An exultant Oleksandr Usyk gently mocked the critics and doubters who had suggested that age was closing in and made him vulnerable before he entered the ring against Daniel Dubois at Wembley Stadium on Saturday night. Instead, he produced a blistering masterclass which resulted in a fifth-round demolition of Dubois. “Thirty-eight is a young guy, remember!” Usyk quipped. “Thirty-eight, it’s only the start!”
Talking in the ring a few minutes after he sealed his dominant victory, the undisputed heavyweight champion said he had not decided who he might fight next. “I don’t know,” he said. “I want a rest. I want to be at home with my family, my wife, my children. I want to rest maybe two, three months. Just rest.”
