The undisputed heavyweight champion of the world Oleksandr Usyk rematches Daniel Dubois shortly and there is a lot of il will.
Genuine bad blood from IBF champion Dubois and his team at what they still maintain was Usyk in their eyes taking a dive from a low blow that never happened in the first fight.
Speaking to Sky Sports earlier, Usyk said:
“I know what he’s saying, but listen—that’s in the past now. I’m focused on the present, on this new fight. I don’t know what’s going to happen in the future—that’s up to God. For me, it doesn’t matter what happened back then because it’s over. Bye-bye, past! I’m living in the now. That fight in Poland was controversial, sure—when Dubois hit me, I went down, and the referee called it a low blow, giving me time to recover. I got back up, and I knocked him out in the ninth round to keep my WBA, WBO, and IBF heavyweight titles. Some people say it was a bad call, that the punch was legal. There were photos, videos, all kinds of analysis, but I don’t worry about that. It’s not my problem—the referee made the decision, not me. Daniel keeps saying, “I won, bro, I beat you!” Okay, okay, we’ll see. We have a new fight coming up, so it doesn’t matter what happened before. Let’s settle it in the ring.”
The only way to resolve the matter is through violence of course.
Both will have their opportunity to do that shortly on July 19th at Wembley Stadium in one of the biggest boxing matches ever seen in modern times.
Roll on the undisputed fight — not long to go — so many big fights between that including this week.