Oleksandr Usyk does not seem bothered by the fact that his former trainer James Ali Bashir has joined up with Dubois. Bashir is best known for having worked alongside legendary trainer Emmanuel Ste…
Usyk was delighted to see his old trainer BashirBut, the pair split after working together for three years and now Bashir has been drafted in by Dubois' trainer,This could cause some tension with Usyk, but the Ukrainian is unfazed, as he saw Bashir at Thursday's press conference and ran over to greet him and the pair embraced.: "I knew he was a big, strong, youthful guy and my thinking is from watching him from afar that this guy is youthful and he has power.
"That's what you've got to go to the dance with. You can't go out there and out-think Oleksandr Usyk, he's a consummate professional and that's not going to happen.Tony Bellew did not appear too pleased when Oleksandr Usyk brought up KO to prove a point"He's eleven years younger and he's a very powerful guy. If he hits any heavyweight, not just, if he hits any heavyweight clean there's gonna be problems for the guy receiving the punch.
As for those who do not believe Dubois has what it takes to win, Bashir said: "Most of the people not giving him a chance have never boxed, they've never been in the ring, they don't know the logistics of boxing period.Most read in Boxing
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