Comments Thread For: Dubois Trainer Says Controversial Punch on Usyk Was 'Long Ways From the Balls'

[Bronx23]

But a low blow doesn’t mean just the nuts or dvck. Anything below the belly button is considered low. Literally no part of his glove even grazed the skin and Usyks trunks werent even high.

If he truly felt that he didn’t hit Usyk low, he had a full 5 minutes to think about attacking Usyks body for the remainder of the fight. Instead he never landed a good shot there again and quit after being dropped by a damn jab ffs

[hitmanjosh]

Why do all of you casuals keep insisting that the balls themselves is the only area that can be a low blow? IT'S BELOW THE NAVEL, READ THE DAMN RULES.

I'm no casual and have been around the sport as a pro fighter/fan for some 40+ years and the shot was weak in terms of being low, the referee did a poor job and everyone could see who the house fighter was, Dubois is a quitter and Usyk doesn't take it well to the body and should have been stopped 1st.

[hitmanjosh]

The blow was visibly was low and by the rules Usky was entitled to a break. Dubois went low in round two drawing a face from Usky as if to say stop it, and did so again in round three. It has been ages since I sparred but a cup guard can side on you. You do not want to be hit there by a 230 pound heavyweight that can punch.

Shut the *** up bummmmmm! He quit just like yo asS.

[hitmanjosh]

We all know they cheated and got away with it, however your fighter still went out like a bi_ _h and quit for the second time! How about that 4 your asS.

[786]

He's right in saying that we don't know what Usyk felt. The punch didn't hit him directly on the balls, it seemed to be on the beltline but hitting the protector that hard could make it ride up and hit the balls or at least feel very uncomfortable. Bladder shots are painful as **** too. Since the fight I've said the shot looked good to me (seen plenty of beltline punches ruled ok) but it's ambiguous enough to give the benefit of the doubt and it was otherwise a one-sided win for Usyk that we really don't need to revisit the fight.

I've seen people say that Dubois shouldn't have targeted that area because of the prior warnings but a lot of those punches looked legit and they were clearly bothering Usyk so why not keep going to the body? It's clear to me that Dubois wasn't trying to hit low and after that, Usyk's opponents will target his body more.

[Raggamuffin]

lol.

Somewhere between the belly button and the testes, lies the truth.

The belt line answer from a ref I think is suffice lol….

[4truth]

Any of you who keep using the “anything below the belly button” comment needs Boxing 101.

lol.

Somewhere between the belly button and the testes, lies the truth.

[Raggamuffin]

Any of you who keep using the “anything below the belly button” comment needs Boxing 101.

[Raggamuffin]

Anything below the belt line is low unless a fighter is wearing his trunks up to his ears. Dubois ko shot lol…clearly landed on the belt line.

[Vlad_]

In the nuts or nothing, apparently.

Did the ref explain before the fight that he would only call low blows if it was right on the nuts? Didn't think so.

You can show folks from a million angles that it was a low blow and they’ll still show their agenda or bias. Just say you don’t like the guy, at this point it’s the only thing that literally makes sense. This has been analyzed to death in slow mo, screen grabs and it always comes back as low…

It doesn't have to be a punch in "the balls" to be a low blow.
Anything below the belly button line is a low blow (illegal).