Daniel Dubois is just not pleased with the refereeing in his Oleksandr Usyk title struggle.
After getting dropped within the closing seconds of Spherical 8, the 25-year-old Brit finally misplaced by way of ninth-round knockout in Saturday’s heavyweight title bout on the Tarczyński Enviornment Wrocław in Wroclaw, Poland. However the consequence was not with out controversy, as Dubois dropped Usyk in Spherical 5 with a tough blow to the midsection that was deemed unlawful by referee Luis Pabon. Pabon then gave Usyk a number of minutes to recuperate, at one level even forcing Usyk to take extra time regardless of the champ’s insistence on persevering with.
With so many Ukrainians in attendance to assist Usyk, Dubois and his crew accused Pabon of foul play as soon as the mud settled and the official end result was learn.
“I didn’t assume that was a low blow. I believed that landed [legally] and I’ve been cheated out of victory tonight,” Dubois stated within the ring in his post-fight interview.
“Cheated out of victory. It hit him on the waistband,” added Frank Warren, Dubois’ promoter. “… That’s all he labored on in camp. Working to the physique. We see that as a weak point and he received caught, and that referee received it badly mistaken. Badly mistaken. Didn’t take any factors off him. If there’s a low blow, why didn’t you are taking factors off him? And I like Usyk, I like him, however that was a hometown resolution. Compete hometown resolution. He received that struggle as a result of he was not match to go on they usually gave him, I don’t know the way lengthy it was, a few minutes to recuperate from a reputable shot.”
With the win, Usyk (21-0, 14 KOs) efficiently defended his WBA, IBF, WBO, and IBO heavyweight titles. He additionally stayed within the working for a possible Tyson Fury title unification bout sooner or later as soon as Fury faces former UFC champion Francis Ngannou on Oct. 28.
Dubois (19-2, 18 KOs) and his crew, nonetheless, are decided to hunt justice for what they understand to be a career-changing win stolen out from beneath them.
“I’ve been cheated out of a shot. That was a win tonight,” Dubois stated.
“This can be a boxing match and it ought to be straight and it ought to be above board, and it was not above board,” Warren stated. “That was not a low blow. And the way lengthy did he get to recuperate? A few minutes? It’s nonsense. It’s whole nonsense. The governing our bodies are going to must do one thing about it they usually’ll order a rematch, as a result of how are you going to not order a rematch on the energy of that? He received it.
“[We’re going to] attraction what’s occurring right here after which see we’ll see the place it goes from there,” Warren continued, “however I’m fairly positive they’ll order one other rematch, order one other struggle. They must. Justice must be executed.”
