Sunday, July 21, 2013

WBC comments on gloves controversy in Mexico


WBC comments on gloves controversy in Mexico
Mark E. Ortega
RingTV.com
July 21, 2013


On Saturday, Paul Magno of Yahoo! Sports brought attention to a very serious situation regarding tampered gloves, which took place in Mexico last weekend prior to a women's bout.

The fight in question was the rematch between Riyo Togo and Mariana Juarez. The first fight took place in April, with the usually durable Juarez getting shockingly stopped in the first round. She previously hadn't been stopped since 2005.

According to the article, members of Juarez's team during a pre-fight inspection found the padding in Togo's gloves to have been tampered with.

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