Joe I knew you would be the one to comment on this first because you are such the technician and the Tactical expert. It's hard to see, you are right. It could have stepped just inside his lead foot but it does look close.... it is a little bit odd the way Payano sort of tried to step back but then his whole body kind of turned squaring him up a bit, just in time for that whistling right hand that clocked him.
Could be that jab was harder than we realize it may be knocked him back as opposed to him losing some balance due to his foot maybe being stepped on. It's just a weird kind of Left Right combination, like a little hitch in between the left and the right... I'm not sure that the Japanese was thinking of throwing a right at all but then suddenly saw that odd reaction from the jab and so threw it
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