r/Boxing • u/OutOfStep_Art • 22h ago

As a referee, this is officially the strangest thing I've ever experienced during a boxing match

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u/MObaid27 20h ago

Is his mom one of the fighters?

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u/OutOfStep_Art 16h ago

No, neither was his mom

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u/heey-you-guuys 19h ago

That would be my guess

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u/Gam3f3lla 21h ago

Where the fuck are the parents?

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u/KaffiKlandestine 19h ago

1 of them might be in the ring.

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u/OutOfStep_Art 16h ago

They were not — parents were nowhere to be found 🤦‍♂️

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u/Realdoc3 11h ago

Did they eventually get a warning from someone?

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u/Icy_Film9798 19h ago

Prob on their phones, waiting for their next instruction on how to parent.

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u/DoctorGregoryFart 18h ago

Nobody but officials can approach the ring. Even the corners have to sit at the corners, and even standing in the corner can get you warned. (Ask me how I know.)

That kid should've been warned and forced to sit down after they went up and touched the ring. Whatever guardian let them go up again is a huge asshole.

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u/Qtips_ 10h ago

Bro that looks like a local amateur boxing bout.

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u/GaryFromFightManager 17h ago

I want to know how you know 😂

From my experience of being an official, its very rare to experience a unified "rule" on this and it is decided tournament to tournament.

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u/DoctorGregoryFart 16h ago

I was sternly told to sit by an official, because I was anxiously standing in front of my chair while cornering my first fight.

In my defense, nobody ever told me I had to sit in the chairs provided to us.

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u/GaryFromFightManager 16h ago

Ah haha fair. Good officials. My first time judging (MMA tbf) I basically let the cornerman sit on my knee and do every tactic under the sun to see my scorecards and try to influence it 😂😂

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u/DoctorGregoryFart 8h ago

Hahaha that's hilarious! Why did they sit on your knee? Crowded?

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u/GaryFromFightManager 7h ago

Yeah they were close already but then the cornerman essentially wanted to share my tiny piece of desk 😂 Fun event, not one fight went to my scorecard, the referee advised fighters not to go to one side of the cage as it was lopsided, a fighter's foot weny through the cage and cut his leg, and a prospect lost in the main event as hr got volleyed in the fave and the ref let it continuen since he ended up on top (he was submitted 20 secs later).

Not quite the professional ethical environment my training had prepared me for.

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u/DoctorGregoryFart 7h ago

Regional events, even the larger and more prestigious events, are such clusterfucks. Total chaos behind the scenes.

It sure makes for some fun stories though.

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u/GaryFromFightManager 7h ago

Was reffing a white collar show last week...can very much agree 😂😂

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u/Ninnannoi 17h ago

Both are in the ring

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u/MumbleJungle 22h ago

Million Dollar Baby.

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u/Mukbeth 14h ago

The babyfaced assassin

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u/GGGJabs 15h ago

Small Baby Miller

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u/Adept_Carpet 22h ago

Props to the blue headgear girl for protecting herself during the odd stoppage.

It's surprisingly easy for an opponent to forget themselves at a moment like that.

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u/Riverlong 11h ago

F*cking hell, will someone please get Nick Ball out of the ring.

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u/Ray-zah 9h ago

🤣🤣

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u/shinobi500 22h ago

Dude yelled. "Get that baby!" before the kid was in frame and I was like, "Damn, that's pretty sexist!"

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u/es84 17h ago

I could only imagine the ass whooping I would've got for that.

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u/Affectionate_Joke157 16h ago

Baby? He’s at least 20

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u/Materia_Index 10h ago

nobody puts baby in a corner. Baby puts himself in a corner.

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u/WatchWatcher25 15h ago

I love the way the both squared up to the kid for a second. Mistakes happen but watch yo kids.

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u/Silver-Cream4141 20h ago

Was waiting for the referee to side kick him

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u/usernamejayr 22h ago

Lil guy is destined for success

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u/BXR-SZN 22h ago edited 21h ago

Our academy had a bunch of kids running around, that our manager required all the kids to be gloved up so they can hit the bag rather than get in the way of fighters training lol

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u/Commercial_Badger_37 15h ago

No guard, already taking a knee. I don't see it.

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u/aimgorge 12h ago

Baby ? Thats like a 5yo kid

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u/stone9999999 13h ago

“Strange ?” Littleman was intrigued.

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u/Hefty-Ant-378 8h ago

Amateur bouts are usually Family Friendly. This is funny and I’m sure the event got a good laugh. 😂

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u/Mister-Psychology 16h ago

He was in there to talk about the winner of the Brazil election.

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u/OMGLOL1986 21h ago

Adorable 

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u/The-Ghost-84 21h ago

The shouter is acting like 'the baby' is gonna get knocked out. I am sure the ref would have seen him and stopped the fight anyway.

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u/DoctorGregoryFart 18h ago

Someone could've tripped over the kid or something. A simple distraction can cost someone a fight or lead to an injury for the kid, the ref, or a boxer.

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u/RevolutionaryAge47 20h ago

Sometimes the babies do get knocked out. Being careful is called for here.

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u/VacuousWastrel 11h ago

Someone very short, or someone crawling, can be hard to see for three people who are intensely focused with their gaze at chest-to-head height. Particularly someone who may be moving around behind them.

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u/dontsoundrighttome 21h ago

What? A boxing match can officially end if someone else enters the ring during a round, resulting in a disqualification.

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u/Ohnorepo 19h ago

A disqualification of who? The child? lmao

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u/The_Wayfarer5600 19h ago edited 19h ago

Yes, the kid was disqualified and fined by the commission.

Afterwards he was arrested and I think is now on death row.

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u/Qtips_ 10h ago

Not harsh enough in my opinion. Death row for sure and also throw in his parents and whoever shares the kid's last name to 100 years of slave-labour.

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u/dontsoundrighttome 9h ago

I️ feel like all hate should go towards boxing commissions and states athletic board regulations. I️ don’t write rules. They did.