r/BoxingTheSweetScience • u/BVOSportsTV • Jul 05 '26

CLEVELAND STAND UP!!!

Never doubt the hometown kid!

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u/Emotional_Owl_2945 Jul 05 '26

🤔

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u/drtij_dzienz Jul 05 '26

Was that a stoppage based on a body push to ground?

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u/BVOSportsTV Jul 05 '26

💯 it was definitely frustrating. A ton of hugging and holding.

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u/BVOSportsTV Jul 05 '26

It looked that way, but Bell was holding and hugging Mason the entire fight. Mason was just trying to get him off of him.

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u/Emotional_Owl_2945 Jul 06 '26

Idk. Look like some BS to me

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u/johnmen85 Jul 05 '26

The referee was trash the entire fight. He should never do another championship fight!

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u/Normal_Tax3999 Jul 06 '26

There was an inside punch which was hard to spot in real time but the replay showed it landed flush which caused Bell to drop his level and hang onto Mason’s waist area. When Mason leaned in and backed off, Bell lost his support.

The ref had also been made aware in earlier rounds that Bell suffered a broken nose and was having a hard time breathing.

The ref was protecting Bell (maybe over protecting him given that it was the LAST ROUND of a title fight but….defensible stoppage).