Oleksandr Usyk: Heavyweight champion's camp deny Martin Bakole claims over sparring knockout

Oleksandr Usyk's camp have denied claims from heavyweight contender Martin Bakole that he stopped the unified world champion during a sparring session.

Bakole, appearing on Sky Sports fight night coverage on Saturday, said that he had stopped Usyk in a sparring session in Dubai and consequently doubts the Ukrainian would be willing to give him a title shot.