{"id":456597,"date":"2023-08-27T02:49:11","date_gmt":"2023-08-26T22:49:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/?post_type=news&#038;p=456597"},"modified":"2023-08-27T02:49:11","modified_gmt":"2023-08-26T22:49:11","slug":"usyk-defeats-dubois-in-round-9","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/news\/usyk-defeats-dubois-in-round-9\/","title":{"rendered":"Usyk defeats Dubois in round 9"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Oleksandr Usyk won against Daniel Dubois in round 9 for his 21<sup>st<\/sup> victory in his career, as 16 of them were after knockouts. The boxer from Ukraine retains the WBA &#8216;Super&#8217;, WBO, and IBF heavyweight titles and is the Unified Heavyweight Champion.<\/p>\n<p>After celebrating for a little, Oleksandr crosses the ring to speak with his opponent. The Ukrainian praised Dubois for his fight against him.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Man like <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/usykaa?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@usykaa<\/a> is what he says he is:<\/p>\n<p>Unified King \ud83d\udc51 \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/UsykDubois?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#UsykDubois<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/aG66wlJZcp\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/aG66wlJZcp<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Boxing on TNT Sports (@boxingontnt) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/boxingontnt\/status\/1695560961686372751?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">August 26, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The Ukrainian goes down just 30 seconds into the 5<sup>th<\/sup> round after Dubois&#8217;s low blow, but referee Luis Pabon immediately calls time out and that doesn\u2019t count as a knockdown.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">We should be talking about how Usyk was stopped in 5. He was clearly hurt and dropped by a clean body shot\u2026<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/UsykDubois?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#UsykDubois<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/NgtKuKDkmc\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/NgtKuKDkmc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \ud835\udc09\ud835\udc1a\ud835\udc32\ud83e\udd3c (@JayMMA4) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JayMMA4\/status\/1695558860851806391?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">August 26, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>However, Usyk showed that he was better and put Dubois down on 1 knee in the 8<sup>th<\/sup> round after landing a succession of shots to the head. In the next round, Oleksandr finished the job after Daniel was down again.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\ud835\uddd9\ud835\uddfc\ud835\uddff \ud835\udde8\ud835\uddf8\ud835\uddff\ud835\uddee\ud835\uddf6\ud835\uddfb\ud835\uddf2 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/usykaa?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@Usykaa<\/a> \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/UsykDubois?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#UsykDubois<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/VGi0d4IcYn\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/VGi0d4IcYn<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Boxing News (@BoxingNewsED) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BoxingNewsED\/status\/1695564684907155959?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">August 26, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Oleksandr Usyk won against Daniel Dubois in round 9 for his 21st victory in his career, as 16 of them were after knockouts. 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