Daniel Dubois vs. Frank Sanchez fight postponed

A new plot was suddenly inserted into the old script.

The media confirmed that IBF officials have urgently suspended the bidding meeting between Frank Sanchez and Daniel Dubois that was originally scheduled to be held on Thursday. Daniel Dubois applied for a "one-week reprieve", Frank Sanchez's team nodded, and the IBF organization followed suit and changed the bidding date to November 20.

For Cuban Frank Sanchez (25 wins, 1 loss, 18 KOs), this "waiting" drama has long been the main theme of 2024 - throughout the whole year, he has almost been queuing up, waiting for a name that will allow him to step into the mandatory challenger threshold.

However, the "one-week delay" this time is not just a waste of time, but the two parties want to take advantage of the window period to directly negotiate the contract to avoid a multi-party fight on the public bidding night.

Daniel Dubois (22-3, 21 KOs), who is promoted by Queensberry Events Promotions (Queensberry), has only one goal: to return to the forefront of the heavyweight division, after all, he once was among that group. The 28-year-old Londoner finished Filip Hrgovic in nine rounds on June 1 last year and won the IBF interim gold belt. That month, Oleksandr Usyk gave up his legitimate throne to fight Tyson Fury in a rematch, and Dubois was corrected. Immediately following the Wembley battle on September 21, he brutally KOed former world champion Anthony Joshua in five rounds, completing his most explosive title defense performance.

However, the "Cinderella" bell rang again on July 19 - the same Wembley, the same Usyk, the same KO ending, but this time it only took eight rounds. Counting their first meeting in August 2023, Daniel Dubois has been shut down by Usyk twice.

Even so, he is still one of the few people "left to the end" in the IBF elimination chain. Frank Sanchez had previously watched Hrgovic, Ajaba, Itauma, and Torres withdraw from the ranking one by one; now he finally waited until Daniel Dubois did not run away, and only hoped that the other party's "seven-day extension" really wanted to sign, rather than another round of slip-ups.

For Frank Sanchez, this is the shortest path to his first official world war. The closest he came to the top was in May 2024, when he was stopped in five rounds by Ajit Kabayel and missed out on the WBC interim throne. After that, he only had a two-round quick kill in Tijuana, Mexico, and his condition was maintained by wholehearted training.

Originally, he was supposed to have a rematch with Ajaba to avenge his revenge in October 2021. However, after Sampson Boxing won the bid, the Nigerian directly refused to compete; Frank Sanchez could only continue to "queue for the lottery." Now, he is betting on these extra seven days - hoping that Daniel Dubois will sincerely negotiate instead of handing over a new leave request after the seventh day.