Referee hug.

[Manuel "Chubby" Medina]

Why do referees hug the boxer when he stops the fight?
to hold him up? stop him from charging the winner? why?

[Aweless]

I'd say mostly to calm the boxer, and to help them realize the match is over. When your mentally in a fight it may take you a lot to realize it's over. A example of this is when a reefer calls a fight and they keep swinging at each other because they think it's still going on. A simple hug will be able to sum it all up very quickly and make sure the person stops. Well that's just my thoughts on it.

[Andre]

Its all in the arms, if you cant throw them cause you are being hugged then the fight isnt continuing.

[Youngblood]

If it's the guy who just lost, and it's the home ref hugging the visitor, they are usually padding him down looking for his wallet.

[Manuel "Chubby" Medina]

If it's the guy who just lost, and it's the home ref hugging the visitor, they are usually padding him down looking for his wallet.

[Andre]

If it's the guy who just lost, and it's the home ref hugging the visitor, they are usually padding him down looking for his wallet.

Or a free feel up out in the poorer hillbilly areas. "Here put these baggy shorts n red leather gloves on son. "Beep beep, whoops get him dear, dont mind me".