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[–] Hotspur@lemmy.ml 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Damn… guess the rules were you had to KO or the bout just kept going? I can’t imagine what the last 6.75 hours of that looked like.

[–] PugJesus@kbin.social 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Throwing in the towel might have been an option, but as I understand it, the boxers were fighting for prize money, and the loser would get nothing. Hell of an incentive to stay in.

[–] Hotspur@lemmy.ml 2 points 8 months ago

Ah yeah that would explain it better. Still, talk about determination…