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Enlightened-One wrote: ↑19 Jun 2019, 06:40 An accidental, but reckless, blow to the head with the elbow, where there was no clear injury or harm caused, should either be a strong warning or a single points’ deduction

However, when a fighter intentionally commits such a severe foul due to venomous anger, which results in their opponent being harmed for a prolonged period of time, then this should either be a two-point deduction or even a disqualification.

If the Glowacki-Briedis fight was staged in the UK, then under BBBofC rules, this probably would have resulted in Mairis being disqualified.

And it’s not surprising to see many UK media pundits claiming that Briedis should have been DQ’d and they were also shocked about Glowacki not being given time to recover.

You could argue that Briedis’ foul against Glowacki was far worse than the foul that Kash Ali committed against David Price.

That being said, Mairis Briedis was literally fighting in his hometown of Riga, which meant that one infringement alone would never have resulted in him being disqualified.

But the cumulative amount of fouls that he himself and his team committed, surely meant that he deserved to be disqualified:

• Throwing an intentional elbow to the face, which was seen by the ref


immediately following the g's vicious rabbit punch


• Mairis’ own rabbit punch to Glowacki’s head, which led to the first knockdown


Where did u see that?


• Mairis’ trainer standing on the ring apron at the time of the Briedis rabbit punch that knocked down Glowacki


I think that was because he heard the bell ring but nobody in the ring did?



• Briedis clearly hearing the bell, but continued punching anyway, which led to Glowacki being decked for the second time nine seconds after the round had ended, with his own trainer stood inside the ring right next to him at the time of the incident (with both actions considered illegal)


It was unclear what he was talking about when he said he heard the bell. I don't think anybody in the ring heard the bell ring the first time including the ref. They both continued fighting.


• Briedis admitting during post-fight interviews to intentionally fighting dirty and that his deliberate Muay Thai elbow strike that was thrown out of sheer anger


But a natural reaction. Glowacki started the dirty fighting and the elbow was immediately preceeded by the vicious rabbit punch. The fight was getting out of control from all 3 of them, And how much of Glowacki falling on the ground was acting? If he was really hurt he wouldn't have gotten right up when the referee yelled at him to do so.




• He also clearly admitted to hearing the bell, but continued punching anyway and then laughed about his own actions

I'm pretty sure that everything I've written above is true, especially the bullet-pointed issues.

I mean, how much of a free pass do you want this guy to receive? At what point do you personally choose to draw the line and say “enough’s enough, he needs to be DQ'd”?



If freaking Wilder got a free pass with that ridiculous ref and ring doctor act in round 8 of the Ortiz fight and all the shenanigans with Ward and his low blows and fake judges and refs in Las Vegas and ten million other weird boxing tricks are you suddenly expecting boxing to turn pure snow white in Latvia? Ortiz is getting a rematch, so give Glowacki a rematch that's all.

ValMar wrote: ↑19 Jun 2019, 11:40 Briedis (and his team, too) crossed the red line, absolutely. He had to be DQ-ed. Period !

greg wrote: ↑19 Jun 2019, 14:17 ..I appreciate this sport because it also has RULES..and I expect them to be inforced..now, whether Briedis will be fouling outside of Latvia still remains to be seen but I personally doubt it very much...

SenorPipino wrote: ↑19 Jun 2019, 14:24 I have no doubt that if the bout is fought in his opponent's bedroom, Breidis will foul if he has reason.

He's a rugged, no nonsense guy.

Ilya Muromets wrote: ↑19 Jun 2019, 12:11

greg wrote: ↑19 Jun 2019, 14:34 ..most of us are tough as long as our asses are covered..

SenorPipino wrote: ↑19 Jun 2019, 14:40 You don't think Breidis is a tough guy?

He gave Usyk the hardest fight of his career. He surely doesn't need his ass covered to dispose of Glowacki.

greg wrote: ↑19 Jun 2019, 14:34 ..most of us are tough as long as our asses are covered..

SenorPipino wrote: ↑19 Jun 2019, 14:40 You don't think Breidis is a tough guy?

He gave Usyk the hardest fight of his career. He surely doesn't need his ass covered to dispose of Glowacki.

SenorPipino wrote: ↑19 Jun 2019, 14:40 You don't think Breidis is a tough guy?

He gave Usyk the hardest fight of his career. He surely doesn't need his ass covered to dispose of Glowacki.

dagilechia wrote: ↑19 Jun 2019, 15:09 Btw the rematch would be still 50/50 to me. Glowacki won the 1st round and in the second round before the elbow punch there was nothing that suggested that Glowacki will lose that.

Lennox wrote: ↑20 Jun 2019, 14:33 PBO will score the fight as if it was a NO CONTEST. It was clear that Briedis won in an unfair manner. The result remains of course.

jamamb wrote: ↑20 Jun 2019, 14:58 i think, for a lot of ppl, they have the mentality that because glowacki made the first foul, whatever happaned after is tough sh!t for him

Enlightened-One wrote: ↑20 Jun 2019, 15:08 Yeah, but from a personal perspective, retaliation can only go so far. And technically speaking the rules shouldn’t be dismissed because of the proverbial “eye for an eye” principle.

Put it this way, if someone trespasses your property, should their limbs be dismembered, their head decapitated and their eyeballs gauged out?

If you accidentally tread on my toe, I’ll slit your fûckîng throat!

dagilechia wrote: ↑20 Jun 2019, 23:20 There is. You can punch with a glove - you can't punch with an elbow. Also, the rabbit punch was intentional while the elbow was.

But the elbow punch isnt the most important controversy in this fight.

ironbeard wrote: ↑21 Jun 2019, 00:33 I agree, “the rabbit punch was intentional.”

Glowacki endured the beatdown he deserved.