Comments Thread For: Joshua Cuffed Ref John-Lewis While in Attack Mode

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Anthony Joshua saw disaster flash before his eyes before ending an explosive professional debut in the first round at The O2 in London.

The Olympic super-heavyweight champion blasted out brave Italian Emanuele Leo in just two minutes and 47 seconds with two successive right hands delivered amid a barrage of unanswered punches.

At the round's halfway mark he flirted with catastrophe, however, by accidentally cuffing referee Ian John-Lewis with the inside of his forearm.

John-Lewis was struck on the mouth and nose as he separated the fighters and had the attempted left hook connected cleanly, it would have been a headline-grabbing debut for all the wrong reasons
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[Cleaver]

Shame he didn't land flush, Ian John Lewis is a ****ing tool.

[Slyboots]

Shame he didn't land flush, Ian John Lewis is a ****ing tool.

[PittyPat]

"I am the wefewee! When I shout bweak, you bweak clean!"

[londoner]

I don't mind Ian John-Lewis as a ref but he's a terrible judge. His worst was 2 years ago, scoring a draw between Colin Lynes and Lee Purdy. Purdy was down in the 10th so, without the knockdown, John-Lewis' card would have had Purdy winning despite being out-classed from start to finish. At least the other two judges overruled that joke by coming up with the right landslide in favour of Lynes.