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You always hear about the long term effects of taking shots to the head. What are some notable instances of long term and short term effects of taking shots to the body?

As a side question, who was the last heavyweight title holder to be knocked down and/or knocked out from a body shot?

halfamill wrote: ↑27 Jan 2019, 13:47 You always hear about the long term effects of taking shots to the head. What are some notable instances of long term and short term effects of taking shots the body?

As a side question, who was the last heavyweight title holder be knocked down and/or knocked out from a body shot?

You hardly ever seem em go down from body shots at heavy do ya ? As far as title fights go only one I can remember is Cooper going down early from a body shot from Holyfield but that aside my memory fails me.

Its a really good question. And I feel your getting at the effects on the kidneys and liver?
Honestly I don't know.
I can share my own experience of a slightly different nature.
As an Am, I got stopped in the 3rd by a strafing left hook that got behind my abdominal wall and tore the tendons holding them to the bottom of my ribcage. I was out for 6 weeks. In my next competition I was up against a guy from my gym in the first round who obviously knew of my injury. He stopped me in the 1st with the same shot, I never fought again.
To this day (35 years later) whenever I am, say for example, stretching up to put a heavy box on a shelf, and need to push it, I can feel the tendons tearing. It has never properly healed. And hurts like a bastard, I also can't shear sheep anymore because of it.

halfamill wrote: ↑27 Jan 2019, 13:47 You always hear about the long term effects of taking shots to the head. What are some notable instances of long term and short term effects of taking shots to the body?

As a side question, who was the last heavyweight title holder to be knocked down and/or knocked out from a body shot?

Mike Spinks vs Mike Tyson. First knockdown was body shot.

littlepug wrote: ↑27 Jan 2019, 13:51

halfamill wrote: ↑27 Jan 2019, 13:47 You always hear about the long term effects of taking shots to the head. What are some notable instances of long term and short term effects of taking shots the body?

As a side question, who was the last heavyweight title holder be knocked down and/or knocked out from a body shot?

You hardly ever seem em go down from body shots at heavy do ya ? As far as title fights go only one I can remember is Cooper going down early from a body shot from Holyfield but that aside my memory fails me.

Heavyweights are usually headhunters and on average less skilled technically than lower weights.
As for examples:
It was really the body shot that hurt Spinks against Tyson

Then there's this

Effective body shot are great at wearing down an opponent for a mid-to-late round KO. "Kill the body & the head will die" is an apt old school slogan.

Long-term effects of body shots are less dangerous than head shots. The brain is a VERY sensitive organ.