Daniel Dubois interesting Oleksandr Usyk defeat as Frank Warren swears dwell on TV

Frank Warren has declared that Queensbury Promotions will probably be interesting the results of Daniel Dubois and Oleksandr Usyk's heavyweight showdown tonight in Wroclaw, Poland. Usyk stopped Dubois within the ninth spherical to retain his WBO, IBF and WBA titles however he did so underneath controversial circumstances.

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A shot deemed to be a low blow by the referee within the fifth spherical has brought on an excessive amount of debate across the boxing world and Dubois' staff really feel they've been robbed of the heavyweight titles after Usyk took a number of minutes to get better from what they felt was a authorized punch.

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"He's been cheated, it hit him on the waistband. That's all he worked on in camp, to the body, we saw it as a weakness and the referee got it badly wrong," mentioned Warren. "I like Usyk but that was a hometown decision. he won the fight because he was not fit to go on and they gave him a couple of minutes to recover from a legitimate shot."

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Warren then blurted out that the outcome was "horses****" because the TNT Sports panel had been compelled to apologise for his vibrant language.

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A devastated Dubois insisted he had been "cheated" whereas his coach Don Charles protested loudly as a replay of the shot was proven on the massive display. "How is that low? How is that low?" bellowed Charles.

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"I didn't think that was a low bow, I think it landed and I've been cheated out of victory," added Dubois. "I won tonight but I will have to come back."

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When requested in regards to the shot in his personal post-fight interview, Usyk dismissed the controversy with a blunt response. “Boxing is tough, but I’m great,” he mentioned. “It’s boxing I love and I respect my opponent. But it’s boxing, it’s not ballet. It’s boxing.”

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TNT Sports' Steve Bunce and Richie Woodhall felt the shot was "borderline" however Carl Frampton insisted that it ought to have been scored. “This was by no means a low blow and Usyk ought to have been counted out. Daniel Dubois must be world champion now," mentioned the previous two-weight world champion.

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