Comments Thread For: Frank Warren Doubts Usyk Would Have Beaten Count if Knockdown Was Called

[kafkod]

As I’m sure many have pointed out here, the punch was an uppercut, goes from low to high in other words. If you look at the frame where the punch ends, it still appears low but there is probably enough wiggle room there to give the whiners half a cause. However, if you look at the frame where the punch starts, where the glove makes contact, at the exact moment Usyk’s trunks move, the punch is absolutely indisputably low.

Spot on! Watching the slo-mo replay and seeing Usyk's trunks starting to ripple from the impact while Dubois' glove was still mostly below the waistband was what told me the punch definitely landed too low.

While I was watching the fight at home on TV, I got a WhatsApp message from a mate of mine - "Was that low?"

I messaged him back - "borderline" Then I saw the slo-mo replay and picked up my phone to tell him what I thought.

Before I'd finished my message I got another one from him - "Seen a replay. It was low"