Usyk vs Dubois 2 live: Start time, undercard results and fight updates tonight – UK Times

An attritional final round, fitting for this fight.

At points, both men are leaning on each other, breathing heavily.

We’ll go to the scorecards…

Dacres’s mouthguard comes out, one minute into the round. Was that legitimately knocked out, or did he want a breather?

Either way, it’s back in, and the action is back under way.

Sirenko triples up the left hook, but Dacres fires back with a spearing cross!

A good spell for Dacres here.

More clean lands for Dacres in the ninth. Into the final frame we go…

Still Sirenko trudges forward, looking to wear down Dacres.

Still both men land with both hands, and it seems inconceivable that one boxer won’t go down before this is over…

Each man lands a right hook midway through the round, before Dacres squeezes a couple of straights through what is supposed to be Sirenko’s guard.

Now a left hook and stiff cross by Dacres! Great work, yet Sirenko is undeterred. Wow…

Dacres goes to the body with a pair of hooks now, and Sirenko replies with a couple of body jabs.

The pattern of the fight continues in the middle rounds, with both men having spells of landing almost at will.

This isn’t the best advert for defence, but tiredness definitely looks to be playing a role.

Still four rounds to go, maximum, too!

Dacres continues to land the heavier strikes, mixing in hooks and uppercuts well, but Sirenko is undeterred.

The Ukrainian continues to bear down on the Briton, and his jab looks pretty stern.

Cheers around the stadium, as Usyk’s arrival is shown on the big screen! He was largely booed at the weigh-in yesterday.

Ten rounds scheduled here.

Both men stand orthodox. A physical start, with some heavy body work in a few clinches. Sirenko aims to hold the centre of the ring.

No hesitance behind the Sirenko right hand; he’s happy throwing overhands and hooks, with little set-up beyond the jab.

Meanwhile, Dacres is favouring the left hook. Oh! Lovely rear uppercut, though, to get Sirenko’s attention!

An overhand right by Dacres draws an “ooo” from the crowd, which is starting to fill out at Wembley.

He’s landed some good stuff, and he’s working in the left hook to the body nicely.

The question is whether he can sustain this level, as Sirenko continues to keep him moving backwards. It’s a grinding pressure.

There are three Ukrainian vs British bouts tonight, including the main event…

One of the other two is up next, as Vladyslav Sirenko faces Solomon Dacres at heavyweight.

Britain’s Dacres (9-1, 3 KOs) was stopped in the first round last time out, as David Adeleye handed the “Meal Deal” his first pro loss.

If Dacres is to bounce back tonight, he’ll have to hand Sirenko (22-0, 19 KOs) his first defeat as a pro.

Here are just some of the heavyweights to have held the undisputed titles in the sport’s glamour division:

Muhammad Ali, George Foreman, Joe Frazer, Lennox Lewis, Mike Tyson, Oleksandr Usyk of course…

It is not an especially big club, but every boxer in it will go down as a legend – or already has done.

How will Dubois be feeling once he gets to Wembley?

Massive stakes tonight – not just the undisputed heavyweight titles, but the chance for revenge on Usyk, and the opportunity to become the first pro to beat the modern great.

Aadam Hamed def. Ezequiel Gregores via decision (40-36).

The referee-judge gives Hamed every round, and rightfully so. With that, he stays unbeaten!