Daniel Dubois vs Kevin Lerena /// Fight Highlights

In October 2022, Dubois was in talks to made his first defence of the WBA (Regular) heavyweight title against Australian heavyweight Lucas Browne. However, due to his age, the BBBofC immediately refused to sanction the contest. Within a couple of days, ESPN reported #13 ranked Kevin Lerena had been offered the fight and accepted. A deal was being finalised to take place in December 2022.
On 20 October, a press release was put out which announced Dubois would make the first defence of his WBA (Regular) heavyweight title against Kevin Lerena (28–1, 14 KOs) on 3 December, at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London, England on the undercard of Tyson Fury vs. Derek Chisora III. Lerena had not lost since November 2014 and was coming into this bout on a 17-fight win streak. Both boxers trash talked during the final presser. Dubois weighed 240.25 pounds and Lerena came in at a lean 231 pounds.
Although he was knocked down in the first round 3 times, Dubois prevailed and won by 3rd round technical knockout. Dubois was dropped by Lerena's left hand on all three occasions. Dubois still looked hurt going into round 2. In round 3, Dubois dropped Lerena with a massive right hand to the head. Dubois then landed several big uppercuts to put Lerena on the canvas as the bell rang. Referee Howard Foster stopped the fight as Lerena picked himself up from the canvas.
According to Barry McGuigan, Dubois was due to be side-lined for several months due to an ACL tear he suffered in win over Lerena.
A few months later, reports confirmed that Dubois had split with trainer Shane McGuigan and partnered with Don Charles ahead of the potential world title fight with Oleksandr Usyk in the Summer of 2023. Dubois has been with McGuigan since May 2021 and won all four of his fights with in via stoppage

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