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by David P. Greisman - Nate Campbell didn’t like what he saw. There were spots in his left eye. With his right eye, he looked across the ring and saw his opponent, Timothy Bradley, standing on the second of four ropes, arms raised above his head, muscles flexed, celebrating.
The fight had been stopped because Campbell couldn’t see out of his left eye. There was a gaping cut above that eye. Both wounds had been caused by an accidental head butt. Three rounds in, the bout should have resulted in a “No decision.”
Nate Campbell didn’t like what he saw. What he heard next was worse.
The referee had said the cut was caused not by a head butt, but by a punch. The bout would result not in a “No decision,” but in a technical knockout – a win for Bradley, a loss for Campbell.
Campbell rose from his stool, bolting across the ring to argue his case. To no avail.
“This is wrong,” Campbell said.
He was right.
Campbell of late had railed against the politics of boxing, the forces outside of the ring that kept fighters such as him from getting ahead. Inside the squared circle, however, it was just him, his opponent and the referee. He could either take control or have it wrested away from him – though not without a battle. [details]
The fight had been stopped because Campbell couldn’t see out of his left eye. There was a gaping cut above that eye. Both wounds had been caused by an accidental head butt. Three rounds in, the bout should have resulted in a “No decision.”
Nate Campbell didn’t like what he saw. What he heard next was worse.
The referee had said the cut was caused not by a head butt, but by a punch. The bout would result not in a “No decision,” but in a technical knockout – a win for Bradley, a loss for Campbell.
Campbell rose from his stool, bolting across the ring to argue his case. To no avail.
“This is wrong,” Campbell said.
He was right.
Campbell of late had railed against the politics of boxing, the forces outside of the ring that kept fighters such as him from getting ahead. Inside the squared circle, however, it was just him, his opponent and the referee. He could either take control or have it wrested away from him – though not without a battle. [details]
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