Boxing Pound-for-Pound Rankings: Oleksandr Usyk remains in top three as skill and craft continue to mesmerize
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Usyk rallied from what was ruled a low blow to score a late stoppage of Daniel Dubois in Poland
The crazy thing about boxing is that a seemingly perfect in-ring performance is always one punch away from falling apart and being erased.
Unified heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk (21-0, 14 KOs) knows that experience all too well after nearly seeing his mandatory title defense against Daniel Dubois last weekend in Poland end in disaster when a fifth-round body shot delivered to the belt line floored and badly hurt Usyk before quickly being ruled a low blow by referee Luis Pabon.
Usyk, 36, who was writhing in pain and looked unable to continue following the punch, which created endless debate online as to whether it should've been legal, was able to quickly rebound after his lengthy recovery period to begin breaking Dubois (19-2, 18 KOs) down en route to an impressive ninth-round TKO defeat.
