Dubois Shove Showed Weakness - Usyk

Oleksandr Usyk says Daniel Dubois showed "weakness" by pushing him during their face-off arsenic they promoted their rematch to go nan undisputed world heavyweight champion astatine London's Wembley Stadium connected 19 July.

Briton Dubois is nan IBF champion, pinch Ukraine's Usyk holding nan WBA (Super), WBO and WBC belts.

Usyk is undefeated successful 23 fights and hit Dubois, 27, via a ninth-round stoppage successful August 2023.

A time aft their conflict was confirmed, nan brace posed for pictures connected nan transportation astatine Wembley connected Monday erstwhile Dubois shoved 38-year-old Usyk successful nan chest.

Security stepped successful betwixt nan brace earlier Usyk turned distant and began laughing.

When asked if Dubois had improved since their past conflict 2 years ago, Usyk told BBC Sport: "I deliberation he has, Daniel wins nan IBF belt, has beaten 3 bully fighters. He is simply a world champion, a difficult man, a vulnerable man."

Asked if nan Englishman had changed mentally, Usyk replied: "Mentally no, push is simply a weakness."

Explaining why he pushed Usyk, Dubois said: "Its a caller me, nan fearfulness of acting successful a peculiar measurement is not location immoderate more, now I request to do what I request to do, this is nan conflict game, this is boxing."

There was contention nan past clip they fought erstwhile Usyk was floored successful nan 5th information but nan punch was declared a debased rustle by nan referee.

Promoter Frank Warren lost an appeal to nan WBA for Dubois' nonaccomplishment to Usyk to beryllium ruled a nary title and that a rematch beryllium ordered.

Dubois said Usyk caused him "a batch of symptom and frustration" but it "helped maine to scope moreover further"

He added: "It will consciousness moreover amended erstwhile it's done, I person knocked retired and won. Put demons to furniture and put correct what went wrong."