Magsayo was clinching in a manner that suggested that he was trying to survive because he looked like he was fading and close to being stopped by the body shots from Figueroa.Īlong with the clinching from Magsayo, we saw him fall down several times in what appeared to be a move to escape the hard punches Figueroa was tagging him with to the body. It seemed apparent that Magsayo was bothered by those punches. In the championship rounds, Magsayo was leaning forward much of the time and holding in reaction to Figueroa nailing him with hard shots to the bread basket. However, the referee and many boxing fans on social media felt differently, seeing Magsayo clinching to keep Figueroa from hitting him in the body because he appeared to be bothered by those shots. Magsayo maintains that he and Figueroa were both holding and that it’s a normal part of the sport. By Adam Baskin: Mark Magsayo (24-2, 16 KOs) insisted after his fight with Brandon Figueroa (24-1-1, 18 KOs) that he would have won if not for the referee twice taking points off for his holding last Saturday night at the Toyota Arena in Ontario, California.
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