Frank Warren has once again questioned the outcome of his client's fight against the Ukrainian.
Frank Warren, the promoter of IBF heavyweight champion Daniel Dubois, expressed a desire to see his client's rematch against Anthony Joshua after his stoppage victory over Anthony Joshua. WBC, WBA, WBO and IBO title holder Oleksandr Usyk.
The British boxer's representative once again disagreed with the defeat Dubois suffered from the Ukrainian in the summer of 2023.
“We'll see what happens on December 21 in Riyadh (the rematch between Usyk and Tyson Fury – ed.). We'll see the result of that fight. I believe Tyson will win, but the fight I'd like to see…
I'd like to see Daniel fight Usyk again because I think he should have won that fight and I still don't think it was a low blow,” the Evening Standard quotes the promoter as saying.
Dubois knocked out Joshua in the fifth round. Before that, he knocked his opponent down three times – in the first, third and fourth rounds.
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Recall that on the night of August 27, Usyk knocked out Dubois in the ninth round and defended his WBO, WBA, IBO and IBF heavyweight titles.
However, in the fifth round of the fight, a scandalous episode occurred – the Briton hit the Ukrainian below the belt, after which he fell to the canvas of the ring. The referee did not count the knockdown, but gave Alexander a few minutes to recover.
After the fight, Dubois said that he was robbed of the victory. According to the British boxer, his blow hit Usyk not below the belt, but right in the stomach. Daniel expressed confidence that he knocked out the Ukrainian and should have taken possession of the championship belts. In this regard, Dubois's team demanded that the result of the fight with Usyk be annulled.
Later, the WBA made an official statement, stating that Dubois's hit below the belt was a violation of the rules and, after a detailed study of the appeal, ruled that the result of the championship fight remains in force.
Dubois himself had previously expressed a desire to have a rematch with Usyk. In June 2024, after an scheduled victory over Croatian Filip Hrgovic, he said that he wanted to become the undisputed world champion.
Earlier it was reported that Usyk reacted to Joshua's sensational knockout defeat by Dubois.