39For the reading and defending IBF Heavyweight Champion of the World from England, Triple D, Daniel Dynamite Dubois.
02:57Okay, Daniel Dynamite Dubois looking dialed in, looking ready to go.
03:03How confident are you three days out?
03:05I'm switched on and focused.
03:07Ready to cause chaos in that ring.
03:09I'm ready to go.
03:12And listen to this.
03:13All these people, they've turned up for you.
03:15Tremendous ovation tonight.
03:17It must mean so much to you.
03:18Yeah, it's going to mean, you know, I'm grateful for this opportunity and I'm ready to seize it.
03:24I'm ready for the moment.
03:25One word that you keep saying over and over again this week.
03:30Chaos.
03:31What does that mean for Oleksandr Usyk on Saturday?
03:34Tune on on Saturday because we're going to get that victory.
03:37Come on.
03:38Let's go, let's go, let's go, let's go.
03:41One final one.
03:42One final one, Daniel.
03:44If you become undisputed champion Saturday, how much will that mean to you?
03:49Yeah, the whole team.
03:50To the whole team, it means a lot to all of us.
03:52We worked hard for this.
03:53We're not going to let this one go.
03:55Okay, ladies and gentlemen, give it up for Daniel Dynamite Dubois.
04:00That might be the quickest media workout I've ever seen.
04:09He wanted out of there, by the way, after 15 seconds.
04:11Dom was like, no, just throw a few more.
04:13Like, come on, come on, throw a few more.
04:14People have turned up for you.
04:15But, you know, he even sounds more confident, doesn't he?
04:18And that could be age, could be maturity.
04:20We've seen Daniel since he was 17.
04:22But he just sounds like a grown man now who's confident in his own skin.
04:25Yeah, he does.
04:26You can see it.
04:27You can see his demeanor, everything about him.
04:28He looks confident.
04:30The things that he's saying, the things that he's shouting as well.
04:33But he's up for this, but he's going to have to be up for it.
04:35It's the toughest fight of his life.
04:37He knows that, I'm sure.
04:39I'm sure his team know that as well.
04:41And like we said, everything needs to be perfect for him.
04:43But they'll have prepared for that.
04:46All right, let's throw it back to Thomas because he's going to get in the ring.
04:49I think one of the greatest fighters of all time.
04:51The wonderful, incredible, Alexander Issy.
04:58And now let's welcome to the ring from Ukraine.
05:04A 2012 Olympic gold medalist, now undefeated as a professional with 23 wins.
05:1414 of his 23 wins coming by way of knockout.
05:20He is the former undisputed cruiserweight champion.
05:26The former undisputed heavyweight world champion.
05:30The current ring magazine champion.
05:34And this Saturday, the reigning and defending WBC, WBA, WBO, and IBO heavyweight champion of the world,
05:47Alexander Usain.
06:00Okay, three have become four in the studio.
06:04And I'm very happy to have Don Charles, the man who I think single-handedly turned around Daniel Dubois.
06:10It's got very loud in here as well.
06:13Don, you've had some incredible moments so far as Daniel Dubois' trainer.
06:17This is the moment though, isn't it, on Saturday?
06:20Well, it's all moment, it's a team moment.
06:24This is what Daniel, from the minute Daniel became a boxer, this is what it's all led to.
06:31All the hard work, all the sacrifices that young man has made, he hasn't had what we'll call a normal childhood.
06:39They sacrificed a lot for Saturday night.
06:43What about the moment for you, Don?
06:45I know this is all about Daniel Dubois and Alexander Usain, but what about for you as a trainer?
06:50You became a world championship trainer.
06:52You have the chance to go down as a legendary trainer on Saturday.
06:56That is the intention.
06:58That is what's going to happen.
07:00Yeah, you know me.
07:02I'm a spiritual person.
07:03From the minute I landed in England as a 14-year-old young man, it became apparent this is what it's all about.
