Daniel Dubois doesn’t underestimate what Trevor Bryan brings to the table.

The high-ranking British heavyweight contender does believe, however, that their upcoming secondary WBA title fight this weekend can go as easy or as difficult as he chooses it to make.

“On paper, it’s the biggest fight of my life,” Dubois told BoxingScene.com. “I’m not taking anything for granted but I think I’ll do a job on him and do it in devastating fashion. I think it’s how I make the fight turn out. It’s up to me.”

London’s Dubois (17-1, 16KOs) is a massive -1200 betting favorite to win the WBA ‘World’ heavyweight title this Saturday at Casino Miami Jai Alai. The clash with Bryan (22-0, 15KOs)—a native New Yorker now based out of South Florida—is the second straight in the U.S. for the hulking, 24-year-old Brit whose 16 career knockouts have all ended inside of five rounds. Dubois tore through overmatched Joe Cusumano inside of one round last August 29 in Cleveland, Ohio. The win was his second straight since a tenth-round knockout loss to countryman Joe Joyce in November 2020, after which he underwent surgery to repair a double fracture to his left eye socket.

From there has come a lengthy delay in getting Dubois back in the ring and specifically in this matchup. The winner will become one of at least two mandatory challengers in waiting for current WBA/IBF/WBO/IBO heavyweight titlist Oleksandr Usyk (19-0, 13KOs), who is expected to enter a rematch with former titlist Anthony Joshua (24-2, 22KOs) in August.

Dubois made a point to trust the process If only for that reason.

“It’s a bit frustrating to wait,” admitted Dubois, whose Hall of Fame promoter Frank Warren intends to file for an immediate shot at the Usyk-Joshua II winner should he beat Bryan this weekend. “You have to be patient in this game. We’ve been waiting for a long time. Now we’re just ready to get in there and deliver.”

Bryan-Dubois will headline an independent Pay-Per-View distributed by Hall-of-Fame promoter Don King (Fite TV/DonKingPPV.com, 4:00 p.m. ET/6:30 p.m. ET start time for main event). The event will aiso air live on BT Sport in the U.K.

Jake Donovan is a senior writer for BoxingScene.com. Twitter: @JakeNDaBox