This was a clean punch above the waist. A shame this was called a low blow. Usyk was VERY VERY hurt.
Usyk was also knocked down in the amateurs by Beterbiev with a body shot. Usyk is soft to the body imo.
https://youtu.be/xGZjDId5cC8?si=N0r7ExgpVskDejAL
From what I see, this punch was the same punch that Joshua hit him with. Punch with upward trajectory that landed low and basically pulled Usyk's shorts upwards thus seemed like it landed more on the beltline than really did.
With your name I would have guessed that you know what a clean body punch look like :boxing:
People really still crying about this? Dubois lost basically every second of that fight that he wasn't punching Usyk low. That wasn't the only low blow he threw either.
FFS, you can hear the punch land on the cup, Dubois and his corner didn't even TRY to protest the call when it happened, and watch where Dubois hand goes right after the strike and he sees what happens... Right over his own gonads. He KNEW he hit Usyk low. If there was any chance that was a legal punch, he and his corner would have protested it immediately. Everyone ringside knew that was low.
I've also taken plenty of very hard shots in that area. Seen other guys get hit so hard that their cups shattered and sent shards all up in there. That's a very obvious low blow. The only people pushing that crap are Usyk haters.
And for the record, bad calls in other fights don't mean squat with respect to this one. Was under the navel, so it was low. Salido didn't get so much as a point taken for hitting Loma low over 60 times. So what?
This was a clean punch above the waist. A shame this was called a low blow. Usyk was VERY VERY hurt.
Usyk was also knocked down in the amateurs by Beterbiev with a body shot. Usyk is soft to the body imo.
https://youtu.be/xGZjDId5cC8?si=N0r7ExgpVskDejAL
It was clearly low. And it's mot the first time Usyks been dropped by a body shot that was too low
Lol at a ton.. very few were and then you come to the Usyk situation and there's so many saying it's a low blow.
I guarantee some of these clowns are hypocrites and completely flipped in the argument lol
Hell where was the uproar from boxing media when that happened?
Pretty sure there was an uproar at the time. Maybe not as huge as you’d expect, but it’s not like those fights did well either.
boxing fans are boxing’s worst enemy
and you’re not wrong about hypocrites flipping.
Unless you're trolling, there's a TON of posters on here who say Ward should have been DQd
Myself, I think it should have had a warning and a break for Kov. But whatever, the rhetoric was always "It doesn't matter KOV QUIT!!"
yeah, consecutive nut shots will do that lol
Lol at a ton.. very few were and then you come to the Usyk situation and there's so many saying it's a low blow.
I guarantee some of these clowns are hypocrites and completely flipped in the argument lol
Hell where was the uproar from boxing media when that happened?
Unless you're trolling, there's a TON of posters on here who say Ward should have been DQd
Myself, I think it should have had a warning and a break for Kov. But whatever, the rhetoric was always "It doesn't matter KOV QUIT!!"
yeah, consecutive nut shots will do that lol
So you say those shots from Ward were low or not? Lol simple yes or no buddy
I just rewatched those shots from Ward again and by definition of so called boxing fans here Ward should have been DQ'd lol.
Unless you're trolling, there's a TON of posters on here who say Ward should have been DQd
Myself, I think it should have had a warning and a break for Kov. But whatever, the rhetoric was always "It doesn't matter KOV QUIT!!"
yeah, consecutive nut shots will do that lol
I didn't say Dubois punched him there, I was talking I know what it is and and what are hard body punches, bare knuckle even. I have always been a heavyweight and never the heaviest, so I have been punched by people close to Fury's weight as well, like 20-25 kg. heavier than me.
Anyway, bringing this fight anymore is unnecessary, people have their opinions and many will have them in future. Just as it is stupid to say "Dubois quit" - he did but the point here is completely different.
Yeah, I fought LHW and HW. I get it. I was undersized at HW. I thought it was low at the time, and think it's low now. But you're 100% correct, there's really no point to bring this up again. Be like people bringing up "The Long Count" against Wilder (Which I always said doesn't matter, since it's not an official 10 seconds but a 10 count by a ref who can take however the fk long he wants at the end of the day.)
I just rewatched those shots from Ward again and by definition of so called boxing fans here Ward should have been DQ'd lol.
That POS Tony Weeks should have at least stopped the action and warned Ward.
Bladder blow is a low blow in boxing though.
I didn't say Dubois punched him there, I was talking I know what it is and and what are hard body punches, bare knuckle even. I have always been a heavyweight and never the heaviest, so I have been punched by people close to Fury's weight as well, like 20-25 kg. heavier than me.
Anyway, bringing this fight anymore is unnecessary, people have their opinions and many will have them in future. Just as it is stupid to say "Dubois quit" - he did but the point here is completely different.
Funny how the shots that Ward landed on Kovalev were ruled legit, while the shot Dubois landed on Usyk was ruled low.
I just rewatched those shots from Ward again and by definition of so called boxing fans here Ward should have been DQ'd lol.
This was a clean punch above the waist. A shame this was called a low blow. Usyk was VERY VERY hurt.
Usyk was also knocked down in the amateurs by Beterbiev with a body shot. Usyk is soft to the body imo.
https://youtu.be/xGZjDId5cC8?si=N0r7ExgpVskDejAL
Reaching much? You must not be talking about the same Beterbiev whose 20 wins 20 KOs right? Someone else? A Beterbiev that isn't classified as one of the hardest punchers in the sport's history?
Funny how the shots that Ward landed on Kovalev were ruled legit, while the shot Dubois landed on Usyk was ruled low.
https://youtu.be/yx7aHngA8wA
To me it was legit: the shorts were covering the navel. Not that the navel defines the waste line but I am saying it for those who think it does. Nor was Usyk cable to stand if this was a 10 count because he was crawling and twitching. The fact he decided to show his body at the post-fight conference was actually a mistake because it proved it by showing his anatomy. But it is pointless to argue. What is enough is that: the opinions are solidly split; the fight also reminded plenty of dubious situations where Usyk complained of low blows; also reminded what a *hit (and most probably corrupt) referee Pabon is, referring to a similar situation in Joshua-Usyk II and him seeing Klitschko-Povetkin a clean fight - the man obviously loves Ukrainians.
I can say more being a long-term Kyokushin practitioner, I know what a hard and barehand (yes, hurts more than a gloved one) punch to the body and even the bladder is.
Bladder blow is a low blow in boxing though.
1. it was low
2. even if it weren't low, there was no count so there's no way to know if Usyk could've gotten up. he picks up the ref's low call immediately and knows he has a minute to get up.
3. DuBois got stopped by a jab later in the fight, he has no right to complain about anything