Security race to intervene as Daniel Dubois viciously shoves Oleksandr Usyk during first face-off at Wembley
DANIEL DUBOIS nearly sparked a premature Wembley brawl with Oleksandr Usyk by pushing his rival.
The pair faced off at the home of English football on Monday morning for the first time since the announcement of their July joust.
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Dubois upped the ante by shoving the unified heavyweight champion
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They intensely stared at one another in the centre circle before Dubois upped the ante by shoving the former undisputed heavyweight champion.
Usyk, 38, reacted by getting in a fighting stance.
But security promptly jumped between the pair to ensure they didn't prematurely trade blows on the hallowed Wembley turf.
Boxing fans were quick to comment on the argy-bargy, with one writing on X: "Dubois flinched."
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Another said: "Usyk just smiles back. This will be a good fight."
And another said: "He's definitely scared as f**k."
One remarked: "Pushed him and then proceeded to s**t himself when Usyk moved towards him."
Dubois and Usyk locked horns with one another in the unified heavyweight title showdown in Poland in August 2023.
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Usyk retained the WBA, IBF, WBO, IBO and Ring heavyweight titles with a ninth-round stoppage of the Greenwich gladiator.
The IBF heavyweight king thought he was on his way to winning the fight in the fifth round when he dropped
But referee Luis Pabon deemed the punch to be a low blow and gave Usyk the allotted five minutes to recover.
Pabon, however, controversially urged Usyk to take more time to recover after the fan favourite said he was ready to fight.
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But their attempts to have the result of Usyk's second defence of the unified heavyweight titles were KO'd by Panama-based sanctioned body.
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