Video of Indonesian boxer's tragic end

Ugh man...Looks like everything went wrong after that vicious ass liver/body shot at 1:14. Something must have shut down after that. Did they ever release autopsy results?

when they are holding him up you can see him fading into the other side....i love the sweet science but this is tragic,sad,and the last thing anyone wants to see happen to a fighter. R.I.P

Of course it is an obvious stoppage, if anything he was too slow in stopping it. The kid stopped defending himself and put his arms in the air to quit, he received 4 more clean punches before the ref jumped in. The ref did nothing wrong. Boxers put there arms up to taunt their opponent, or invite them to throw more punches. The ref did an excellent job in identifying the fighter was not taunting and wanted instead the fight to be stopped. The 4 clean punches was a result of the kid raising his arms while still in battle. The ref has to protect the fighter, but also the fighter has to protect himself. This is where taking a knee and saying you don't want to fight anymore would have done wonders, instead of raising your arms.

No one...... its a contact sport and people get hurt even when no mistakes are made. it appeared that they were scheduled for 12. that's a mistake, IMO. i only saw the last round, but the kid looked tired and over his head. they were both tired. that said, that he was scheduled for 12 isn't what killed him by itself. this is boxing. you win fights by doing more damage for the balance of rounds, causing a ref to stop a fight because an opponent is unable to defend himself, or putting a man down for a period of 10 seconds where he is unable to stand. he was only in the 8th. some poor decisions were made, but unfortunately it doesn't appear as if this could have been prevented, given the nature of the sport.

As stated in my original post, I agree with the posters here in regards of the refereeing, but it raises another question: If the ref did nothing wrong then who's to blame? on some level youhave to accept that boxing inherently carries with it the risk of death. that's what makes our sport make the rest seem like games. you don't play boxing. i blame the handlers of the young man. a 17 year old shouldn't be scheduled for 12 rounds unless he's a phenom.

As stated in my original post, I agree with the posters here in regards of the refereeing, but it raises another question: If the ref did nothing wrong then who's to blame? No one...... its a contact sport and people get hurt even when no mistakes are made.

the stoppage was fine. you can't blame the ref, though i am sure he's seeing that kid's face when he closes his eyes. these two were spent. both guys looked exhausted. when you're that tired your body stops responding to commands. you'll try and take a step to the right, and it will turn into two or three because you're so off balance. i blame the matchmaking. no teenager should be in a 12 round fight, unless he's an incredibly experienced boxer with a true pedigree. this guy isn't that.

As stated in my original post, I agree with the posters here in regards of the refereeing, but it raises another question: If the ref did nothing wrong then who's to blame?

Id like to meet that ref and thank him for stopping that fight, cos it didnt seem an obvious stoppage to make. And to think sometimes refs are given a hard time for stopping fights too early? I will never criticise a ref for stopping a fight when they feel its right now. The boxers seemed ok but rather unusual body language. Its as if he knew instantly something werent right. And the haunted look on his face while lying down on the canvas is eery, you know that look is the look of a face where something is seriously wrong and he knows it. Of course it is an obvious stoppage, if anything he was too slow in stopping it. The kid stopped defending himself and put his arms in the air to quit, he received 4 more clean punches before the ref jumped in.

That didn't look like a bad stoppage imo

I watched an interview of his dad on local channel the other day and it depressed the hell out of me. He's just a trucker who, in my country, probably earned 10 times less than his son (not that he earned much himself) his family depended on him. Sad stuff. That recent article of Ali didn't help either. Bad weeks in terms of boxing news :no: The article on Ali was completely fake.

Id like to meet that ref and thank him for stopping that fight, cos it didnt seem an obvious stoppage to make. And to think sometimes refs are given a hard time for stopping fights too early? I will never criticise a ref for stopping a fight when they feel its right now. The boxers seemed ok but rather unusual body language. Its as if he knew instantly something werent right. And the haunted look on his face while lying down on the canvas is eery, you know that look is the look of a face where something is seriously wrong and he knows it.

He was in dream land when he lifted his arms like that. I've never seen that happen. Sad video. I watched an interview of his dad on local channel the other day and it depressed the hell out of me. He's just a trucker who, in my country, probably earned 10 times less than his son (not that he earned much himself) his family depended on him. Sad stuff. That recent article of Ali didn't help either. Bad weeks in terms of boxing news :no:

He was in dream land when he lifted his arms like that. I've never seen that happen. Sad video.

http://youtu.be/2SBt307waKg You may have heard the sad news of 17 year old Indonesian boxer getting killed about a week ago. This is the video of his last round. I didn't see the whole fight but judging from just that round, Sakti didn't look seriously hurt. At least not like Griffith-Peret where you could see the ref clearly could've stopped it earlier. In this case I don't think ref made a terrible decision, nobody could see that he was seriously hurt and the ref stopped it as soon as he was in trouble (unlike Peret fight) Discuss. (sorry for the terrible English)

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