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Originally posted by Matt 26z
Excuse me? But walking to your corner doesn't mean a damn thing. The fight is still on until someone hits the ground, in the case of the UFC taps out, or until the ref stops the fight.
Even after someone can't take anymore, more hits are always given. It takes some time for the ref to realize what's going on.
This woman obviously shouldn't have been in the fight if 3 blows killed her.
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Don't know about that.
In a boxing match you turn your back on the fight that's usually considered a forfeiture.
It is the Ref's job in ALL matches to determine if the fighter has the ability to make a conscious decision in the match due to the fact that the fighter may have suffered enough mental damage that night that whatever action they take may not be in their best interest.
If a ref saw a fighter trying to make their way to their corner they should have gotten between the fighters to see what the issue might be, even bring in the ring doctor to make a final determination.
And as far as your comment about not being in the fight if 3 blows would kill her, that's just plain stupid.
1 blow could kill anyone, including heavy weight boxers. There's always that 1 "lucky" blow, depends upon timing, location all kinds of factors involved that could just end your life immediately.
I think movies have skewed our realm of what is and isn't possible.
You have guys like Mel Gibson in the Lethal Weapons movies being riddled with bullets and laughing about it in the end while on a stretcher only to show up in the sequel, while people die of single gunshot wounds from a .22 in the leg...it just happened to be too close to the artery.