Comments Thread For: Vazquez Appeals Loss To Brandon Figueroa, Claims Illegal Punches

[Squared.Circle]

It's not about favors! Review the fight footage as I have! Counted 26-28 illegal blows back to the head by the 8th rd!!! Don't look like it to me that the kid got dominated, Figuaroa didn't look to well at post conference! Medical reports, photos of the back of the head, and the fight footage!! The only thing that Figuaroa dominated was on rabbit punching!! Seems like you talking out of your ass! And never laced a pair of gloves up in your life! Get the facts before you talk ****!!

I can't really remember much of the fight, just that Figueroa won. If these punches behind the head were in the clinch while Vazquez turned his head, then it's frowned upon, punishable, but not damaging at all. If the punches were as Vazquez was trying to duck or slip punches and exposing the side/back of his head...then it's not punishable as it's unintentional and Vazquez' fault. As was with Wilder vs. Fury 1 (first knockdown Wilder scored, Fury turned his head, causing the punch to land behind the ear) and 2 (Wilder turned his head, causing the punch to land behind the ear). Unless there were egregious instances where Figueroa threw a punch at an already exposed and clearly visible back of the head...then nothing will come of it.

[Combat Talk Radio]

When a fighter fouls u, u foul him back until he stops fouling. Complaining after the loss makes no sense. Even if they overturn the verdict, you still have to wear that asswhipping

Wish Manny would have taken this advice.

[OhG]

Now you a Boxing expert and probably never laced a pair gloves up in your life! Let's watch the show and see how this plays out!

[OhG]

Then again looks like you one of them dudes that likes to throw rocks and then hide!!!

[Boxingfanatic75]

Now you a Boxing expert and probably never laced a pair gloves up in your life! Let's watch the show and see how this plays out!

Oh pipe down Nancy

[OhG]

Whatever Nancy you talking about and yourself can sit on that pipe that you speaking about!!!

[SweetPbfAli]

Appeal the loss by beating him in a rematch.

[OhG]

From what I understand that's what the kid wants out of this situation, and the referee penalized, not else!!!

[OhG]

You talking out of your ass, by saying kid lost his pride! **** you punk! Like the kid said **** the lost! This situation is about the kids well being and the well being of his fellow comrades!! The danger in illegal rabbit punching! Example what happen with blue chip prospect Shawn Simpson, one blow to the back of the head with 16oz gloves in Sparring, Simpson career in in question at this point! Sad!!

[Kannabis Kid]

I said before the fight Vazquez was coming into this fight with the wrong gameplan when he wasn't a brawler he is a boxer he looked good in the early rounds but started staying on the inside too much and that's where he paid. He did get hit sometimes behind the head but it wasn't intentional he was initiating the clinch alot and would turn with the punches Figueroa was not throwing haymakers to the back of his head he was trying to land punches but Damien was smothering him.

His corner should be blamed because he had nothing left by the mid rounds yet they kept telling him otherwise and sent him out there to keep getting beat up.