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Message: [QUOTE="SWC75, post: 4738352, member: 289"] Just watched the Oleksandr Usyk - Daniel Dubois fight. DuBois, per ESPN, had seemed to be a coming force in the division Joe Joyce broke his orbital bone in 2020, resulting in his first defeat. That seemed to reduce his enthusiasm for the sport. Timothy Bradley on his most recent bout against Kevin Lerena: "His once flawless style, which had experts like myself excited about his potential, had deflated. In a disappointing turn of events, he was knocked down three times in the opening round, two of which appeared unprovoked, while wrestling with the need for active engagement. Despite his impressive comeback to secure victory, there are still subtle signs of a fighter with a partially fractured spirit." Usyk seemed to be dominating the fight until Duboise started to come alive in the 4th round and gave as good as he got. Then, early in the 5th round, he got in a shot to Usyk's beltline that cause him to collapse to the ring. The referee immediately called a low blow and allowed Usyk a rest period that wound up lasting 3 1/2 minutes. At one point Usyk said he was ready to continue but the ref actually told him to take more time. They finally resumed and Usyk danced around the ring, (like Tunney vs. Dempsey), then came back out and used his sharper combinations to force Duboise backwards where he couldn't lunch any more shorts to the beltline, although he tried. Replays didn't show it to be a low blow at all and Duboise should have been awarded a knock-out, (Usyk was on the ground for at least a minute and later told Duboise that he couldn't feel his legs). Daniel kept trying to get at Usyk's belly but Oleksandr won every exchange above the belt. Daniel finally sagged to his knees at the end fo the 7th and did so again, off a jab in the 9th. He didn't appear seriously hurt but the referee stopped it and Duboise didn't argue, saving his energy to argue that he should have been named the winner the in the 5th round. Bradley said "He checked out". It made it harder to have sympathy for him, but he did get cheated. Tyson Fury must have noticed that Usyk doesn't like to get hit in the breadbasket. But he might have to wait for Usyk-Duboise rematch before the can find out for himself. [/QUOTE]

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