Are Eastern-Euro fighters Weak to the body?

[La Kueef]

First of all I thought several of Ward's body blows were clearly low.

That said, I'm starting to notice a pattern- Eastern Euro fighters do a lot of things good, but they are generally uncomfortable with you going to their bodies.

We saw it with Jacobs-Golovkin, Jacobs was able to survive because he hit GGG with some vicious body shots which GGG didn't like.

Klitschko didn't like it when Joshua went to his body, which eventually opened up his head.

Lomachenko didn't like it when Salido went to his body, although some of those blows were also low.

Kovalev didn't like it when Ward went downstairs to his lower belly and upper d1ck.

Here's why- Eastern Euro fighters have great amateur background and experience, so they are very good with distance. But in the amateurs, body shots don't count. As a result, these fighters are not used to the dirty inside body attacks that North American fighters use in the Pros. They are not as used to the feeling of getting hit to the body compared to American and Mexican fighters.

I have a feeling that Canelo's body attack will be the key to his victory against GGG!

[muslimer12]

Majority of fighters are weak to the body

[Mr Objecitivity]

Daniel Jacobs landed anything but 'vicious' body blows on GGG. They were mainly light hitting taps and touches. Viscous body blows are what GGG landed on Matthew Macklin and Martin Murray. All legitimate punches with real power.

In addition, GGG showed very little damage or affect from those supposed 'vicious' body blows. He wasn't extra or anymore tired than Daniel Jacobs by the end of the fight. If anything, it was Daniel Jacobs who practically collapsed from exhaustion after the 12 rounds were over whilst GGG was in far better condition comparatively.

So simply, GGG wasn't affected as much by those 'vicious' body shots as you're claiming.

In regards to all those other boxers, keep in mind that any man (unless there's some anomaly) is going to be affected by punches to the penis / testicles. Even if those punches are landed from the force of an average pre-teen child or a female. In other words, even an extremely weak puncher like Ward or Malignaggi can hurt and affect somebody by punching them in such an area.

Otherwise, I see no real evidence that so called 'eastern European' boxers are any more vulnerable or affected by body punches than American boxers or boxers from other countries. It's not a case of a boxer's origin but the boxer themselves.

[Ryn0]

All fighters are weak to the body.

GGG, Kov, Wlad, Loma don't fight anything like each other.

How many people exposed their 'weakness' to body shots? I don't remember body shots playing a big part in Wlad's loss to Joshua, AJ picked up a second wind but he was definitely had worse conditioning that Wlad.

Hit any boxer in the body enough and they'll feel it. This is ******.

[boliodogs]

No they are not any weaker to the body than any other group of boxers. There are a large number of Eastern European boxers and they are all different from each other in all ways including their ability to take punishment to the body. You can't take a huge group of boxers and generalize that they are all weak to the body. No doubt some can't take body punches well and some can. This would also be true of any large group of boxers no matter where they are from or their race.

[PK3434]

LOL nobody likes taking body shots. Are we saying that eastern european fighters don't do ab and core work?

[Luilun]

No usually tall lanky fighter are if someone did the same to Wilder you would see him fold too

[Redd Foxx]

Actually, it's been said before. That you beat "European fighters" by going to the body. I've also heard either Ward or Hunter say this in the past.
So, it's not totally out there to think it because it is "a thing". Though, I think it's about posture and not anything else.

[The Gambler1981]

Ain't nobody that likes getting hit in the body~

Which is why fighters should always be mixing in some body shots, because for one thing they hurt the other guy and are not something easy to shake off the damage is lasting. Also when you attack the body it opens up the head because it makes the guy defend the body but also make the opponent to want to retaliate right away which will open up the head for a counter.

[GGG Gloveking]

White boys got hard heads and soft bellies