Daniel “Dynamite” Dubois is a British heavyweight from London, born on 6 September 1997. He turned professional in April 2017 after a comparatively short senior amateur career, choosing the paid ranks rather than waiting for another Olympic cycle. His early development under Queensberry centred on learning to carry his power into progressively longer contests.
Dubois became known for a forceful jab and direct combinations, but the important measure of his progress was the opposition he faced. Victories over Richard Lartey and Nathan Gorman in 2019 helped establish him in Britain’s heavyweight division. The Gorman fight brought the British championship; his subsequent Commonwealth success was another domestic achievement, rather than a world title.
The November 2020 meeting with Joe Joyce was the first major setback of Dubois’s professional career. Joyce’s sustained jab and pressure brought a tenth-round finish. Dubois returned against Bogdan Dinu in 2021, beginning a rebuilding period that eventually took him into internationally recognised title contests.
He stopped Trevor Bryan in June 2022 for the WBA’s secondary heavyweight championship. That distinction must be kept separate from the division’s leading unified championship. Against Kevin Lerena that December, Dubois recovered from three first-round knockdowns to win by third-round stoppage. The comeback demonstrated resilience, while also showing how demanding a seemingly favourable matchup could become.
Dubois challenged Oleksandr Usyk in Poland in August 2023 and lost in the ninth round. A disputed low-blow ruling became a major talking point, but the official result remained a defeat. He then stopped Jarrell Miller in December and Filip Hrgović in June 2024. The Hrgović victory initially secured the IBF interim championship; Dubois was subsequently elevated to full IBF champion.
His September 2024 Wembley defence against Anthony Joshua gave that reign a decisive sporting achievement. Dubois dropped the former unified champion repeatedly and won by fifth-round knockout. In July 2025 he returned to Wembley for another meeting with Usyk, this time in a historically undisputed heavyweight championship contest. Usyk won by knockout in round five. Dubois’s IBF reign ended; it should not be presented as an ongoing title.
On 9 May 2026 at Manchester’s Co-op Live, Dubois faced WBO champion Fabio Wardley. Dubois was knocked down in the first and third rounds, then worked his way back into a demanding fight. Referee Howard Foster intervened in the eleventh round, giving Dubois a technical-knockout victory and the full WBO heavyweight championship. The Wardley–Dubois result report covers the completed contest.
Dubois’s current professional record is 23 wins and three losses, with 22 knockout wins. The current registry and Queensberry’s fighter-statistics header agree on that total. A contradictory knockout figure on a promotional event page is not used to replace the verified count.
Dubois, now 29, is officially scheduled to defend the WBO championship against Wardley at The O2 in London on 17 October 2026, live on DAZN. This is a confirmed contest, not a call-out or a negotiation. The existing rematch fight page holds the event details. His last completed meaningful heavyweight result remains the May victory until another bout takes place.
Historical post-fight interview with Dubois’s trainer after the completed May 2026 Wardley contest.
TNT Sports archive: Dubois discusses the completed Lerena contest on the Fury–Chisora card in December 2022.
Historical TNT Sports footage of Dubois’s second-round stoppage victory over Ricardo Snijders on 29 August 2020.
Archival post-fight interview. Its exact event date has not been independently established; it is retained as historical footage, not a current next-fight announcement.
TNT Sports archive: Dubois and Gorman contest the vacant British heavyweight title on 13 July 2019.
TNT Sports archive: Dubois meets Lartey on 27 April 2019 during his early professional development.
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