Oleksandr Oleksandrovych Usyk vs. Daniel Dubois & Dmytro Mytrofanov vs. Hamzah Sheeraz RBR.

What a difficult fight for a boxing fan for three distinct reasons:

1. Usyk winning is better for boxing. We want him to win for the sake of the sport. So this is great.
   
   
2. Usyk lost that fight fair and square. He got hit in his gut and was out of it. Leaves a rock in my stomach to see this outcome, even if it is “better for boxing”. Dubois landed a clean and powerful shot to Usyk’s navel/bladder. And this day should have been remembered for that. Today should be about Usyk getting a rematch later in the year.
   
   
3. This ref is extremely suspect. It’s one thing to, in the moment, see a low blow. But it’s another to prolong the rest of a clearly injured fighter. He asked Usyk if he was okay and Usyk said he was ready. You don’t force more rest on him, that’s unfair for his opponent. Those 5 minutes are there if Usyk requests them, not as a mandatory thing. And then that 10 count to finish was the fastest I have ever seen. Normally he’s a decent ref, but today he wasn’t very good at all.
   

 

I mean, it was below the belt. Unless someone shows me an edit with the punch landing on the belt, why would I?

 

As expected.

 

Sensible comment. Too many arguing that they think it was a legal shot and therefore Usyk was using kidology on the ref to buy time but in the same breath that equals a KO.

 

Usyk was not world level today.

 

Fury looks good fighting 58 year old chisora and not being able to wobble him and then going with Nganou . You are a fool.

 

Everyone wins tonight. Usyk fans got to see a KO, his detractors have yet another thing to cling to when trying to badmouth him, and Fury has another reason to avoid fighting him "cause Dubois should be the champion!"

Seriously, watch. Him and Warren will insist on that narrative.

 

I think if it was ruled a knockdown, Usyk would of gotten up.

 

Yeah Usyk kept doing that on belt line shots

 

Wouldnt have beaten any count

 

Serious question - is your gut one inch above your bollocks?

 

Wow Usyk got knocked out and still won.

 

There was nothing controversial about it. Just a bunch of lemmings swayed by Bradleys commentary and haters jumping on the moment.

 

That was above the pelvic region pelvic also Usyk belt is high.