Gloomberg never got hit below the ring.
It was just a bout of champions.
Gloomberg thought being the ping pong champion had prepared him for boxing.
Bloomberg probably knew what to expect. He is not in it for delegate count except perhaps to deny anyone else a majority. He is running for the only delegates that matter, the superdelegates who will decide for the DNC’s preferred Candidate should no one get a majority in the primaries. It is much more efficient to spread money around to a much smaller number of voters, the supers, in order to purchase the position. Bloom was on the stage to register his presence, nothing more.