{"id":6289,"date":"2025-07-20T01:53:44","date_gmt":"2025-07-20T00:53:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/?p=6289"},"modified":"2025-07-20T13:00:59","modified_gmt":"2025-07-20T12:00:59","slug":"oleksandr-usyk-knocks-out-daniel-dubois-in-the-fifth-round-to-unify-heavyweight-titles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/oleksandr-usyk-knocks-out-daniel-dubois-in-the-fifth-round-to-unify-heavyweight-titles\/","title":{"rendered":"Oleksandr Usyk knocks out Daniel Dubois in the fifth round to unify heavyweight titles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"1622\" data-end=\"1865\">London \u2013 On Saturday, July 19, Wembley Stadium hosted a thrilling rematch between heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk and British contender Daniel Dubois. At stake were all major heavyweight belts: WBC, WBO, IBO, Ring Magazine, and IBF titles.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"1867\" data-end=\"2087\">From the opening round, Dubois applied intense pressure, aiming to take control. However, Usyk quickly established dominance with his superior movement and precise punches, forcing Dubois to retreat on several occasions.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"2089\" data-end=\"2283\">In the second round, Usyk landed powerful shots that put Dubois on the defensive, while Dubois fought back fiercely. The third round saw intensified exchanges, with neither fighter backing down.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"2285\" data-end=\"2428\">During the fourth round, Dubois increased the pressure, targeting Usyk\u2019s body with heavy blows, echoing the intensity of their first encounter.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The ringside angle of Usyk&#39;s KO over Dubois \ud83d\ude31<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/uwDG9exSGu\">pic.twitter.com\/uwDG9exSGu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Ring Magazine (@ringmagazine) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ringmagazine\/status\/1946718137891569951?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 19, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"2430\" data-end=\"2632\">The fight was decided in the fifth round when Usyk seized an opening to deliver a strong punch that sent Dubois to the canvas. He followed with a devastating left hook that ended the match via knockout.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"2634\" data-end=\"2816\">With this victory, Oleksandr Usyk maintains his undefeated professional record and unifies the heavyweight titles, cementing his legacy as one of the modern era\u2019s greatest champions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>London \u2013 On Saturday, July 19, Wembley Stadium hosted a thrilling rematch between heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk and British contender Daniel Dubois. At stake were all major heavyweight belts: WBC, WBO, IBO, Ring Magazine, and IBF titles. From the opening round, Dubois applied intense pressure, aiming to take control. However, Usyk quickly established dominance with [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6290,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[87,29],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-6289","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-boxe","8":"category-boxing-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6289"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6289"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6289\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6291,"href":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6289\/revisions\/6291"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6290"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6289"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6289"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6289"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}