Oleksandr Usyk vs Daniel Dubois summary, round by round, stats and updates

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The knockout shot

Here is the final KO shot.

Dubois and his camp say that they were robbed of the victory, an idea that the crowd in the stadium don't like. Boos ring out, but Frank Warren says that they will complain to the WBA and try to get a rematch ordered. Frank finishes the interview by saying, "That was bullshit."

Usyk's post fight interview is a mixture of humor and bravado, and when asked about Tyson Fury, he says that he is ready to fight tomorrow.

"How do you rate his power?"

"No. Just my balls."

Low Blow or knockout?

Here is a look at that shot location.

For the record, I had it 78 - 74 going into that last round. Dubois, to my eye, won two rounds and split one with Usyk.

The low blow will be a controversial moment. It certainly wasn't clearly illegal. But then again, it wasn't clearly legal either. A very borderline shot, but that is how it goes.

Usyk goes to Dubois' corner and has a chat with him. It looks as if he is trying to tell Dubois that he needs to relax and enjoy it, that this is just boxing. Perhaps he is trying to thank Dubois for a good fight.

Usyk wins by KO

Daniel Dubois did some great work in there, but the pace set by Usyk eventually drained Dubois of all his energy. After going down in the previous round, Dubois never really recovered fully and that right hand was as solid and as flush as any you could hope to see.

Usyk comes out looking to step on the gas, piling pressure onto Dubois and get him out of there. He gets his man onto the ropes and puts together a series of shots. Dubois fights his way off before an incredible right hand puts Dubois down for the count. He can't beat the count and that is it!

Dubois comes out pounding and is landing more shots. Usyk is slower, his feet aren't as quick as the opening rounds. He loks uncomfortable particularly with the body shots.

Usyk tries to put together some combos but he isn't landing them all. Dubois lands a good right, then snaps back the champ's head with a jab. Usyk comes forward and manages to knock Dubois down in the dying seconds!

What a change of fortunes! That round was Dubois' round until he went down.

In the seventh Dubois is coming in downstairs and Usyk is hurt with a shot to the gut! He goes back on the retreat and survives it, but this is a serious moment for the champ.

The pace has slowed and Usyk has been drawn into a slug fest which is very much in favor of Dubois. He lands a one-two and now Dubois looks like the one who is hurt!

The bell goes and this is not the kind of fight that we signed up for. The rain is making things messy, and both fighters are having great success and trouble from it.

Dubois has a different look about him. Usyk is now coming forward more and in those trades, Dubois is winning the exchange. He lands a great shot on the champ and that might be the first round that Dubois has won outright.

In the fifth round, Dubois comes out and punches Usyk with a very low blow, crumpling the champ to the floor. He will be given the time to recover that he needs, but it looks like a borderline shot. Usyk shakes his head and slowly catches his breath. He takes the full five minutes as is his right.

No point deduction and when the fight restarts, Usyk is backpedalling. Dubois looks to be furious for the low blow call, but even wounded, Usyk is simply too quick to be caught flush.

Usyk catches Dubois full flush in the face with a heavy left! Dubois survives it but there is a different look about Usyk now, he is on the attack and both men throw punches after the bell.

What a difficult round to score! If you look at the replay, the low blow doesn't look low, so you could argue that Usyk should have been counted out. But if you go by what the ref called and look at the rest of the round, Usyk took control at the back end of the round.

The pace slows at the start of the fourth, and Dubois takes advantage by landing a booming gut shot. Usyk nods as if to say, "Good shot" but then moves out and snaps Dubois' head back with a jab.

Usyk is too quick for the counters that Dubois is throwing. Nothing is landing flush and while that is not enough to win, you can see Dubois getting closer and closer.

The third round now and Dubois is coming forward again. He is having to fight at a pace that is perhaps faster than he would prefer to, but when you are in the ring with Usyk, you have to go with the pace that he dictates.

Dubois is landing a few jabs and getting closer with that uppercut. Usyk isn't hurt by any of it, but you feel that if one lands, then he might be in trouble.

That was Dubois' best round, not quite enough to win it, perhaps to split it, but you feel that he might not be far off figuring this out.

