Boxer has ear ripped off in gruesome scenes
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Not since Mike Tyson bit Evander Holyfield has boxing seen a worse ear injury than the one suffered by Stephen Smith, and this one is arguably worse.
Super featherweight boxer Stephen Smith lost his bout on Sunday by technical decision in Las Vegas to Francisco Vargas.
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But that wasn’t his biggest problem.
This was…
"I don't think I've ever seen anything like that in a boxing match...in an ear that was not bitten." - @AndreWard on Smith's gruesome ear injury that stopped #VargasSmith #SalidoRoman pic.twitter.com/SGVntIDta0
— HBOboxing (@HBOboxing) December 10, 2017
Smith could not continue the fight because of that gnarly, bloody damage to his left ear that left him looking like Holyfield.
Except Vargas didn’t bite him. He apparently just beat him on the side of the head enough to rip his ear halfway off.
Best wishes to Smith on a full recovery.
It certainly was an eventful weekend in the boxing world.
Vasyl Lomachenko retained his WBO super-featherweight title after beating Guillermo Rigondeaux by TKO on Sunday.
Ukrainian Lomachenko (10-1) dominated for six rounds at The Theater at Madison Square Garden before Rigondeaux called it quits, citing a left hand injury.
Rigondeaux was labelled 'weak' and 'gutless' for his decision to stop, as one of the most anticipated fights of 2017 ended in controversy.
Meanwhile, British phenom Daniel Dubois scored his sixth-straight knockout, destroying another opponent in frightening fashion.
Luis Ortiz and Deontay Wilder also went face-to-face in a heated confrontation after the former's brutal knockout.
