it's the tone that's kinda odd, boxers usually grunt when they "scream" it's involuntary and honestly doesn't mean anything other than what I said, something happened that wasn't expected and it was painful. Ray Robinson claims jake hit him in the body so hard tears came to his eyes. Ali was said to have made an oomph sound that was totally involuntary when a football player he fought early in his career socked him in the stomach "seemed all the way up to the elbow" according to the journalist who retold the story. Ali also bent over when Kenny Norton popped him in the ribs (probably hitting upon his old, incessant rib injury). Pain is pain really, bodyshots hurt more than head shots and head shots really don't hurt that bad usually, "hurt" from headshots is meant to mean buzzed more than pain and yes, some fighters freak out if they get hit hard enough and change how they're fighting. I still believe Roy Jones dominated in his prime because he got respect early and tamed these guys with his awesome speed and power. That, in my opinion/theory, was his mo. Take the fight out of a guy early and play the rest of the time. My question was always, what would happen to a guy who wouldn't yield to that? He didn't fight too many of those, merqui sosa was one and he had Roy in serious trouble for a couple seconds until all that bravery just got him knocked on his ass and stopped.
