Canelo Alvarez Is Asked What Hurts More, A Liver Shot Or A Jaw Shot, And Boxing Fans Have Opinions To Settle

LAS VEGAS. Liver or jaw? Canelo Alvarez has been put on the spot with the oldest argument in the fight game: which punch hurts more.

The question comes with the footage to frame it. A body shot sits on one side, a punch to the jaw on the other, and the man who has thrown and taken both at the top of the sport is the one answering. Few fighters are better qualified to rank them.

The case for the liver is familiar. A clean shot there can fold a fighter without warning, and the damage arrives even when the head stays still. The case for the jaw is just as old: it rattles the brain, switches the lights off and can end a fight in a single moment.

Fighters tend to be split on it, and that is what makes his pick worth hearing. Boxing fans now get to measure it against their own experience of watching, and throwing, both shots.

Watch for who he backs, and who disagrees.