Bob Arum blasts Puerto Rico Boxing Commission over JuanMa Ruling

Bob Arum blasts Puerto Rico Boxing Commission over JuanMa Ruling

By Johnny Benz, Doghouse Boxing (April 4, 2012) Doghouse Boxing
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By Johnny Benz, Doghouse Boxing - Apparently I am not the only one who finds the actions of the Puerto Rico Boxing Commission outrageous. Yesterday the Commission made a harsh ruling over comments Juan Manuel Lopez made after his TKO loss to Orlando Salido last month. By now you are well aware that right after the fight, Lopez was interviewed on TV by the SHOWTIME Host (Jim Gray) and accused referee Roberto Ramirez Sr. of betting. Lopez quickly recanted and offered an apology. JuanMa basically said he took a lot of punches to the head and wasn't thinking clearly when he said those things. The Commission fined him $10,000, reportedly wants him to serve 100 community service hours and banned him from renewing his boxing license for one full year!

Boxing promoter for Lopez, Top Rank's Bob Arum is now speaking out against the Commission's ruling. In a recent column by Kevin Iole for Yahoo! Sports, Arum blasted the decision set by the Commission.

"I think it's outrageous what they did to this kid and makes zero sense," Arum was quoted in Iole's column. "You can not and should not punish someone for saying stupid things when they're being interviewed only seconds after they were concussed. It's the commission's fault for allowing him to be interviewed. What were they thinking? It's nuts."

Arum went on to add: "Legally, he can't be responsible for what he says in that condition. If it was the next morning, or a few days later, after the effects of the concussion had passed, that's one thing. But this is a guy who suffered a serious injury. Look at the NFL and how seriously they treat concussions. These are nothing to (expletive) around with and here, you have the commission trying to suspend a kid for something he said in that condition? Ridiculous."

Source of All quotes in this report - Kevin Iole, Yahoo.com.

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