Usyk vs Dubois controversy: 1 year later

If Usyk had landed that same shot on Dubois, nobody would have called it a low blow.

 

I'm tempted to make a compilation of belly shot KO's in boxing. There's quite a few infact with a lot of them hitting beltlines sitting over the belly button.

 

"Low Blow" AKA under the beltline. Usyk would've gotten up regardless though, but there was definitely a bit of acting from Usyk in the moment.

 

I don’t worship Usyk as many do. I was delighted that he beat Fury, but I think Dubois stopped him with a body shot.

 

Official rules on low blows : https://image.noelshack.com/fichiers/2022/47/4/1669324317-boxinglowblow.png

Dubois' blow was on the belt and therefore below the navel line and the top of the hips.

 

Great shot by Dubois
As another poster above has already stated, had it been usyk that landed the shot? You guys wouldn't be calling it low

The record books will show different, but I don't class Usyk as undefeated

 

Yeah, Laurence Cole would have started counting immediately.

 

He will against Joshua.

 

Sorry but Usyk has way too much footage of him getting dropped or hurt by body shots. Even in the Fury and Chisora fights he tried to pass off body shots as lowblows and the shots would completely stop his rhythm, even got hurt by a body shot in the Joshua rematch.

Usyk is one of the few boxers of his kind I like but hes definitely weak to the body, A power puncher like Dubois hitting a weak spot like that wouldn’t go so well and we saw it.

 

My first impression in the moment was Dubois was robbed but after seeing it multiple times It was low. People obsess about belt lines and where shorts are sat but forget the shorts for a minute imagine they're not there and just focus where the shot lands, it's low.

 

i still think most people on here have never worn a foul protector

 

Low blow. Usyk is a better boxer, he doesn't need to resort to illegal tactics. Look what he did to 6'9" Fury.

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I think this is a pretty fair take. It was low, but yeah, we've all seen shots like these not called.

I believe Usyk would have gotten up if he had to, but that is all speculation.

Every fighter needs a controversy, I guess. This is Usyk's Henry Cooper, Roland LaStarza, etc.

 

It was a low blow and if the ref had called it a knock down you best believe Usyk would've been up before the count of 10

 

Dubious definitely quit

He took bombs off Miller and Hrgovic but got stopped by a jab from a blown up cruiserweight despite taking the same punch all night and not flinching

He found a heart since he teamed up with Don Charles though