Sergey Lapin shares his opinion about his ward’s title fight against the Briton.
Daniel Dubois deliberately took a low blow against Oleksandr Usyk. This is what the manager and member of the coaching staff of the Ukrainian world champion Sergei Lapin said.
According to him, the Briton tried to make the fight dirty, so at first he chose forbidden tricks as his strategy.
As we thought at ringside, illegal punches were part of Dubois’ strategy from the very beginning of the fight. They are preparing to turn the art of boxing into a street fight. Of course, they plan to make the fight dirty with illegal punches. This became evident after the one-sided dominant beating given to him by Usyk.
When you’re in the ring with a fighter like Usyk, who is so much better than you in every aspect, Dubois’ only hope is to win everything. Fortunately this was heavyweight boxing and not a bar fight and we had an experienced referee. He rightly gave Usyk the recovery time he needed, and it’s ridiculous to suggest Usyk faked it. I saw how Dubois got tired and missed more and more. The forbidden blow was simply a sign of desperation,” said Lapin as quoted by British Boxing News.
It will be remembered that Usyk defeated Dubois by TKO in the ninth round.
Earlier, the WBA released an official statement regarding Dubois’ strike against Usyk in a title fight.
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