McClellan's demise was partly because of London Ring Rules...

[Cletus Funk]

those ****in brits, dirty bastards

boxing gets rough from time to time, nature of the sport, i dont think benn would of been dq'd at all if the fight happened in the US

Nah, you'd have to bite someone's ear off to get dq'd in the US. Mind you.....even then that's not enough, you've got to do it twice.

[Slipx]

Nah, you'd have to bite someone's ear off to get dq'd in the US. Mind you.....even then that's not enough, you've got to do it twice.

i got a good laugh at that because it's kinda true. they really don't allow hitting behind the head, but you know what im sayin, if your tyson you can bite off a piece of an ear and get away with a warning.

Just goes to show you how much media influences boxer treatment.

If it was any other fighter the first bite woulda DQ'd him..but since it was Tyson and it was a big fight they didn't do it. I bet DLH could have gotten away with an ear bite warning as well.

[Slipx]

Is "power rabbit" the new "pwned"? I like to keep up with all the latest kindergarten nerd-speak.

kindergarten nerd speak eh..

lol...just lol..

p.s.- power rabbit means a powerful rabbit punch, doesn't take the brightest person to see that ;o

[Cletus Funk]

i got a good laugh at that because it's kinda true. they really don't allow hitting behind the head, but you know what im sayin, if your tyson you can bite off a piece of an ear and get away with a warning.

Just goes to show you how much media influences boxer treatment.

If it was any other fighter the first bite woulda DQ'd him..but since it was Tyson and it was a big fight they didn't do it. I bet DLH could have gotten away with an ear bite warning as well.

Yeah, I'd agree. Tyson got away with plenty in his career that others maybe wouldn't have - the Botha, Williams, Holyfield and Savarese fights spring to mind and I'm sure there's more.

Plenty goes on in the ring all over the world. I've never seen Holyfield pulled up for his headbutting and the whole mouthpiece debacle was a joke. Then you've got Maussa's floor shot (even though it was funny as hell) and controversial moments in PBF v Gatti and Lacy v Reid so it's hardly fair to pin it all on UK refs.

In the UK there seems to be a tendancy to let it ride if both fighters are at it. In the Benn McClellan fight, Benn definitely let a few more go but I counted at least 4 full blown shots to the back of the head by G-Man when Benn was ducking low. He was getting in there with the elbow too so neither fighter was innocent. The referee was from France though, so not really a UK refereeing issue.