The second round gets underway and Dubois comes forward a little more than he did in the first round, narrowly missing with the right, but also narrowly avoiding the hook coming back at him.

Usyk catches Dubois with a beautiful left that staggers the challenger but only momentarily. Usyk catches him again with another left. His style is so fast, so quick, goes in and out. It has frustrated every single opponent of his professional career so far, both at cruiserweight and heavyweight.

Dubois comes in and lands a nice right of his own, but not enough to take the round from the champ.

The first round bell sounds and the two men come out into what is an incredibly sall ring for the big men. Dubois, working from the orthodox stance, wants to come out and get to work quickly. Usyk is a southpaw and is very fast, pawing that jab into Dubois' face.

Usyk made good use of his right, but Dubois had a few opportunities that he missed out on. You have to feel that sooner or later, he will make use of those. That round goes to Usyk.

"Let's get ready to rumble!"

Puerto Rico's Luis Pabon will be the official in the ring.

Oleksandr Usyk vs Daniel Dubois

We have arrived at the main event. The unified heavyweight champion of the world Oleksandr Usyk takes on the WBA heavyweight (regular) champion Daniel Dubois. Michael Buffer adds gravitas to the proceedings and the crowd is ready for the fight.

Dubois promises to leave it all in the ring, saying, "He's been a great champion, but it's my time now." He ringwalks to a classic reggae track, Bob Marley's So Much To Say.

The crowd in Poland however is overwhelmingly made up of Ukrainians and they are behind Usyk. He links his battle in the ring to the nation's battle for freedom, saying that his victory is not for him but for the heroes of Ukraine.

Usyk ringwalks to a live rendition of a Ukrainian song, and he kisses the Chi Rho emblem that is on the corner post. The Ukrainian national anthem rings out through the stadium as everyone is on their feet.

Aadam Hamed wins by TKO

Both fighters come out in the southpaw stance, and Hamed is showing the same style as his father. Hands down, showboating, looking very relaxed. Hrdy dances around for a minute, throwing a jab or two, before Hamed gets him on the corner post and starts to unload. Hrdy had no intention of throwing anything back and after a minute of that, his coach throws in the towel. The fight is stopped in the first round and Hamed is now off to a 1-0 start to his professional career.

One thing is certain, the young Hamed has certainly learned from his dad about making an eye catching ring entrance. Let's see if he can match it in the ring.

Aadam Hamed vs Vojtech Hardy

Now we are in for an interesting treat as Aadam Hamed makes his professional debut against Vojtech Hardy. Hamed is the son of the legendary champion "Prince" Naseem Hamed. This is a four-round bout in the super lightweight division.

Berinchyk wins by UD

The judges saw it:

117-111

115-113

116-112

unanimously for Denys Berinchyk. Still unbeaten, still champion.

Yigit seems to think that he has won the fight, but I think that Berinchyk handled him. It was close, within a round or two, but I can't see this going to the Swede. Let's see what the judges thought of it.

The 12th and final round and Yigit comes out pounding, knowing that he needs a knockout to win. Berinchyk seems to be willing to oblige, both men stand toe to toe and they both land huge shots. Berinchyk is staggered, but Yigit doesn't have enough in the tank to take advantage of it. Berinchyk comes back with a pounding left hook of his own. They are both down to the last few fumes of fuel. Yigit staggers Berinchyk with a left, but the Ukrainian comes back into the fray. They both trade, and the final seconds sees both men stagger. How do you score that?!?!?

The eleventh and Berinchyk is landing some hard right hands. Yigit is making a good show of it for himself keeping the score close, but in the end there is not enough damage being done in his punches to pull up to Denys Berinchyk.

Round ten and that cut on Yigit's eye has opened up further, with blood flowing over his face and giving him all sorts of trouble. He is still in the fight but Berinchyk is staying on top of him, not allowing any daylight to open in his attack.

The ninth sees Denys Berinchyk turning the screws on Yigit, walking him down and pounding away. Yigit is not hurt by much, but right at the bell a right hand lands flush and you can see that the Swede felt that.

Round eight sees both men land big shots, but it is Berinchyk who comes out on top. Yigit is looking decidedly the more exhausted of the two.

