Round-by-Round: Oleksandr Usyk vs. Daniel Dubois - 26 August 2023

[margaret thatcher]

agree, dubs won maybe a round, this is turning into another 'life and death with chisora' episode

[rd350lc]

Nope

Was the whole of his glove above Usyk's shorts?

He was holding his balls, pretending he was hurt in his balls. Is that different from a footballer’s dive?

I'm with you here, it definitely didn't hit him in the bollox no matter what anyone says , so why pretend otherwise ?
Unless you are trying to con the ref, not that he needed any persuasion.

[forcefraser]

Danny quit there, but that 5th round body shot was legit.

Should be unified champ now.

[grannyman]

No idea what Dubois team is smoking.

Clearly low and not a body shot, ref was instantly on it. The replay and static pics say it all. What we saying, it was only semi low so it doesn't count as a low blow and is a legitimate body shot

Are you high?

Ermm no thats why I can make a critical judgement. Unlike for example...you.

I’m sorry.

[jwfg]

He was holding his balls, pretending he was hurt in his balls. Is that different from a footballer’s dive?

Have you ever been in a boxing ring and been punched really hard in the protective equipment?

Nope. But I wouldn’t hold my balls.

When you get hit in the protector as hard as DDD hits, the whole thing moves. It bloody hurts, man.

[grannyman]

Have you ever been in a boxing ring and been punched really hard in the protective equipment?

Nope. But I wouldn’t hold my balls.

When you get hit in the protector as hard as DDD hits, the whole thing moves. It bloody hurts, man.

I don’t doubt it, genuinely. But there was definitely a bit of ‘holding the balls, look at the ref it was outrageous’ about it.

[grannyman]

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[TBA]

Aye, it's only legal if it's against Kovalev.

[Ricky]

Aye, it's only legal if it's against Kovalev.

[veriton]

Also, Laura Woods is class....the gulf between her and Poncher is embarrassing. Someone needs to have a word about chubs and tight leather trousers

[Frostieballs]

He was holding his balls, pretending he was hurt in his balls. Is that different from a footballer’s dive?

Have you ever been in a boxing ring and been punched really hard in the protective equipment?

Nope. But I wouldn’t hold my balls.

You’re missing the point. If you get caught on the protector, everything in that region is getting hurt.

[SticknMove]

Have you ever been in a boxing ring and been punched really hard in the protective equipment?

Nope. But I wouldn’t hold my balls.

When you get hit in the protector as hard as DDD hits, the whole thing moves. It bloody hurts, man.

If you get hit hard on the belt line the momentum of the shot will move the protector and sometimes snag a bollock. Especially with heavyweights. Anyways happy you won 400 squids.

[handsofstone]

The thing is with borderline shots is that theyre neither here nor there, I thought it should've been a KD but not the very worst call, low blow doesn't mean in the cock and balls, just below the waistband which kinda leaves it up to the refs discrepancy and ours as well tbf, neither side of the coin here can definitively say their right because its a massive fist sized grey area

[Ruthless-RKO]

Who’s to say Usyk wouldn’t have beaten the count and continued anyway?

[margaret thatcher]

The thing is with borderline shots is that theyre neither here nor there, I thought it should've been a KD but not the very worst call, low blow doesn't mean in the cock and balls, just below the waistband which kinda leaves it up to the refs discrepancy and ours as well tbf, neither side of the coin here can definitively say their right because its a massive fist sized grey area

i dunno, i feel like i can definitevly say it was low unless the ref gave dubois permission to land most his glove below the waist band

[Grilling Machine]

Hard to say what hurt him, the effects to the body, or pulling the cup up into his nuts, but yea i see it as technicaly low, correct call by the ref, but often allowed to play on in other fights.

Our pipes don't have much protection below our lowest abs, so maybe the pain radiated down his spermatic cord into his balls or something like that.

It would've been markedly less painful had it landed slightly higher, but I'd fancy was still a good enough shot to cause a knockdown. Perhaps the difference between a crippling knockdown and an elective breather though.

[cormack]

Who’s to say Usyk wouldn’t have beaten the count and continued anyway?

his face said he wasnt getting up after that

[samwbr]

If the ref counted he'd have got up I think

[jwfg]

Nope. But I wouldn’t hold my balls.

When you get hit in the protector as hard as DDD hits, the whole thing moves. It bloody hurts, man.

If you get hit hard on the belt line the momentum of the shot will move the protector and sometimes snag a bollock. Especially with heavyweights. Anyways happy you won 400 squids.

Agreed, and thank you. No more bets for me for a while. Far too stressful.

[cormack]

warren et al gonna be bleating like hell now that dd got robbed .

[jwfg]

Who’s to say Usyk wouldn’t have beaten the count and continued anyway?

his face said he wasnt getting up after that

His face said he'd been hit with a massive low blow. He looked genuinely shocked.

[gregregegg]

Hard to say what hurt him, the effects to the body, or pulling the cup up into his nuts, but yea i see it as technicaly low, correct call by the ref, but often allowed to play on in other fights.

Our pipes don't have much protection below our lowest abs, so maybe the pain radiated down his spermatic cord into his balls or something like that.

It would've been markedly less painful had it landed slightly higher, but I'd fancy was still a good enough shot to cause a knockdown. Perhaps the difference between a crippling knockdown and an elective breather though.

Ye, i get what your saying, it was low, it hurt him, the reason it hurt him is it was low, would it of hurt him if it was up 2 inches....

ultimently dosent matter what it would of done though.... If a thunderouse airswing would of landed on someones chin it would of been a KO, but it didnt.... it only counts wherre it lands, and where it landed isnt legal...

[samwbr]

warren et al gonna be bleating like hell now that dd got robbed .

He already is, Frampton joining in. His man got beat and KOd by a jab, didn't want it.

[Grilling Machine]

it only counts wherre it lands, and where it landed isnt legal...

All I'm saying is - from an entertainment pov - it's a shame it wasn't legal!

[Ruthless-RKO]

Who’s to say Usyk wouldn’t have beaten the count and continued anyway?

his face said he wasnt getting up after that

He would’ve been forced to get up