By Mark Vester
On the undercard to Andre Berto-Miguel Rodriguez at the FedEx Forum in Memphis, Chris Areloa (24-0, 23KOs) kept his undefeated record when defeated previously unbeaten Chazz Witherspoon (23-1, 15KOs) by disqualification after three-rounds.
Arreola had Witherspoon in all sorts of trouble in the third-round, sending him down twice, with the second knockdown coming at the time of the bell. The ref was giving a count to Witherspoon, when Witherspoon's corner entered the ring to help him back to the corner, which caused the DQ.
Witherspoon's corner was not aware that a round does not end when a fighter goes down, even at the bell. By entering the ring while the round was still officially proceeding, they came in illegally and the ref issued the DQ call.
Full review and analysis coming later tonight.