The seventh comes out pretty even, with both men landing as much as they take. This is turning from a fast paced probing contest into a war.

Round six and Yigit is standing a little more in front of his man, perhaps having a bit of trouble seeing from that eye. Berinchyk tries to work straight forward now that he has a more stationary target. The Swede is still dangerous, throwing in a series of rights, jab, touch touch, hook. Nice work, but not enough to slow the Ukrainian.

That cut was opened up by an accidental head clash.

The fifth sees Yigit still running around, and Berinchyk has yet to pin him down. But the damage looks to be all on the Swede, with that nose bleeding and his arms and ribs starting to redden.

While Yigit is the more active, Berinchyk is the more accurate and a cut opens on Yigit's left eye. Lots of blood flowing from it, his corner will have a job to do.

The fourth round sees Yigit get on his bicycle, moving through the whole round, hitting and moving, up on his toes and he is making some headway. He lands some nice left hands, but not enough to hurt Berinchyk. The Ukrainian seems to be happy to let his opponent run around, knowing that he can't keep it up for 12 rounds.

In round three Berinchyk lands a peach of a shot on the Swede, but Yigit wears it well and the fight continues apace. The battle moves to the inside and Berinchyk is shifting from southpaw to orthodox throughout. Yigit makes it interesting but you feel that Berinchyk is warming into this fight.

The second round sees Berinchyk back in his natural orthodox stance. The probing is starting to turn hot, with both men drawing the other on to their shots, but enough cageyness for both to slip out of real trouble.

Berinchyk lands a couple of nice jabs but Yigit makes him pay for it with a counter left.

Some of those jabs from Berinchyk are definitely making a difference, with Yigit's nose starting to bleed at the close of the round.

Round one and Denys Berinchyk is fighting orthodox while Anthony Yigit is a southpaw. They are both feeling each other out. Denys Berinchyk tries to shake it up by switching to southpaw, moving forward, he slips but the ref is on top of it.

They are both cagey in this round and few actual shots are actually thrown, even fewer landed. This is a scouting mission for both men. There is a flurry at the bell, which sees Berinchyk land a few illegal shots as Yigit is wrapped up and turned.

Denys Berinchyk vs Anthony Yigit

Now a 12-round lightweight contest between undefeated Ukrainian WBO champion Denys Berinchyk at 17-0 and Swedish challenger Anthony Yigit at 27-3-1.

Yaroslav Khartsyz wins by UD

The judges see it with all four rounds going to Yaroslav Khartsyz. They score it:

40-36

40-36

40-36

in a unanimous decision win for Yaroslav Khartsyz.

The fourth and final round and Khartsyz looks for the counter, backpedalling the whole way, trying to get Czajkowski's agression to work against him.

In the third round, Khartsyz is going for broke and at one point slips to the mat, causing momentary shock. He shakes it off and rock Czajkowski with a left, and he is clearly in trouble.

Round two is just as furious, with Czajkowski very aggressive, but Khartsyz just a bit more compact and composed. Hard shots to the body and head rock Czajkowski on the bell.

Yaroslav Khartsyz vs Konrad Czajkowski

Now a lightweight contest between Yaroslav Khartsyz and Konrad Czajkowski.

Round one gets underway with both fighters working from the orthodox stance. Czajkowski makes good use of his lead uppercut and Khartsyz has a strong left uppercut. A fast pace is set and it ends on a strong note by Khartsyz, hurting Czajkowski with a left hook.

Hamzah Sheeraz wins by KO

As round two gets underway, it looks like Sheeraz can't miss. He puts Mytrofanov down with a stiff right hand and the referee decides that he has seen enough. Hamzah Sheeraz wins it within two rounds!

Round one gets started and it is astonishing to see the height advantage enjoyed by Sheeraz. Mytrofanov is game and moving forward, but gets a hard shot to the temple with one minute to go in the round that sends the Ukrainian to the floor. He beats the count but his legs are like rubber. Another hard left puts him down again! Again he beats the count. He makes it to the bell, but blood is streaming from his nose.

Hamzah Sheeraz vs Dmytro Mytrofanov

Now we have a light middleweight contest for you with British WBO European light middleweight champion Hamzah Sheeraz taking on Ukrainian challenger Dmytro Mytrofanov in a 12 round bout.

