Defeated WBC world heavyweight title contender Chris Arreola has been banned for six months for swearing after his loss to Vitali Klitschko in September.
The 28-year-old, who failed to come out for the 11th round of the WBC title bout, has been suspended for swearing in an emotional post-fight interview.
The ban will be back-dated to the date of the fight, which means the American can box again at the end of March.
The WBC approved the sanction at their annual convention in South Korea.
LOL. This is a joke. If Arreola is banned then David Diaz should be banned for life.
Diaz dropped the F-Bomb so many times after he got KO'd by Pac!
haha I've literally just finished watching the Pacman Diaz fight and im watching the interviews at the moment, hes said f-ck about 7 times so far and shit about 3 times lol, Jim Lampley even giggled abit after he said it for the 3rd or 4th time lol
If someone got offended for him cursing then they shouldn't even be watching boxing in the first place, corner men curse all the time like the other user said. How are swear-words going to offend someone? But no someone beat the ever living shit out of each other? So violence is alright but cursing is not?
Yeah i can't see the logic, it's ****ing hilarious. I would like to see them try to enforce some shit like this on Toney, he would make their ears bleed. They would never try this against a big draw either. Sad for Areola.
in other words, we are pissed that you lost. we wanted you to be the next great (Mexican)American champion. but you failed, so you pay. sad..but thats how Coach sees this situation.
lmao...wtf.
you know what it is? the german viewership I bet. something lik 1/3 of their available televisions is always watching a K2 fight...ANd its not HBO over there..its something else.. That involves a lot of children I guess, watching their superheroes.
America, I think, could probably care less about a little cursing on HBO.
I have to say this is very unfair and uncalled for. How many times boxers have been offensive in bigger degrees than Areola that night and nothing had happened so it is just unfair. The guy was not offensive just broken emotionally and I do not believe people got pissed at his language.
How ever I can see this initiative that was taken to set example for future bouts and future sanctions, and Areola was just a guinea pig.
I mean no disrespect meant for calling him a guinea pig.
lmao...wtf.
you know what it is? the german viewership I bet. something lik 1/3 of their available televisions is always watching a K2 fight...ANd its not HBO over there..its something else.. That involves a lot of children I guess, watching their superheroes.
America, I think, could probably care less about a little cursing on HBO
So let me get this straight.. You get 6 months for cursing, and only a year for trying to kill someone with bricks? WTF???.
Yeah I can't work that one out myself.
what the bleep?
on another note I don't mind it terribly much
just imagine if this rule applied to MMA/UFC
Dana White would never be allowed to speak in public.
6 months does seem kinda excessive, but I honestly don't mind it as emotional or not, using excessive profanity on telivision just comes across as kinda childish IMO.
Ahhh thats some bullshit..
Its a mans sport its Boxing fuk they expect ping pong
He was emotional i respect him more for swearing lol
he was being real its how he felt...
That is some straight out bullshit..