Oleksandr Usyk stops Daniel Dubois in the ninth to retain his world heavyweight titles… but controversy rages after Brit’s debatable low blow which floored Ukrainian for nearly FOUR MINUTES

From high drama after a low blow to down and out in the ninth.

Nothing went right for Daniel Dubois as his world heavyweight title dream evaporated into a war charged Ukrainian night across the Polish border.

Controversy was roused by claims that the fifth round body blow from Dubois on Oleksandr Usyk was not low enough for the WBA, IBF, WBO and Ring Magazine title monopolist to have been given several long, long minutes to recover before he returned to his task of patiently defusing our Dynamite Daniel.

Until the magician from Kyiv turned on the supercharger at the end of the ninth Dubois had given a reasonable account of himself. 

Albeit winning barely winning a round along the way.

The Ukrainian had been sent to the canvas by Dubois in the fifth but was ruled as a low blow

Dubois and his promoter Frank Warren led the protests over the decision in the venue

Frank Warren led the protests and there will be plenty of outrage back home. The ensuing disappointment was inevitable but Dubois had gone with a risky plan to go after Usyk’s body and when that one landed it was just below the waist line.

Once he had milked the situation he returned to the fray to deafening acclaim from 40,000 brothers and sisters at arms.

And there was a hint of anger in the way he proceeded to bamboozle and beat up his young London challenger.

The finish inflicted by deadly straight for a second knockdown was vicious.

The pair then went from blows to a lengthy exchange of views in a corner.

But in the end Dubois did not do enough to prevent Usyk’s progress towards an undisputed world title bonanza with Tyson Fury in the new year.