The destructive month Oleksandr Usyk’s victory over Daniel Dubois in Wembley, fans still admire the achievements of Ukrainian and debate where he is sitting among the great ones.
Two blows dubois put aside and for the second time caused the unquestioned Usyk not a heavyweight champion.
The first was a law that shaken the British and saw him stumble on canvas. The second – and the one who finished the fight – the left hand as rinsed as you can see straight on the chin of Dubois, which caused his knees to fall and sent him back.
He didn’t get up.
It was a round 5. Ironically, in the same round in which Dubois graduated from Anthony Joshua in September.
But last month Usyk took the crown of Dubois as the king of the Wembley stadium.
Many former fighters and experts chose Usyk to win, but like any forecast in the heavyweight department came with an asterisk: the fight can change the flash with a quick KO Punch swing. Especially with someone who hits as challenging as Dubois.
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However, Sergey Lapin – the best friend and director of Usyk, an analytical team that supports the Ukrainian – says that he knew exactly how he would happen, thanks to the hours of studying fights and data.
“Our analysis turned out to be right in 200%,” said Lapin ESPN. “We expected Dubois to appear in the early rounds – we understood exactly how he would behave and which blows try to land.”
Together with Usyk he founded Lapin; A team dedicated to various projects in boxing. The main of these projects is a compilation of data on fighters and studying them for many hours.
Physical attributes, such as height, weight and range, as well as the way the warrior uses them in his favor, as well as Punch and JAB statistics, the speed of knockout, what style they prefer, if they like to occur or hurt more defensively, are taken into account.
All this allows the Usyk team to find holes in opponents and decide how they can apply their weaknesses and gain an advantage.
Dubois fights were played in a continuous loop during the Usyk camp, with a constant stream of information provided to people in the inner circle. Dubois’s discussions about how Dubois’s weaknesses could reveal.
The team then provides feedback from Uyk and its trainers to know what to work on.
“Usyk threw him [Dubois] With his unique technical skills – it is extremely complex to keep the attacking pressure when you just can’t land, “Lapin added.
Dubois was deafening about “causing chaos” in the ring, as he did against Joshua. While the British achieved early success, Usyk was too glossy and grew to control the fight after the 3rd round.
Then, as he practiced and practiced for many hours in the gym, he chose his moment to throw himself. He did not necessarily shoot knockout, but prepared for the possibility of introducing himself.
“As for the knockout – in fact Oleksandr meant this possibility,” said Lapin. “The notable blow with which Usyk knocked out Dubois was not an accident; it was something that he drilled many times in the camp.
“But even if this opportunity did not appear, Oleksandr prepared several other scenarios to continue and effectively end the fight.
Of course, Dubois was not a novel opponent. Usyk won his first first in the 923 round in the round. The team had a lot of data and visions to work.
“We have known Dubois for a long time, because we have already prepared for the first fight, carefully analyzing how he behaves both in and outside the ring,” said Lapin.
“So we have been observing him for many years and we understood his tendencies well – which meant that this time we were even better prepared.”