Anauel Ngamissengue wins by MD

76-74

78-72

75-75

One of the judges saw it as a draw, but two others saw Anauel Ngamissengue upsetting Fiodor Czerkaszyn.

That was a war! Let's see what the judges say.

The eighth and final round is a close fight. The key is that double-knockdown 10-7 third round which will be the difference in the fight.

Both fighters know that they need to finish strong, and both go for a furious finish. As the bell rings, they both raise their hands. In a round-by-round, it could be an even four rounds apiece. But with that third round, it is difficult to see Czerkaszyn winning.

Fiodor Czerkaszyn came on strong in the seventh round, looking a bit like Carl Froch. Taking tons of punishment, but growing into the fight, working betting in the late rounds than the early. Anauel Ngamissengue is visibly fatigued, unable to sustain the furious pace that he set in the early going. Czerkaszyn is landing big shots and handily wins the round. No damage done physically but definitely outpointed his opponent.

The sixth sees the momentum not exactly turned, but at least that heavy one-way traffic that we saw in the middle rounds at least slowed. Czerkaszyn is staying on the attack and you can see that Ngamissengue is a lot more tired than he looked just a couple of rounds ago. The heavy shots are still landing and even in retreat, the Frenchman is dictating the pace. The Ukrainian lands enough to possibly even take that round, but only just.

The fifth round starts with Czerkaszyn the aggressor. But it isn't a situatioin that Ngamissengue will allow to continue. he is used to being on the front foot and he pushes in, reestablishing his spot as the hunter, not the prey.

The round ends with both men jostling for dominance.

The fourth round starts off with Czerkaszyn backpedalling, trying to throw shots at Ngamissengue, but having trouble getting set. Ngamissengue is simply relentless, charging forward and walking his man down. Another hard right opens up a cut on the left eye of Czerkaszyn and the ref stops the proceedings to take a look at it. He allows the fight to continue and they make it to the end of the round.

The third round Ngamissengue delivers that right hand again that sends Czerkaszyn to the canvas. He is straight up and complaining that he was thrown down rather than knocked down. The ref is having none of it, however, and gives him a standing eight count.

Ngamissengue responds by going back in and in the war, sending Czerkaszyn to the floor again with that hard overhand right. No complaints this time, and after the count, Czerkaszyn finally realizes that he must go on the attack if he is to survive this.

The second round sees the pace pick up even further as Ngamissengue stays on the attack, not letting Czerkaszyn breathe for even a second. The traffic is two way and the Ukrainian lands some solid counter punches, but the Frenchman is not at all cowed by them, charging ahead and landing a hard overhand right.

Round one gets underway with both men happy to work close. This looks like it could be a war and will be unusual if it goes eight rounds. They are both in tight, punching and getting hit in the process. At times it looks like a wrestling match. Ngamissengue is the more aggressive of the two in the opening moments but is getting hit as much as he is giving. Czerkaszyn looks the more composed of the two and you have the feeling that he is waiting for his moment.

Fiodor Czerkaszyn is a 22-0 Ukrainian while his opponent Anauel Ngamissengue is a 12-0 Frenchman.

Fiodor Czerkaszyn vs Anauel Ngamissengue

Now an eight round middleweight contest between two unbeaten men in Fiodor Czerkaszyn and Anauel Ngamissengue.

The KO shot

Daniel Lapin moves to 8-0

Daniel Lapin wins by KO

The sixth round is all one way traffic and Lapin just goes in for the finish. With 49 seconds to go in the round, he gets it as Schwartz takes a knee and refuses to continue. The referee waves it off with 35 seconds left in the round.

Round five sees both men come out tentative, pawing at each other. Schwartz seems to be out of ideas and Lapin is just working through the gears. There have been moments with dangerous hands flying back at him, but for Lapin this has been not much more than a workout.

The fourth round sees Schwartz finally close the distance, but he is immediately wrapped up by Lapin before he can do any damage. With Aro's tendency to walk to his left, it is only a matter of time before Lapin catches him flush with one of those uppercuts. He needs to find some extra movement to get back into this bout.

