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Boxing match suspended as footie ultras have huge brawl outside ring with limbs everywhere and CHAIRS being thrown


USUALLY fists are flailing in the ring.

But at a boxing match in Argentina, it was a set of ultras who were up for a fight.

A boxing match was suspended after rioting football fans fought outside the ringCredit: X/TyCSports
Chairs were thrown as rivalling ultras from River Plate, Excusionistas and HuracanCredit: X/TyCSports

The setting was Almagro, Buenos Aires where Emanuel Lucero and Giuliano Canónigo were in an eagerly anticipated bout.

There were four rounds of boxing, before trouble escalated outside the ring.

Incredibly, fans of local sides River Plate, Huracan and Excursionistas got into a brawl with less than two minutes of the fourth round left.

Groups of angry ultras could be seen pushing and shoving each other, as the fight was halted.

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Violence erupted further, as chairs were thrown and tempers began to escalate.

The referee had no option but to send Lucero and Canónigo to their corners before calling off the match.

Even after exiting the ring, the boxers could be seen remonstrating with the rivalling football fans.

However, it was no use as the outbreak of barbarity brought an end to proceedings.

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Argentina football fans are no stranger to a fight.

Late last year, trouble broke out at the Maracana Stadium before a World Cup qualifying game between the World Cup winners and their fierce South American rivals, Brazil.

The FIFA disciplinary panel fined Brazil 50,000 Swiss francs (£44,000) for “failure to ensure that law and order are maintained” in the stadium. Argentina was fined 20,000 Swiss francs (£17,700) for “lack of order or discipline in or around the stadium.”

Argentina also was ordered to spend 50,000 Swiss francs (£44,000) on anti-discrimination education projects because of misconduct by fans at two previous World Cup qualifying games.

Emanuel Lucero and Giuliano Canónigo were in a fierce bout before trouble eruptedCredit: X/TyCSports
The boxers tried to remonstrate with the fans who were fighting but the fight was called off


Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk


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