It was a low blow, Usyk reaction proves it..

[springfiels]

The amount of debate I'm seeing on the Dubois low blow tells me two things - people either have an agenda or haven't fought before.

Anyone who has ever taken a full clean bodyshot (or just been winded which is similar) knows a few things - there is a slight delayed reaction, you curl up and can't catch breath let alone talk! The pain then lifts and you feel normal again - mad, frustrating feeling!

Anyone who's ever taken a low blow know it's not even similar... The reaction is instinctive and immediate, the pain builds then fades away, you feel the need to stretch / straighten yourself out from the crotch and you can talk throughout. Usyk showed most of these reactions.

It was low, it didn't cause any of the typical crushing bodyshot reactions and making out if the ref hadn't call d it low Usyk was KO'd is just lies.

Stop it.

Dubois put up a better fight than expected, but was never in it and then quit, again. A rematch would possibly end his career, Team Dubois should act like they've been cheated and ride that wave but avoid Usyk at all costs.

[Madison Boxing]

what i dont get is people saying it would have ended the fight, usyk may have got up straight away if the ref had started counting, if there was no rush then why would he? dubois can only blame himself for quitting later on anyway, that was nothing to do with belt height

[RJJ-94-02=GOAT]

Clearly looked like a reaction to a low blow.

[springfiels]

Clearly looked like a reaction to a low blow.

That's what kills the whole "debate" - you can't fake your reaction to a crushing body shot. So it wasn't that, Dubois wasn't robbed, he quit and wasn't even very good at using a bit of dirty boxing lol

[BoxingParadigm]

It was a low blow for sure. People just love to be controversial and discredit winners.

[RJJ-94-02=GOAT]

That's what kills the whole "debate" - you can't fake your reaction to a crushing body shot. So it wasn't that, Dubois wasn't robbed, he quit and wasn't even very good at using a bit of dirty boxing lol

He was sat on the floor holding his bladder area, not doubled over in pain from a “crushing body shot”.

[The Big Dunn]

Clearly looked like a reaction to a low blow.

If you look at where the belt is, His testicles would almost be directly under his belly button.

[deathofaclown]

He was sat on the floor holding his bladder area, not doubled over in pain from a “crushing body shot”.

Of course he could just be smart and knew how to fake it.

His arms were in a spasm on the floor, that would likely be down to trauma to organs from a body shot. You don't have to be hit directly in your organs to cause trauma, an 18 stone powerful man with a big glove hitting you in the stomach will shake up your internal organs..

Look at this photo, you could say that's after the shot landed. But the trajectory of Dubois arm wouldn't take it from a low blow to that. His arm is rigid and tense, and unless he has a rubber arm, it's unlikely his hand would end up where it goes on this photo if the point of impact was a clear low blow.

That shot is on the belt line, and legal. The line of Usyk's hips are clearly below the belt line.

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[dan_cov]

Was clearly a low blow, virtually all his glove is below the bottom of the waistband and you could tell from his reaction.

Once you get hit low like that you get the initial pain then it sort of goes numb and cold and it feels almost wet down there almost like you can feel blood/fluid, you can clearly see from his reaction he is experiencing this.

And lets not act like a good 5-6 shots didn't stray low that is no coincidence

[Toffee]

Rules aren't defined by a fighter's reaction.

There is lots of visual evidence on where the punch landed. There is also uncertainty given the shorts are high.

I just can't see how anyone could be as definitive as most are being on here. It's not definitively anything.

The fighter's reaction is obviously to claim a low blow. It's the smart response and Usyk is smart. He claimed plenty of them - some might have been, some I'm sure weren't low.