Comments Thread For: Newfel Ouatah Explains Reason For In-Ring Protest Against Simon Kean; Purse Withheld

[BIGPOPPAPUMP]

Newfel Ouatah has now offered the reason for his in-ring protest and non-effort in his latest fight. It will still cost him a payday and any remaining respect he had in the sport. A bizarre development saw Ouatah take a knee and raise his right fist in protest immediately after the bell sounded to begin his scheduled fight with Simon Kean. The ESPN+ aired co-feature Friday evening at Montreal Casino lasted just
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[Clegg]

Had he disclosed the matter to EOTTM, it would have been explained that he would have been medically covered for his placement on the card.

“After his fight against Christian Mbilli, Nadjib Mohammedi had been in the hospital and it was me who paid all his expenses,” EOTTM president and founder Camille Estephan explained in an interview with RDS. “We have insurance for that. When I told [Ouatah], he had no response. He was embarrassed...

So he hid the the fact that he had no medical insurance rather than tell people and get it sorted. Then took the knee in protest and quit the fight instantly. Then it turns out he was covered by medical insurance anyway. Not sure if he's telling the truth but he's a fool either way.

[Prince Madison]

the man was paying his respects, leave him alone!!!

[gee73]

Absolutely dumb. How is something like that even possible? Why would he even rely on insurance from his local commission? Why is he protesting at a show that has nothing to do with his local commission? Just mindboggling...

[richardt]

Boxing needs to STOP putting on blatant mismatches to begin with! 36 year old who was stopped in his last two fights against a 22-1 with 21 KO's fighter???? That is like shooting fish in the barrel for the 22-1 fighter! Enough of this sht!

[1Eriugenus]

'It is the action of a coward'. Goddamn. I can't imagine a Frenchman being cowardly, it would be like an English person being drunk or an American being ignorant or a Jamaican being violent. How could that ever happen?

[1Eriugenus]

Clegg

You are assuming Camille Estephan is telling the whole, unvarnished, truth. Sorry I don't buy that. Promoters speak, at best, with forked tongues, often with tongues that have more prongs than a garden rake. If Camille Estephan told me anything, even that it was raining outside ,I would take it with a whole cellar of salt. The man had good reason to think he was uninsured.

[BigZ44]

Was scared to get mauled by The Grizzly