Does BoxingScene know body shots are an awesome offensive weapon?

[Lion81]

Just asking because people seem to think Jabs = body shots or are even superior.

IMO, Body shots > Jabs

Are BoxingScene posters aware of this, because it seems as though they aren't.

Judges will give body shots more respect than jabs when scoring a fight. Jabs are a tool to find range, and help set up body work or combinations.

They have several uses and are a great tool, but by themselves they get you few points. Unless it's the amateurs, but who gives a damn about the amateurs.

[TonyGe]

I voted jabs to get this party started. It depends if the body shots have no effect and doesn't hurt or slow up the other guy then they count as punches not some kind of superior weapon. The same for jabs. If the jabs don't confuse, disrupt or force the other guy to stop punching they are just scoring blows like the body punches I mentioned. The head is the primary scoring area for most judges. With both punches you have too look at the effects of the punch and are they doing what the boxer intends if you want to give them more credit. On one hand body shots are usually harder but most judges pay more attention to head punches. The majority of jabs are to the head. Larry Holmes had one of the best jabs in history. He used it to set up his offense and confuse his opponent. If you want to see how important jabs can be look at Larry's fights.

[Lion81]

I voted jabs to get this party started. It depends if the body shots have no effect and doesn't hurt or slow up the other guy then they count as punches not some kind of superior weapon. The same for jabs. If the jabs don't confuse, disrupt or force the other guy to stop punching they are just scoring blows like the body punches I mentioned. The head is the primary scoring area for most judges. With both punches you have too look at the effects of the punch and are they doing what the boxer intends if you want to give them more credit. On one hand body shots are usually harder but most judges pay more attention to head punches. The majority of jabs are to the head. Larry Holmes had one of the best jabs in history. He used it to set up his offense and confuse his opponent. If you want to see how important jabs can be look at Larry's fights.

I read this in a Michael Buffer voice

[pillowfists98]

This is why GGG lost to Canelo, He focused mainly on the jab and ignored the body shots.

[dannnnn]

Depends how many good body shots you're landing compared to how many clean jabs you're eating.

[boliodogs]

I voted body shots are superior because a wicked body punch is more hurtful than a stiff jab to the face. But it varies a lot depending on who is throwing the jabs or body shots. Body punchers like Spence, Canelo, GGG and Rigo can knock a boxer out with one well placed bomb to the body. Other guys go to the body a lot but their body punches are not that hard or effective. Some boxers use a jab that is just a tap. Some boxers have a smashing ramrod head snapping jab that is a real power punch that hurts their opponent and keeps him rattled and off balance. So it depends on who is throwing these jabs or body punches and how good they are at it. The great Ali seldom threw body punches but he jabbed the hell out of his opponents.

['b']

Many different ways to throw a jab and they vary in power big time. Body shots too.

I think 1 good body shot is easily a better hit than a good jab.

[The Big Dunn]

In the official scoring rules they talk about "clean" punching, not hard punching. If a jab and a body shot are equally clean, in other words both land without being blocked in any way, then they count equally, regardless of what any one fans particular preference is.

The differentiation comes if a knockdown occurs. Most jabs will not cause a KD but a well placed hard body shot might. If it does you will get the extra point as stated in the rules.

[boliodogs]

This is why GGG lost to Canelo, He focused mainly on the jab and ignored the body shots.

GGG might have done better if he had used body punches but the main reason he officially lost is he really won a close fight over Canelo in Vegas and you must win big over Canelo to get an official win over him in Vegas on a Goldenboy show.

[Lion81]

GGG might have done better if he had used body punches but the main reason he officially lost is he really won a close fight over Canelo in Vegas and you must win big over Canelo to get an official win over him in Vegas on a Goldenboy show.

He won because he won. Not because of Vegas or whatever conspiracy bullshiiit people have.