The growing popularity of IBF heavyweight champion Daniel Dubois and the significant stature of the brand of Oleksandr Usyk in the UK marketplace means that within 24 hours, more than 60,000 tickets have been sold for their rematch.

Dubois, the IBF champion, and Usyk – who holds the WBA, WBC, and WBO belts – last boxed in Poland in August 2023, and on July 25 they will fight again in London.

The rematch was formally announced earlier in the week, and the fighters squared up on Monday on the turf of the national soccer pitch, before tickets went on sale a couple of days later with sources today confirming to BoxingScene that they are moving rapidly.

Dubois’ last fight was in Wembley Stadium, when he took out Anthony Joshua in five rounds having dropped his compatriot four times on his way to a resounding stoppage win last September.

Usyk is well-known to British fight fans. His last two victories came over Tyson Fury, and the two before that came against Joshua. Even prior to those four marquee matches, he’d drawn big crowds and won over fans in bouts against Tony Bellew and Derek Chisora.

Dubois’ team still dispute a punch from his first fight with Usyk that they claimed was low, but many others believe it was legal. Regardless of that contest, Dubois has gone away and defeated Jarrell Miller, Filip Hrgovic (neither had lost before) and Joshua – while claiming the vacant IBF title – to move himself into the second fight with Usyk.