To those who say it wasn't a cheap shot... Wrong!

That's a good question. I feel like a sucker punch like that is worst than an intentional headbutt. Illegal blows (rabbit punches, low blows, elbows) do happen, be it intentionally or not. It can be hard to differentiate intentional vs unintentional, and in the end, the result is the same. Headbutt, elbow, etc... to the face.

A planned sucker punch like this involves cowardness. You fake as if you're going to hug the guy, and then attack him when he's not ready. That's a deliberate cowardly act.

Ortiz shot in comparison is more one thrown in the heat of the moment, getting hit repeatedly, getting frustrated, wham, head butt came out, a moment of inattention or weakness... Low blow, rabbit punch, etc. can all happen this way.

But the sucker punch is intentional, deliberate, planned... You walk towards the guy like you want to touch gloves, which basically say: "ok I'm not going to hit you now, I just want to shake hands", and then WHAM, you betray that trust and stab the guy in the back.

It's like two armies, one guy comes out with a white flag, the other army waves them that it's ok to go out, and then bang, they shoot him...

It's a supreme act of cowardness. Fraud Gayweather came in with hands down, to touch gloves, which he did, and then he attacked Ortiz while Ortiz was not ready. He betrayed the 'pact of non-violence' he was partaking.

It's not that much better than punching a guy coming to hug you after the fight has ended. While officially it might have been OK to punch Ortiz because the ref might have called "Box", the way Fraud went in with hands down and then sucker punch Ortiz, he did it while Ortiz had his guard down because Fraud had fooled him into thinking he would not punch him. It was shameful, deceitful and cowardly.

Let's not kid ourselves, Fraud knew he was doing something wrong while he did it. That's why he got all upset at Merchant. Fraud is a dumb, deceitful cowardly ****.

 

See above my last post...

Illegal blows happen all of the time. Fraud constantly uses his elbows, he turns away from his opponents, fighters hold on all of the time, use rabbit punches... Sadly, it's part of the game... I'd love it if there was none of it, but there is...

Sucker punches though are an entire new level of low... They're cowardly acts...

And as far as it's ok to foul while it looks unintentional, not exactly, if you don't get caught, then you got away with it... As simple as that.

 

Cortez never saw any of it, he was looking at the guy managing the clock outside of the ring... :-(