Williams vs. Cintron: Who do you have?(Poll)

[Manju]

if roger federer can't continue, the match goes to his opponant. why should boxing be different? Unless the opponant casued the injury with a foul, we shouldn't go to the scorecards.

reminds me of chavez-randall II a bit.

[Kev]

if roger federer can't continue, the match goes to his opponant. why should boxing be different? Unless the opponant casued the injury with a foul, we shouldn't go to the scorecards.

reminds me of chavez-randall II a bit.

In some ways I agree with that, I mean in other sports, injury would just eliminate you with a defeat.

That said however boxing is not like other sports. Federer will play 50 + matches in a single season, Cintron likely won't have 50 fights in his entire career.

A loss in boxing is so much more significant than in any other sport and therefore I think a no contest is the right result.

I wonder if it will be overturned on appeal? Probably not if that is the rules, but I hope they at least order a rematch. Cintron was looking good in there I thought. Like most others on here, I think he was never going to get the close rounds because of the bad taste the Martinez result left in the mouths of many.