The heavy goods vehicles Oleksandr Usyk and Daniel Dubois met today for their kick -off press conference to start promoting their revenge on July 19 at the Wembley stadium in London.
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The IBF Dubois champion (22-2, 21 KB) is still bitter about his defeat against Usyk (23-0, 14 KB) two years ago, and he said to the media that he felt he had been deceived of a victory. He wants to be done even with Usyk in their revenge match.
Confrontation
Usyk gave the conference to the Dubois coach, Don Charles, the appellant “Jealous,” on its success. Charles did a large part of the word of the incident of a low blow of their fight in 2023.
The promoter Frank Warren reminded the media today how Dubois missed the last time he fought Usyk in 2023. You could say that he is still embarrassed by the incident. It was the infamous weak fight in which Dubois won a Beltline shot in the fifth round that had USYK on the web for five minutes. The referee judged that the shot was low, but it seemed to be a suitable blow in the eyes of many people.
“There was a very controversial moment with a low blow. While I sit here now, for me, it was a legal blow,” said promoter Frank Warren Kick -off press conference For the revenge match USYK-DUBOIS 2 on July 19, arguing that Dubois had abandoned Olekandr with a legal shot in the median section in the fifth round of their fight in 2023.
The results of the fight were not overthrown. He must not have been conclusive enough to be reversed. Dubois has run his career since, winning his last three fights and is now the IBF champion who takes place in his revenge match with Usyk on July 19.
“This is not the belt line. This is where your navel and the four minutes are located [Usyk was down]. He was not called a low blow while the punch landed. There is no doubt that it injured Oleks, and there is no doubt that the referee gave him additional time, even when he wanted to fight. He wanted to fight and the referee gave him an additional time, “continued Warren.
The punch that divided
Fans on social networks are torn between thinking that it was a low blow and not one. What they agree on is that they believe that Dubois will stop as he did in this fight when things become difficult against the Usyk. Dubois will seek a way out to escape the punishment of the Usyk, which is not a big puncher. It’s just that Dubois seems to be unchecking when he takes a punishment, and things go bad for him.
“It’s done, it’s sprinkled. It was not Daniel’s time. The referee, for me, was wrong,” said Warren. “He [Dubois] can put this directly on the 19th [of July]. You can’t change what has happened. If you look at the records, that said it is. It’s all now, the 19th [of July].
“It is Daniel who goes and takes his referee and his judges, these two fists, in the ring and do business, that he is able to do so. He has absolutely shown what it is in his last three fights [Anthony Joshua, Filip Hrgovic, and Jarrell Miller]. He beat world -class fighters and beat them well. Beaten them in a sensational style. He was never in a boring fight, “said Warren about Dubois.
Last update on 04/29/2025
