After the unification fight between Yordenis Ugas and Errol Spence, the defeated Ugas posts a horror picture from the hospital. The referee also has to deal with criticism.
What a shock picture!
Yordenis Ugas lost the unification fight against Errol Spence in the welterweight division after the fight was stopped. This means that Spence can now call the WBC, IBF and WBA titles his own.
However, Ugas was probably more worried about his right eye than the lost fight. In a picture that the 35-year-old posted from the hospital after the fight, his eye was completely swollen shut. It was also said to have been bleeding for 40 hours after the fight. “It looked like tears of blood,” he wrote in his post.
However, he was able to give the all-clear. In the meantime, the eye is open again. “In the next few days, when the swelling and bruising have gone down to zero, we will go back to the doctor. “
Fight stopped in round ten
The fight, which took place last Sunday, was stopped by the referee in the tenth round. Before that, he had asked the ring doctor to examine Uga’s right eye for the second time. He then decided to stop the fight, which gave Spence the victory.
Ugas himself was disappointed with the decision. ” I am just sad about what happened tonight. The referee stopped the fight but I wanted to continue until the end. “
Even though the Cuban certainly fancied his chances of winning. In the sixth round he put his opponent in a lot of trouble and even knocked his mouth guard out of his mouth.
Ring judge is criticised
Ring judge Laurence Cole was also criticised for this scene. The referee didn’t stop the fight immediately, so Spence, who was expecting a stoppage, took a punch without a cover. The latter fell back into the ropes but was able to continue the fight without a mouthpiece for the time being.
Cole justified his decision by saying he didn’t want to take away Ugas’ advantage of his impact punch. “If that strike had hurt him, it would have been unfair to take that strike away from Ugas.”
Moreover, he was unequivocal in the direction of his critics. “People don’t know the rules. They think they know the rules, but they don’t. “
