Daniel Dubois can expect a homecoming for his next fight once he’s done with his victory lap.

A second straight trip to the U.S. resulted in another early knockout for the hulking Londoner after dispatching Trevor Bryan inside of four rounds earlier this month at Casino Miami Jai Alai in Miami, Florida. The feat saw Dubois claim a secondary version of the WBA heavyweight title in the process. The plan now is to defend on British soil while awaiting out a dream opportunity for the division’s top prize.

“We’re going back to the U.K.,” Frank Warren, Dubois’ Hall of Fame promoter previously told BoxingScene.com. “He’s coming back to London.”  

Dubois (18-1, 17KOs) has not fought at home since a second-round knockout of Bogdan Dinu last June in Telford, England. The fight was his first since a tenth-round knockout loss to Joe Joyce in their November 2020 battle of unbeaten British heavyweights. The win over Dinu came with an interim WBA heavyweight title that no longer exists but was good enough to position Dubois for a mandatory title shot against Bryan (22-1, 15KOs), a previously unbeaten heavyweight who is now based out of South Florida.

A time-marking first-round knockout of Joe Cusumano came of Dubois’ U.S. debut last August 29, followed by his destruction of Bryan to snatch the secondary WBA belt.

The intention now is to pursue the winner of the upcoming rematch between WBA “Super”/IBF/WBO/IBO heavyweight titlist Oleksandr Usyk (19-0, 13KOs) and former two-time unified titlist Anthony Joshua (24-2, 22KOs). Dubois is one of at least two mandatory challengers in waiting, along with Joyce as the WBO number-one contender. Saturday’s win proved well worth the ten-month wait between fights.

“We’re talking about patience,” noted Warren. This has been on and off, messed around for a long time now. Sometimes you gotta bite the bullet and get on with it. Daniel was patient and he’s in the position he’s in now.”

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