Usyk knocks out Dubois in fifth to unify heavyweight boxing belts
Ukraine’s Oleksandr Usyk knocks out Daniel Dubois of United Kingdom to unify the heavyweight title belts in London.
Oleksandr Usyk has cemented his standing because the excellent heavyweight of his era with an emphatic fifth-round knockout of Daniel Dubois of their undisputed world title bout at London’s Wembley Stadium.
Victory on Saturday noticed Ukraine’s Usyk prolong his unbeaten skilled file to 24 fights because the WBA, WBC and WBO champion added his British opponent’s IBF belt to his assortment.
Usyk dominated the opening 4 rounds and early within the fifth, dropped Dubois to the canvas.
Moments later, he completed the combat in decisive vogue after a trademark left hook left his British rival unable to beat the depend one minute and 52 seconds into the spherical.
It was the second time Usyk, at 38, some 11 years older than his opponent, had defeated Dubois after a ninth-round stoppage success in Krakow, Poland, in 2023, the place the Briton was dominated to have landed an unlawful low blow within the fifth spherical.
Lennox Lewis, the final British boxer to be the undisputed world champion in 1999, forecast earlier than Saturday’s combat that Usyk would face a vastly-improved Dubois, saying: “Dubois was a child within the sport and now he’s a person…You’re not going to see the identical Daniel Dubois from 18 months in the past.”
However after Usyk was roared into the ring by an enormous contingent of supporters, a lot of them waving Ukraine’s nationwide flag in a 90,000 capability crowd at Wembley, greatest often called the London base of England’s nationwide soccer crew, it was largely one-way site visitors as their hero performed a ruthless masterclass towards native favorite Dubois.
“Thirty-eight is a younger man, bear in mind,” Usyk instructed DAZN within the ring after dropping to his knees in celebration. “Thirty-eight is just [the] begin.
“I need to say thanks to Jesus Christ. I need to say thanks to my crew and Wembley, thanks a lot! It’s for the individuals.
“Nothing is subsequent. It’s sufficient, subsequent, I don’t know. I need to relaxation. My household, my spouse, my kids, I need to relaxation now. Two or three months, I need to simply relaxation.”
Requested about his subsequent opponent, Usyk, who has already twice overwhelmed former world heavyweight champion Tyson Fury, added: “Possibly it’s Tyson Fury.
“Possibly we’ve got three decisions, Derek Chisora and Anthony Joshua. Possibly Joseph Parker. Hear, I can not now say as a result of I need to return residence.”
Dubois insisted he would return to the ring, saying: “I’ve to commend him [Usyk] on the efficiency, I gave the whole lot I had. Take no credit score away from that man, I’ll be again.”
