Oleksandr Usyk beats Daniel Dubois: Briton wants 'justice' after low blow 'lie'

Oleksandr Usyk deed the canvas successful circular 5 claiming helium had been deed with a debased stroke by Daniel Dubois

Britain's Daniel Dubois wants to "get justice" aft his heavyweight world-title nonaccomplishment to champion Oleksandr Usyk.

The Ukrainian, 36, past won by knockout successful the ninth round but Dubois said "this incorrect needs to beryllium corrected".

"This needs to spell further, it needs to beryllium pushed," the 25-year-old told BBC Sport's Ade Adedoyin.

"I should beryllium a satellite champion close now. It wasn't justice.

"It needs to beryllium called retired and spell further than surviving this lie. They conscionable cheated retired there."

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While the combat took spot successful Wroclaw, Poland, it was virtually a location combat for Usyk arsenic a 3rd of the 40,000 assemblage had travelled from Ukraine oregon were refugees present surviving successful Poland oregon neighbouring countries due to the fact that of Russia's penetration of Ukraine.

Dubois' promoter Frank Warren called it a "complete location decision", arsenic Usyk went connected to agelong his unbeaten nonrecreational grounds to 21 fights and clasp his WBA 'Super', WBO and IBF titles.

Warren plans to lobby the WBA to alteration the effect to a no-contest oregon bid an contiguous rematch.

"I decidedly privation a rematch - get justice, get a rematch, get thing to happen," Dubois added.

Dubois had worked connected assemblage changeable 'for weeks connected end'

Contesting his archetypal world-title fight, the Londoner went for the assemblage successful the 5th round. The changeable appeared to onshore connected the loop enactment and near Usyk wincing successful symptom connected the canvas.

Puerto Rican referee Luis Pabon declared it a debased stroke and Usyk took 3 minutes and 45 seconds earlier declaring helium was acceptable to resume - fighters are allowed 5 minutes erstwhile caught with a debased blow, though Dubois was not deducted a constituent by the referee.

"We've been moving successful the gym for weeks and weeks connected extremity connected that shot," said Dubois. "We pulled it disconnected and that should person been our moment. That should person been a knockout.

"I'm feeling gutted. It wasn't a debased blow. I felt it onshore perfectly, smack into his stomach. I cognize for definite erstwhile I onshore a bully shot.

"From past on, erstwhile helium went down I thought 'OK, present the 10 count'. I knew helium wasn't going to get up successful time. He was holding his stomach. He couldn't move.

"But thing successful maine conscionable felt 'oh no, what's going connected successful here? This isn't right. Why isn't helium being counted?' I'm looking ringside astatine what's going on, I spot each craziness."

'It would've been antithetic successful England'

Usyk regained power and dropped Dubois with a flurry of shots successful the eighth circular earlier the referee halted the contention pursuing different knockdown successful the ninth, handing the Briton his 2nd decision successful 21 nonrecreational bouts.

"I was reasoning 'what's going connected here, this is simply a blatant shot'," Dubois added astir the punch that floored Usyk. "I told the referee I caught him and it wasn't low.

"It was conscionable disorder astatine the time. I became disheartened and mislaid momentum aft that, having to travel backmost into the combat and effort to propulsion it.

"I was up against it, connected force territory, but I wasn't retired of my league. If that was successful England that would beryllium wholly different. Circumstances marque a large quality - location turf, location advantage."