Saturday on ESPN – Oleksandr Usyk vs Daniel Dubois & Jared Anderson vs Andriy Rudenko
Usyk-Dubois main event from Poland to stream live and exclusively on ESPN+ at 5pm ET / 2pm PT
Anderson-Rudenko undercard bouts to stream live on ESPN+ at 6:50pm ET / 3:50pm PT
Anderson-Rudenko & Efe Ajagba-Zhan Kossobutskiy heavyweight doubleheader broadcast live on ESPN, ESPN Deportes and ESPN+ at 10:30pm ET / 7:30pm PT
Usyk vs Dubois
Ukraine’s WBO/WBA/IBF heavyweight world champion, Oleksandr Usyk, will defend his collection of belts against England’s Daniel Dubois this Saturday, Aug. 26 at Tarczyński Arena Wrocław in Wroclaw, Poland.
This is the second title defense for pound-for-pound great Usyk (20-0, 13 KOs), who moved up to heavyweight in 2019 following a historic run to the undisputed cruiserweight championship. Usyk toppled reigning champion Anthony Joshua by unanimous decision in September 2021, then prevailed by split decision last August in their highly anticipated rematch. Dubois (19-1, 18 KOs) has won four fights by stoppage since a 2020 TKO defeat to countryman Joe Joyce.
Usyk-Dubois will stream live and exclusively in the U.S. on ESPN+ as a special one-fight broadcast starting at 5pm ET / 2pm PT. Ring walks are expected shortly thereafter.
Anderson vs Rudenko
Usyk-Dubois kicks off a marathon fight day on the ESPN family of networks. The action then turns to Oklahoma for the undercard of the Jared Anderson-Andriy Rudenko heavyweight main event at Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Tulsa.
ESPN+ will stream undercard bouts beginning at 6:50pm ET / 3:50pm PT.
A slew of undefeated prospects will be in action, including Brooklyn-born featherweight phenom Bruce “Shu Shu” Carrington (8-0, 5 KOs) in an eight-rounder, Tulsa-born heavyweight Jeremiah Milton (10-0, 7 KOs) taking on Craig Lewis (15-6-1, 8 KOs) in an eight-rounder, and middleweight Nico Ali Walsh (8-0-1, 5 KOs) against Sona Akale (7-1, 4 KOs) in a six-rounder.
The action moves to ESPN, ESPN Deportes and ESPN+ at 10:30 p.m. ET/7:30 p.m. PT for a heavyweight doubleheader, as Anderson (15-0, 14 KOs) returns less than two months removed from his triumphant Toledo homecoming to fight Rudenko (35-6, 21 KOs) in a 10-round clash.
In the 10-round co-feature, top contender Efe Ajagba (17-1, 13 KOs) looks to topple unbeaten southpaw Zhan Kossobutskiy (19-0, 18 KOs).
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