Fighters who stopped bigger guys with a body shot...... How many have there been? What are some examples?
Roy Jones started at middle and eventually moved up to light heavy and at that weight he stopped a natural light heavy in the form of Virgil Hill with a body shot in the fourth round of that bout.
So thats the list so far lol? Roy Jones Jr Loma Penalosa (Im not aware of this one but it was listed so Ill put it) I tried thinking of others but I couldnt come up with anything... There has to be more than that...
Damn, good question OP... I guess Ward vs. Kovalev technically counts (if we allow "shots to the balls") Usually when you fight a bigger man....you gotta go for the kill and land a bomb on that chin. Body shots won't get the average fighter too far. can't think of any others.
Ruben Olivares, moving up from bantam, bodied the iron chinned Jose Luis Ramirez with a body shot even though Ramirez stood up to the best shots of both Julio Cesar Chavez and Edwin Rosario.
Former MW Jose Torres stopped Willie Pastrano with a body shot and Pastrano had basically been a LtHvy / small heavy his entire career.