{"id":326341,"date":"2023-08-27T00:27:14","date_gmt":"2023-08-27T00:27:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=326341"},"modified":"2023-08-27T02:59:54","modified_gmt":"2023-08-27T02:59:54","slug":"dubois-cheated-out-of-title-after-controversial-call","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=326341","title":{"rendered":"Dubois 'cheated' out of title after controversial call"},"content":{"rendered":"

After a controversial win to retain his heavyweight boxing titles, Oleksandr Usyk is targeting a long-awaited and elusive unification fight with Tyson Fury.<\/p>\n

\u201cI'm ready tomorrow,\u201d the Ukrainian declared on Saturday when asked about Fury.<\/p>\n

This was after Usyk stopped British challenger Daniel Dubois in the ninth round. That win followed a disputed low blow which gave the Ukrainian champion time to recover.<\/p>\n

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\"Oleksandr<\/p>\n

Fighting for the first time in more than a year and cheered on by fans waving Ukrainian flags, Usyk knocked down Dubois in the eighth round. Referee Luis Pabon stopped the fight when Usyk dumped him again in the ninth with a stiff right to the jaw.<\/p>\n

The fight was halted in the fifth round for what Pabon ruled was a low blow by Dubois which sent Usyk to the canvas. Replays showed the punch hitting around Usyk's belt. It was not given as a knockdown but nor were any points deducted from Dubois, and Pabon urged Usyk: \u201cTake your time.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Ukrainian seemed to lack some of his usual speed after that as Dubois continued to target the body, but he recovered to knock down Dubois twice and take the win.<\/p>\n

\"Oleksandr<\/p>\n

Dubois said he was \u201ccheated out of victory tonight\u201d over the low blow call. His promoter Frank Warren suggested there could be a rematch.<\/p>\n

Usyk remained unbeaten at 21-0 after his second defense of the WBA, IBF and WBO belts he took from Anthony Joshua in 2021 and held after a rematch a year later.<\/p>\n

Dubois' win-loss record dropped to 19-2.<\/p>\n

\"Oleksandr<\/p>\n

It was only Usyk\u2019s fifth career fight at heavyweight and his fourth in a row against British boxers.<\/p>\n

The win could mean a new push for a unification fight with WBC titleholder Fury, to crown the heavyweight division\u2019s first undisputed champion since 2000. Talks to stage that fight collapsed this year, prompting Usyk to take on Dubois, the WBA mandatory challenger.<\/p>\n

Fury has a non-title boxing match with former UFC heavyweight champion Francis Ngannou in Saudi Arabia in October. Another potential opponent for Usyk could be unbeaten Croatian Filip Hrgovi\u0107, the IBF mandatory challenger.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

After a controversial win to retain his heavyweight boxing titles, Oleksandr Usyk is targeting a long-awaited and elusive unification fight with Tyson Fury. \u201cI'm ready […]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":326343,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/326341"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=326341"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/326341\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":326347,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/326341\/revisions\/326347"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/326343"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=326341"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=326341"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=326341"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}