Comments Thread For: Oleksandr Usyk Drops Daniel Dubois Twice, Knocks Him Out in Ninth

[irapfaya]

Well, I guess the debate is clearly about whether that body shot was illegal or not.

Some refs say that on the belt is okay, and others say it's not. What did this ref say before the fight, that's the question.

Anyway, a better boxer than Dubois would've knocked out Usyk after that actually. Credit to Daniel, but yeah, he didn't throw enough to the body early on, and his stamina and chin isn't that good.

Fury definitely beats Usyk, and Wilder, as technically bad as he is, would likely knock Usyk out, if he caught him cleanly. He doesn't like those body shots, as Joshua in the rematch showed.

and Wilder throws body shots? LMAO

[breatheboxing]

Regardless, if it was low or not, I would hate to have a fighter like Dubois, that quits be a champ. It would rob us of better match ups between fighters.

[Boxing Scene]

Some were definitely low (listen to Malinaggi's comments during the fight), but not all. This said, Dubois' shot was on the belt and legal, as were his other body shots.

Debatable obviously or we wouldn't be talking about it.

[Kannabis Kid]

Clearly a low blow you could see it hit Usyks cup through his trunks the only people saying it isn't are the ones who wanted Triple Knee to win, but everyone knew he had no chance lmao. A low blow is anything below the belt, it doesn't matter if it was right below the belt line it's still a low blow.

The guy literally quit from a jab and landed 5+ intentional low blow/hip shots throughout the fight aside from that he never hurt Usyk but the Cruiserweight made him do the dance a few times.

It seems ESPN wanted Usyk to lose I guess since they are Tyson Fury backers but the commentary was extremely biased as usual.

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Not one person has even thought about the fact that had it been ruled a knockdown Usyk probably would have at least tried to get up. Wasn't an automatic TKO.

[jaded]

I'm fine with it being called a low blow, but it certainly didn't look like a nut shot warranting 5 minutes rest.

Doesn't need to be in the cup...low is low including the thigh and hip, which Dubois also targeted. He could have had a point deduction.

[billeau2]

Pit of the gut for sure, not his balls and right on the bottom half of the belt line. It's a legit call from Pabon but other refs might legitimately have called it different. Is what it is.

Maybe not the bells but do You think it caught his cup? Again I don't know... I am starting to see what happened now, thanks to the boards.

[Creepybull]

Damn!! Thank you anf Famcommander... This really shows where it landed. I agree with you brother! Lol. Someone who knows the rules really well I hope they weight in.

Well, according to the rules everything below the belly button is a low blow. Considering that Usyk usually puts his trunks pretty low (just compare them to Dubois') his belly button should be somewhere around the top of his belt, and if this footage is correct then this is clearly a low blow. What I saw live was the punch landing on the middle of Usyk's belt and that could also be considered low but then it raises the question, well, what if Usyk's trunks were pulled up just enough for the shot to be legal. As a fan of Usyk I really hope that the footage is correct and it was in fact a low blow rather than Usyk faking one.

[Mooshashi]

Thank you!! I finally got to look...

I don't even know the rules but the blow looked like half his glove was below the bottom of the trunk lining. regardless, I think Usyk got hit on the cup... Again I don't know the rules... But it looked like Usyk had his trunks normal height, his body reaction showed a cup shot. You can see how a body shot, a liver shot, a cup shot, all have different reactions.

I guess the question would be if getting hit on the cup in and of itself is a low blow? Or if one can hit half on, half below, the trunk line.

This is exactly what I saw...half on the belt, half below. As I've said, he was not being counted out; who knows if he could have gotten up at 8 or 9 and continued?
I'd bet he could have done so.

Give Dubois a rematch after Hrgovic to make it all clean. In any event. Dubois won barely 2 minutes in the entire fight then quit.

[dorruel2.0]

Love how the people claiming there wasn’t a low blow refuse to show any evidence whereas others posted pics showing it was a CLEAR low blow