The WBA has ordered a purse bid for a fight between heavyweight super champion Oleksandr Usyk (pictured) and WBA regular champion Daniel Dubois. Unless an agreement to fight is reached before then, the bid will take place on May 25th in Houston. Usyk also holds the IBF and WBO heavyweight championships. The WBA Championships Committee sent a communication to the parties this Monday, May 15th, with all the details of the bidding. The minimum amount to obtain the rights to the fight will be $1 million while the split will be 75% for Usyk and 25% for Dubois.  The fight between Usyk and Dubois had been ordered since last December 12th, but in the process a period of time was granted for Usyk to negotiate a unification fight with WBC champion Tyson Fury. No agreement was reached for an Usyk-Fury unification bout. The deadline to negotiate Usyk-Dubois expired on May 2nd.

 

Dubois suffered a knee injury in his most recent fight, December 3rd against Kevin Lerena. Despite winning the fight, Dubois left the bout injured.  The WBA sent a request for a health report to Dubois and his team, which was received on March 30th. The report, signed by London-based physician James Witthicase, says Dubois is ready to do any physical activity and felt no pain in his knee.