It just doesn't seem right to me.

I hate it when a fight ends with a liver-punch, a la Lomachenko-Linares. A fighter could be dominant and then one well-located debilitating punch could end his night. That wasn't the case here. I think Lomachenko was winning, but I feel that we spectators got robbed of an exciting finish. It's like a low-blow ending a fight. The area is so vulnerable and that creates pain which one cannot withstand. liver-punch is so debilitatingly painful in one spot, seems more akin to leveling someone by hitting him in the testicles.

Comments (20)

John_Locke

ironically drowning is notoriously a rather painless way to die I've never heard that and I can't imagine how it could be true. I'll have to read up on it.

8y ago

Steven_Mccowan

Haha fooking boxing fans. I swear most of em spend their days in helmets playing with crayons. "A definitive ending" is exactly what happened

8y ago

b00g13man

Seems like an odd complaint...

8y ago

KingTito

This is ridiculous.

8y ago

nacho_daddy

^ Yes that. I've always felt that it was a faking job. It was a weak body shot and Oscar had never been hurt by a body shot before this fight that I can remember and was pounding the mat instead of getting up while acting like he's really hurt. Most fighters don't pound the mat and act like they can't get up instead of getting up. Ridiculous. exactly. it was so fake when he did that. he is now the most corrupt POS promotor among corrupt POS promotors. it was a great way to start his business with hopkins

8y ago

Boxing_Goat

you mean when Oscar faked getting taken out by the liver shot from Hopkins? then he went partners with Hopkins after the fight ^ Yes that. I've always felt that it was a faking job. It was a weak body shot and Oscar had never been hurt by a body shot before this fight that I can remember and was pounding the mat instead of getting up while acting like he's really hurt. Most fighters don't pound the mat and act like they can't get up instead of getting up. Ridiculous.

8y ago

Boxing_Goat

My pops came over to watch the fight. We were watching and were like wtf just happened! It wasn't until the replay we understood what happened. Thing of beauty. Definitely. I was so happy to see the cheater get KO'd anyways. Karma is a b@tch

8y ago

Boxing_Goat

I agree, i wish we could of seen a non controversial definitive end like ward destroying kovalev with beautiful bodyshots! lol! Good one

8y ago

boliodogs

The fans weren't robbed of an exciting ending. They got an exciting ending. That was a wicked full power left hand Loma landed. It had speed and weight behind it. If that punch had landed on the jaw it probably would still have ended the fight. A light or average punch to the liver won't KO a boxer. If it would there would be liver punch KOs damn near every fight. It takes a smashing punch to the liver to end the fight and that is what Loma delivered.

8y ago

SuperSuperLeeds

8y ago

man_down

Exactly what I saw. I originally thought that the uppercut did the damage until I saw the replay. That was an awesome body shot! My pops came over to watch the fight. We were watching and were like wtf just happened! It wasn't until the replay we understood what happened. Thing of beauty.

8y ago

G_G_G

IMO trunks should be wore up to the nipples. So we can see just straight headshots until someone falls.

8y ago

Boxing_Goat

Thought the lead up to the liver shot was a thing of beauty, the 5 or 6 punches that set it up. Didn't even know what had happened when I first see it, how fast it was. Only noticed on the replay. Linares on the floor wondering what the **** just happened Exactly what I saw. I originally thought that the uppercut did the damage until I saw the replay. That was an awesome body shot!

8y ago

Boxing_Goat

I remember seeing Kostya Tszyu talk about how debilitating a good liver shot is. He was saying how it just makes you so numb and you can't breath. Then we've got these fatso keyboard warriors chastising fighters like Linares for quitting. Go figure. He was up and trying to continue at the tenth count so I don't fault him for that. At all

8y ago

nacho_daddy

Didn't the Golden Boy himself, de la Hoya, get stopped by someone by a liver-punch? you mean when Oscar faked getting taken out by the liver shot from Hopkins? then he went partners with Hopkins after the fight

8y ago

4truth

I remember seeing Kostya Tszyu talk about how debilitating a good liver shot is. He was saying how it just makes you so numb and you can't breath. Then we've got these fatso keyboard warriors chastising fighters like Linares for quitting. Go figure. Not so much chastising him for not going on but for claiming he wanted to and could, neither was the case.

8y ago

Boxing_Goat

Like a low blow ending a fight? huh? I beg your pardon? Not even close. That's sweet science. Loma knew he wasn't hurting Linares to the head so he started going to the body and found the Sunday punch. It's a boxing staple and ended great. I wish I could have seen Linares get a chance to continue so we could have seen him get pummeled more but it's life.

8y ago

man_down

It's tactical, upstairs then boom to the liver. Takes a lot to set that punch up. We don't get to see it as much as a headshot ko so for me it was great.

8y ago

chrisJS

A liver shot is the most devastating single punch in boxing. I've been hit by a few good ones in sparring and the pain is unbearable, it completely sickens you. I would compare it to drowning. I remember seeing Kostya Tszyu talk about how debilitating a good liver shot is. He was saying how it just makes you so numb and you can't breath. Then we've got these fatso keyboard warriors chastising fighters like Linares for quitting. Go figure.

8y ago

Dean_Razorback

Its a legal punch and always has been and on top of that its not as easy to land as you think. You can strafe some ones balls almost at will. a well placed left to the liver is a thing of beauty

8y ago