Why do some boxers get away with wearing their trunks and protectors so high?

[SoldierWarrior]

Yes, I'm looking at Urango and other boxers who do this cheating ****. And the ref doesn't call them on it. Urango looked like steve urkel against Devon Alexander... Damn cheaters not wanting to get hit in the body.

[Afactor4]

It's quite a common practice. See Kassim Ouma in his fight with Martirosyan. His protectors were up to his ribcage. Any body shots thrown at him were considered low blows and a point was eventually taken away from Martirosyan.

[Sutekh uvdabrix]

valuev has his trunks by his nipples

[SoldierWarrior]

The refs need to learn to do their jobs correctly and pull those protectors and boxing shorts down. When you have boxing-shorts and protectors covering up someones abs its clearly cheating to me. Some fighters who have six packs you only see 2 of their abs because the other 4 abs are covered up by the shorts and protector. Its pretty damn lame in my opinion.

[Too_Slick]

watch DLH vs Vargas, i bet vargas' body shots were tickling DLH all night

[IMDAZED]

Blame Evander Holyfield. He started this trend in 1996 against Tyson.

[lizard_man]

Blame Evander Holyfield. He started this trend in 1996 against Tyson.

Did he really?

[BrometheusBob.]

Did he really?

Not quite.

[AllEyesOpen]

Not quite.

To be honest both their trunks look high to me by today's standards.

[Gonzalez_Boxing]

This should definitely be something enforced by local commissions and the sanctioning bodies. There's no reason for a foul protector to go above your navel.