‘Never seen this’: World in awe of boxing terminator Oleksandr Usyk
World champion Oleksandr Usyk has made history with a staggering knockout win in front of a stunned stadium of 90,000 fans.
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Oleksandr Usyk has made history with a savage fifth round knockout of Daniel Dubois.
In front of a stunned crowd of 90,000 at Wembley Stadium, Usyk proved he is one of the greatest fighters of all time in yet another defence of his undisputed heavyweight belts.
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The fight appeared to be on even-footing until the fifth round when Usyk, 38, showed his class and went to another level, dropping Dubois twice in one minute.
The fight was stopped with one minute and eight seconds left in the round.
It was a massive right hand that dropped Dubois the first time after the Brit made the mistake of pushing his opponent into the corner.
While he was able to get back to his feet the first time, he was put down again seconds later when Usyk landed a brutal left hand hook that looked like a hammer crashing into Dubois’ cheek bone.
Victory saw Ukraine’s Usyk extend his unbeaten professional record to 24 fights as the WBA, WBC and WBO champion.
Sunday morning’s win added his British opponent’s IBF belt to his collection.
With Ukrainian flags flying around the stadium, Usyk had the crowd on their feet, applauding in awe of the man.
Boxing commentators on X wrote Usyk is the “greatest of all time”.
One person wrote: “People are scared to say he’s better than Muhammad Ali. But he is.”
“The victory is for my people. 38 is only a young number,” Usyk shouted in the ring after dropping to his knees in celebration.
“This is just the beginning. Thank you Wembley. I don’t want anything next, this is enough.
“I want to rest now. I want to get home to my family and wife and my children.
“I want to rest now but maybe - in two or three months - actually no, just rest.
“Maybe Tyson Fury is next, or Anthony Joshua or Joseph Parker. I cannot say because I want to go home.”
Dubois, 27, was devastated as he admitted he had made mistakes during the fight.
“I have to commend him for his performance. I have nothing bad to say about him. I will be back,” he said.
“I was in a fight and I was just trying to win round-by-round.”
Usyk said in the ring he was prepared to fight Tyson Fury, Anthony Joshua, Derek Chisora and Joseph Parker next.
Dubois’ promoter Frank Warren said it it likely to be Parker next because the Kiwi is a mandatory challenger for the WBO belt.
“Oleksandr Usyk’s a modern-day legend,” Warren said.
“In any generation, he’d be a great fighter. No complaints, no excuses, the better man won on the night.”
It was the second time Usyk had defeated Dubois following a ninth-round stoppage success in Krakow, Poland, in 2023, where the Briton was ruled to have landed an illegal low blow in the fifth round.
In a bizarre end to the fight, YouTuber-turned boxer Jake Paul walked into the ring and had a face off with Usyk.
Originally published as ‘Never seen this’: World in awe of boxing terminator Oleksandr Usyk
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