A BOXER was brutally knocked out with a sucker punch after touching gloves, leaving fans split on whether the move was fair.
Ruben Torres was taking on Cristian Baez in the lightweight main event in Corona, California, on Saturday night.
The pair slugged it out up until the seventh round when Baez made the mistake of trying to touch gloves.
As soon as Baez touched gloves with his opponent, a lighting fast left hook followed.
Baez was instantly knocked out and fell flat on his back with the referee calling the contest.
The knockout has left fans split on whether the punch was fair.
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One said on Twitter: “Dirty, but protect yourself at all times.”
Another tweeted: “It’s dirty for sure but it’s technically legal so there’s that.”
A viewer said boxers should look at fights as if they’re “at war”.
However, it was met with a reply: “You’re not at war, you’re in a sporting contest.
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“If you want to go to war, join the army.”
Others are saying it reminds them of when Floyd Mayweather took on Victor Ortiz in 2011.
Ortiz hit Mayweather in the face with an apparently intentional headbutt, busting open a cut on the inside and outside of Mayweather’s mouth.
The referee, Joe Cortez, immediately called a timeout and penalised Ortiz a point for the foul.
Ortiz acknowledged his wrongdoing, the pair hugged it out before Mayweather caught his opponent with a fight-ending left then right hook.
A boxing fan said: “Mayweather did less than that and the whole boxing world was after him…
“Wow how things are different here.. commentary not calling this guy all kinds of names.”
Source: Boxing - thesun.co.uk
