Comments Thread For: When Mother Nature entered the ring: Fights affected by adverse conditions

[BoxingUpdates]

Kieran Mulvaney remembers fights in which the boxers had to battle the weather as well as each other
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[Bull Pit]

Hello Kieran
does the Fan Man count ??

[LA_2_Vegas]

Not adverse conditions but outdoors:

Thomas Lamanna v Erislandy Lara - 2021

Outside at Home Depot Center, at a time of day where the sun was low and casting shadows;

Lamanna steps into a beam of sunlight for a second, his face lights up and Lara puts his lights out, all at the same time. I think Lamanna called for a rematch saying he couldn't see.

[Left Hook Louie]

Not adverse conditions but outdoors:

Thomas Lamanna v Erislandy Lara - 2021

Outside at Home Depot Center, at a time of day where the sun was low and casting shadows;

Lamanna steps into a beam of sunlight for a second, his face lights up and Lara puts his lights out, all at the same time. I think Lamanna called for a rematch saying he couldn't see.

In addition to weather issues, low sun is a really bad factor as you pointed out. It's better to have the fights in controlled (indoor) environments.

[Left Hook Louie]

Not adverse conditions but outdoors:


Outside at Home Depot Center, at a time of day where the sun was low and casting shadows;

Also, from a TV spectator's perspective, outdoor daytime fights look bad half the time.

[JonDP]

Seriously, I get boxing has been on a hiatus but this topic is right out of the chalkboard of a girl’s high school creative writing club.