Eddie Hearn was awe of how Oleksandr Ulsyk fought to the larger, stronger Daniel Dubois to “beat” him and strike him last Saturday.
USYK’s knockout strategy
Hearn notes how initially the heavyweight champion used (24-0, 15 COs) in the first round definitely fought. He eventually decided that he would no longer withdraw and fought the battle to Dubois (22-3, 21 COs) to get a fifth round knock.
‘USYK is phenomenal. What a fighter. When you look at the fight, USyk was under pressure in the first round, because Dubois came out quickly as against AJ. If he catches you, you’re in trouble, ‘Eddie Hearn says to the mediaDiscuss Oleksandr Ulsyk’s victory over Daniel Dubois.
Olexandr remained calm in the first round, despite being attacked by Dubois all the time and took some big shots. The same blows felt Anthony Joshua at Wembley Stadium in September.
“I just think after that he decided, ‘I’m not going to get on my feet anymore. I’m going to take the fight to Dubois, ‘and he just beat him and stopped him naturally. He hit AJ twice, Fury twice, and Dubois twice. Incredibly, ‘says Hearn.
Utsyk did the same against Fury. He got tired of definitely fighting in the first fight and went to the ninth place in the ninth place. He got Fury close to being stopped.
‘You confronted the pound-by-pound number 1 with Jake Paul in the ring. The world became angry. What is he doing in the ring? ‘ Hearn said Paul was allowed in the ring after Uto’s victory over Dubois last Saturday at Wembley Stadium.
It would be funny if Ushyk chose Jake Paul as his final battle of his career before he retired. Tyson Fury would not be happy about it because he would miss the trilogy match he was pushing for. USYK is an too serious person for him to be prepared to be at the level of the fight against Paul.
USYK’s legacy discussed
“Now, you have to talk about him as one of the big ones, the heavyweight sizes,” Hearn says about Ulsyk. ‘There are very few heavyweights that can compete over several generations against fighters such as Mike Tyson and Ali. What a fight it would be. These are two brilliant fighters (Ali and Utsyk). You would like to beat him Mike Tyson and Larry Holmes. ‘
It would be interesting if there was a way to use a time machine to take back in time to the 1960s to fight against Joe Frazier and Muhammad Ali. Then take him to the 80s to face Mike Tyson.
“He takes the fight to the bigger guys. He broke the back foot in the first round. Then he said, ‘It’s no longer. I’m not going to hit him anymore. ‘
USYK has no choice but to fight back when Dubois starts to support him and lands large shots with both hands. In fifth place, Ushyk struck with a hard right hand that made him realize that he had to fight Dubois at his own game.
That’s when he dropped him with a right hand. The fight was basically over at that point. Dubois got up, but was too sore to defend himself and was quickly beaten a second time. The fight was then stopped.


Last updated on 07/20/2025

