Oleksandr Usyk v Daniel Dubois: 'Distraught’ Briton's team to lobby for rematch or no contest

Dubois floored champion Usyk successful the 5th circular but it was declared a nary stroke by referee

Reporters waited successful the property country of Wroclaw's Tarczynski Arena, but a distraught Daniel Dubois was a nary show, opting to caput consecutive backmost to the hotel.

Heading into the lion's den against champion Oleksandr Usyk, with 40,000 fans jeering his each move, Dubois had been written disconnected by beauteous overmuch everyone.

The word 'underdog' did not rather bash it justice. He was fixed thing much than a puncher's chance. But that punch came successful the 5th circular erstwhile Dubois landed a ferocious close hook to the body, sending Ukrainian Usyk to the canvas.

The changeable was controversially declared a debased stroke by Puerto Rican referee Luis Pabon. Usyk, inactive connected the floor, leant against the ropes and took heavy breaths.

He was fixed astir 4 minutes' betterment clip by the authoritative arsenic a replay connected the 3 large screens wrong the open-air stadium showed Dubois' hook landing connected Usyk's beltline.

Usyk recovered, the contention continued and Dubois tired. The combat ended successful a ninth-round stoppage arsenic Usyk retained his WBA 'Super', WBO and IBF titles.

From Buster Douglas' beatdown connected the seemingly invincible Mike Tyson to Hasim Rahman's triumph implicit the ill-prepared Lennox Lewis, determination person been immoderate monumental upsets successful heavyweight history.

Londoner Dubois astir joined the list.

Team Dubois acceptable to entreaty

Unbeaten Usyk has ne'er been knocked down arsenic a professional

Immediately aft the combat Dubois said helium had been "cheated retired of victory".

After being consoled by his squad successful the dressing room, it was near to Dubois' promoter Frank Warren and trainer Don Charles to code the media.

"Daniel is precise upset. He won't adjacent travel here. He's truthful disappointed and I consciousness that for him," Queensberry Promotion's Warren said.

Dubois - who was the WBA mandatory challenger - has dreamt of becoming heavyweight champion from a young age, ever since being showed VHS tapes of Lennox Lewis by his dad.

Charles added: "I've usually got a batch to accidental but I'm speechless. Daniel Dubois has near the building. He's distraught. He's a young antheral aspiring to bash large things successful life, successful boxing."

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

"The knockdown, which the justice said was beneath the belt, you tin look backmost and spot wherever the punch landed, the waistband of his shorts," helium said.

Charles called for the usage of exertion successful title boxing. Warren questioned why, if the referee did see it a debased blow, was Dubois not docked a point.

Usyk insists stroke was illegal

Usyk dropped Dubois successful the eighth and again successful the ninth earlier the referee called disconnected the contest

Former satellite champion Carl Frampton echoed Warren and what galore connected societal media felt.

"That was not a debased blow. That was a assemblage shot. He should person been counted out. Daniel Dubois should beryllium unified heavyweight champion close now," Frampton said connected TNT Sports commentary.

But Usyk and his squad had an altogether antithetic mentation astatine their post-fight quality conference.

They looked shocked the debased stroke was adjacent a talking point, though were prepared for the questioning.

"Do we person a explanation of ineligible and illegal? The belly fastener is the line. Anything debased of that is simply a debased below," promoter Alex Krassyuk said.

Usyk stood up and lifted his shirt, showing his midriff and pointing to wherever helium felt the changeable landed.

"Boxing is athletics and gentleman. It's not a thoroughfare fight," Usyk said, adding: "I'm acceptable to combat tomorrow. In a rematch. In the thoroughfare fight. Not boxing gloves but a thoroughfare fight. Only fists."

Krassyuk accused Dubois of warring dirty. Trainer Russ Anber - moving arsenic a cornerman for Usyk - walked to the centre of the country and waved his phone, saying helium had a inactive photograph of the punch which proves it was illegal.

'Don't fto Tyson deed maine beneath the belt'

Usyk was warring successful beforehand of a ample fig of Ukrainians for the archetypal clip since the Russian penetration 18 months ago.

He ended the quality league by fielding questions connected a imaginable undisputed bout with WBC champion Tyson Fury.

It was astir agreed for 29 April astatine Wembley Stadium earlier talks stalled and a blasted crippled followed. Disagreements implicit purse splits and rematch clauses astatine the centre of the failed negotiations, each aired retired successful public.

"If helium wants it, I privation it, but fto him not deed maine beneath the belt," Usyk joked.

Briton Fury volition look MMA combatant Francis Ngannou successful a non-title bout connected 28 October successful Saudi Arabia, a bout purists bash not respect arsenic existent boxing contest.

There has been a beardown appetite for a historical Usyk-Fury combat to crown the archetypal undisputed heavyweight champion successful the four-belt era.

But if Warren and Dubois get their mode and a rematch is ordered, the hold for an undisputed champion whitethorn conscionable spell connected for a small longer.

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