Why are elite fighters rarely stopped by body shots?

Hopkins Vs de la hoya
Comes to mind Oscar was elite but moving up in weight.

 

You gotta pick up on your arms to protect your head but your arms are naturally gonna lay down at their sides and one of them is in the way of your liver and the other lays on some ribs and that is science.

 

Because the elite's have something different inside of them that's what separates them from the rest they choose to dig deeper.

 

This was the first one I thought of as well. Virgil Hill was one of the top 175ers at the time (don't think elite, very good?) But Roy Jones stopped him with a body shot, Leonard Dorin who was decent was stopped by a Gatti body shot (again good, not elite).

 

Hatton got stopped by a body shot

 

Because the elite will counter body punches, body punches leave you more open. Tank knew he only had to fear Ryans left hook so he could commit more to the body. This is why guys like GGG stop throwing so much to the body when they step up as well.

 

They’re elite because they are better boxers and therefore are less prone to making mistakes.

 

A prime Roy Jones was a freak almost impossible to prepare for he could hit you from any where.

 

Train Harder for longer and better.

 

Bob Fitzsimmons won the World Heavyweight title by KO'ing Jim Corbett with a body shot.

 

Body punching is a precise and difficult art that not everybody is willing to pay the price for.

 

Maybe I misunderstand something. As far as 175 pound fighters go Virgil Hill is almost as elite as they get isn't he?

 

because they don’t have other jobs, get plenty of notice for their fights, and aren’t pulled up or down in weight by the opponent

 

Inoue must have stopped a few with body punches.