Usyk defeats Dubois in round 9

Oleksandr Usyk won against Daniel Dubois in round 9 for his 21^st victory in his career, as 16 of them were after knockouts. The boxer from Ukraine retains the WBA ‘Super’, WBO, and IBF heavyweight titles and is the Unified Heavyweight Champion.

After celebrating for a little, Oleksandr crosses the ring to speak with his opponent. The Ukrainian praised Dubois for his fight against him.

Man like @usykaa is what he says he is:

Unified King 👑 🇺🇦#UsykDubois pic.twitter.com/aG66wlJZcp

— Boxing on TNT Sports (@boxingontnt) August 26, 2023

The Ukrainian goes down just 30 seconds into the 5^th round after Dubois’s low blow, but referee Luis Pabon immediately calls time out and that doesn’t count as a knockdown.

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We should be talking about how Usyk was stopped in 5. He was clearly hurt and dropped by a clean body shot…#UsykDubois pic.twitter.com/NgtKuKDkmc

— 𝐉𝐚𝐲🤼 (@JayMMA4) August 26, 2023

However, Usyk showed that he was better and put Dubois down on 1 knee in the 8^th round after landing a succession of shots to the head. In the next round, Oleksandr finished the job after Daniel was down again.

𝗙𝗼𝗿 𝗨𝗸𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗲 @Usykaa 🇺🇦#UsykDubois pic.twitter.com/VGi0d4IcYn

— Boxing News (@BoxingNewsED) August 26, 2023