Egor Golub, coach of the WBO International lightweight champion Denis Berinchik (18-0, 9 KO), commented on the scandalous blow Daniel Dubois (19-2, 18 KOs) in the fifth round of the fight against the unified champion in the heavyweight division Alexandra Usika (21-0, 14 KOs).
“It’s uncivilized, it’s a gentleman’s sport. Really hit me. What did you feel? I felt that the Cossack was about to get up and hurt someone. And so it happened. Maybe he did not intentionally hit there, but a low blow, a fact is a fact.
The referee came in before the fight and showed that you can’t hit here. Dubois hit not just into the rubber band, but below the rubber band. I think he wanted to take the breath away, to stop the speed of Alexander’s legs. But he gave it too low,” Golub said in an interview with the Dom TV channel.
Let us remember that on August 26, Usyk knocked out Dubois in the ninth round.