07:12To become, we've already reached one milestone, which is Daniel becoming a world champion.
07:17Now to go further and become the undisputed, I mean, whenever I say that, I get goosebumps.
07:23Honestly, yeah.
07:24Don, since the first fight with Usain, we've seen Daniel improve immensely.
07:29He's clearly a better fighter, but at 27, he's still a young heavyweight.
07:34Is it fair to say that Daniel is maybe still an unproven fighter right now?
07:39Oh, most definitely.
07:40In my opinion, wow, that atmosphere.
07:44That atmosphere is brilliant.
07:46In my opinion, Usain is meeting Daniel Dubois at the wrong time for Usain.
07:51And Daniel is meeting Usain at the right time for Daniel Dubois.
07:55The age, you're at your best.
07:59Any man, yourself, Darren, Ade, we're all at our best when we're 27.
08:04Physically and mentally, Daniel Dubois is in a very good place.
08:09Don, I want to ask you as well, the shifting mentality since he fought AJ to now after,
08:15there seems to be a real aura surrounding Daniel Dubois.
08:18And quite rightly so, on the victories he's gotten, he's a human being.
08:23That's going to have that effect.
08:25Also, I always say you are the company you keep.
08:27The people around him right now, everything is just fixed.
08:33It really does.
08:33It's a number of factors that leads to the Daniel Dubois you're looking at.
08:38It's not just one thing.
08:39It's a number of a collective of different positive factors that the Daniel you're looking at now.
08:44And you are, you are the reason for that, Don.
08:47I know you don't like to pack yourself in the back.
08:49No, it's a collective effort.
08:50I'm going to do it.
08:51It is a team effort.
08:51I can see a lot of your team just below us.
08:53But you've almost built that camp for Daniel Dubois.
08:56I liken it to Big Ben.
08:58It's almost like your very own version of Big Ben.
09:00It looks like, if you don't mind me saying, it almost reminds me of a, of a classical tech camp,
09:05the facilities and everything you've got.
09:06Correct, correct.
09:07I mean, look, obviously, I hate taking credit.
09:10It is a team, but I'm the captain of the ship.
09:12Yes, sir.
09:13With the father.
09:14The father also, he doesn't like coming on TV, the father.
09:17So, I speak on his behalf.
09:19That man has done tremendous work.
09:21Because if he hadn't done what he, how he raised his children earlier in their lives,
09:25we wouldn't have this opportunity to train this fine, tremendous 360 athlete in the name of Daniel Dubois.
09:32You've obviously dreamt about this fight since it was announced.
09:35Yeah.
09:35Break down that dream for me.
09:37How does this fight play out for you?
09:39In my dream, it plays out where Daniel Dubois, business, business as usual,
09:46he's going to win this fight emphatically with a knockout.
09:49I've told you, I've told you, and I've told you.
09:52With a, with a capital K, capital O.
09:56Exclamation mark.
09:58When you look at the man in the ring, let's turn around and look at him.
10:00Yeah.
10:01I mean, this is a generational great fighter.
10:03Well, most definitely.
10:04Most definitely.
10:05And not taking nothing away from him is a legend, irrespective of what happens when we beat him,
10:12when Daniel beats him, is to let go down as one of the greats.
10:16Yeah?
10:17To me, he doesn't have to prove anything else, in my opinion.
10:21Don.
10:22Good luck on Saturday, Don.
10:24It's a fantastic moment.
10:25Well done.
10:25Congratulations.
10:26You deserve it.
10:27Alexander Usain.
10:35When Don speaks, you kind of believe him.
10:37You're like, one second, I'm going to have to run to the bookies quickly.
10:39It's hard enough to let Don, isn't it?
10:40He didn't laugh either.
10:42He didn't smile.
10:43He was straight at your eyes.
10:44He believes it.
10:45He's not just saying it.
10:46He's not just saying it for a song, but he believes what he's saying.

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