The third round sees Lapin pushing forward, with Schwartz backing away, walking him around the ring. A big left hook shows Aro's intentions but misses it's mark. That is the strategy, though, to bring Lapin in and lull him onto a counter.

The pace slows after that shot, with both men wary of the other. Schwartz tries to force the counter punch a couple of times, missing wildly and Lapin seems to get the timing of his opponent's shots down, sticking out a jab on each one.

The second round sees the slippery work of Lapin continue to frustrate, but Schwartz keeps pushing in, forcing the range ever closer to his opponent. None of the shots of either man is doing any real damage, but it is Lapin who is scoring the points.

Lapin vs Schwartz

Now we get into our first fight of the undercard as Daniel Lapin takes on Aro Schwartz in a ten-round light heavyweight bout.

Round one sees Lapin take the fight to Schwartz, with those longer arms he is effective at landing shots and keeping Schwartz at a safe distance. To his credit, Schwartz is trying to cover and take the fight inside, but has little success in the early going.

Anthony Joshua on Dubois

Asked by Sky Sports News if Dubois has a chance against Usyk, Anthony Joshua said,

"Of course he has. It's a tough ask, of course. The thing with Usyk is. He doesn't depend on his power to knock you out. He depends on his skill. That's why it's a tough ask. Because he's going to box rings around you if you let him."

The former champ went on to wish his countryman luck, adding, "Dubois, good luck, Don Charles [Dubois' new trainer] good luck, Great British boxing good luck. We potentially might have the heavyweight championship back on our soil."

Of course, he is right. It is a huge task that Dubois has in front of him, but in heavyweight boxing, all it takes is one punch to change the world.

Coming into tonight's bout, Usyk is 30/1 while Dubois is coming in at the 200/1 longshot.

The Full Card

Oleksandr Usyk vs Daniel Dubois
Denys Berinchyk vs Anthony Yigit
Dmytro Mytrofanov vs Hamzah Sheeraz
Daniel Lapin vs Aro Schwartz
Fiodor Czerkaszyn vs Anauel Ngamissengue
Rafal Wolczecki vs Roberto Arriaza
Vasile Cebotari vs Joel Julio
Nursultan Amanzholov vs Lazizbek Mullojonov
Oleksandr Solomennikov vs Piotr Gudel
Aadam Hamed vs Vojtech Hardy
Ziyad Almaayouf vs Janos Penzes
Bryce Mills vs Damian Tymosz
Yaroslav Khartsyz vs Konrad Czajkowski

The main card is set to get underway at 2pm ET / 11am PT.

Tale of the tape

Oleksandr Usyk
Age: 36
Stance: Southpaw
Height: 6ft 3in
Reach: 78"
Record: 20-0

Daniel Dubois
Age: 25
Stance: Orthodox
Height: 6ft 5in
Reach: 78"
Record: 19-1

Welcome to Diario AS USA’s live coverage of the heavyweight bout between unified world heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk and the British heavyweight contender Daniel Dubois from the Tarczynski Arena in Wroclaw, Poland.

Oleksandr Usyk is a champion of champions, a man who cleaned up the cruiserweight division, holding all the belts and swatting away all challengers before making the jump to heavyweight. Questions over whether or not he could be a champion at the heavier division were laid to rest quickly when he pushed past Chazz Witherspoon, Derek Chisora, and Anthony Joshua without too much trouble. In the last of those, Usyk stripped the former unified champ of all of his belts before successfully defending them in the rematch.

The challengers to his throne are thin on the ground, with Tyson Fury having handled Deontay Wilder convincingly twice before meting out the same to Dillian Whyte, the fight for Usyk to make seemed to be with the Gypsy King, but negotiations wobbled before descending into farce. Fury pulled out and the Ukrainian champ decided to move on to Daniel Dubois.

For his part, Dubois is no fly-by-night challenger. As the WBA heavyweight champion (regular), he has a legitimate claim to at least one of the belts in Usyk’s possession. A legitimate challenger, Dubois will not be an easy opponent, and certainly one that Usyk cannot afford to look past.

His only loss is to Joe Joyce, another British heavyweight who has a case to be made for a title shot of his own in the pipeline.