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Mosby

(16,305 posts)
Sun Jun 11, 2017, 08:27 PM Jun 2017

Fans ambush boxer inside ring after controversial KO

The Glory 42 kickboxing event in Paris saw an ugly finish between welterweight fighters Murthel Groenhart and Harut Grigorian. Grigorian turned his back to Groenhart and then was knocked out with a hard punch to the face that he didn’t see coming:

http://www.sbnation.com/mma/2017/6/11/15778068/groenhart-boxer-fan-attack-glory-42

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Fans ambush boxer inside ring after controversial KO (Original Post) Mosby Jun 2017 OP
Grigorian fucked up, big-time... ADX Jun 2017 #1
Barbaric. (n/t) Iggo Jun 2017 #2
There was an Olympics when several preliminary boxing matches were going on simultaneously rocktivity Jun 2017 #3
 

ADX

(1,622 posts)
1. Grigorian fucked up, big-time...
Sun Jun 11, 2017, 08:35 PM
Jun 2017

...he forgot fighter's Rule #1: PROTECT YOURSELF AT ALL TIMES.

The fans who jumped into the ring to beat Groenhart should all be charged with assault...

rocktivity

(44,576 posts)
3. There was an Olympics when several preliminary boxing matches were going on simultaneously
Tue Jun 13, 2017, 06:43 PM
Jun 2017

Two boxers were waiting for their starting bell. A bell rang in a neighboring ring, which one boxer heard and the other didn't. Guess what happened?


rocktivity

P.S. The Olympics stopped holding simultaneous boxing matches after that.

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