Lower torso garment with support element

A boxer brief, comprising:

• a waistband at an upper end of the boxer brief;
• a body portion;
• a left leg portion comprising a first leg opening at a lower longitudinal end of the left leg portion;
• a right leg portion comprising a second leg opening at a lower longitudinal end of the right leg portion;
• a front pouch disposed about a front region of the body portion and provided in the form of a mesh fabric, the front pouch further defining a pass-through fly opening;
• a gusset positioned at a bottom of the body portion between the left leg and right leg portions of the body portion, the gusset connected to the front pouch with a bottom horizontal seam at a bottom of the front pouch, and the bottom horizontal seam being entirely above the first leg opening and the second leg opening;
• a support sling connected to the front pouch, the support sling comprising:
• a left fabric panel comprising a left lateral seam and an exterior left lateral seam on the opposing side of the left fabric panel, the exterior left lateral seam extending along a left side periphery of the front pouch and connected to the bottom horizontal seam;
• and
• a right fabric panel comprising a right lateral seam and an exterior right lateral seam on the opposing side of the right fabric panel, the exterior right lateral seam extending along a right side periphery of the front pouch and connected to the bottom horizontal seam;
• and
• wherein a first portion of the left fabric panel overlaps a first portion of the right fabric panel at an overlap area, the overlap area positioned adjacent to the bottom horizontal seam at the bottom of the front pouch.