Oleksandr Usyk additional cemented his place as one among boxing’s greats by stopping Daniel Dubois in spherical 5 to turn out to be a two-time undisputed heavyweight champion.
The Ukrainian placed on a masterclass in entrance of 90,000 followers at Wembley Stadium to sprint Dubois’ desires of being the primary Briton to unify the division within the four-belt period.
Usyk, 38, put Dubois down twice within the fifth and the Londoner was unable to return to beat the depend the second time spherical.
He additionally stopped Dubois in 2023 and extends his excellent report as an expert to 24 victories.
“I am sorry [Dubois], it is sport. My individuals needed this win,” Usyk informed DAZN.
“Nothing is subsequent. It is sufficient. Subsequent, I wish to relaxation. My household, my spouse, my youngsters, I wish to relaxation now. Two or three months, I wish to simply relaxation.”
Dubois – who beat Anthony Joshua to defend his IBF title in September – tastes defeat for the third time in 25 contests as an expert, with every of these losses coming inside the gap.
Usyk reclaimed the IBF title, which was stripped from him simply weeks after unifying the division in 2023, and added it to his WBA (Tremendous), WBO and WBC belts.
“I’ve to commend him on the efficiency, I gave all the things I had. Take no credit score away from that man, I will be again,” Dubois informed DAZN.
“I used to be simply preventing, making an attempt to choose up spherical by spherical. It’s what it’s.”
