Earlier this week South African boxer Simiso Buthelezi passed away at just 24 years old from a brain injury sustained in a match against Siphesihle Mntungwa. Disturbing video of the ending of his fight surfaced on social media, with a clearly disoriented Buthelezi seen going away from his opponent and towards the referee, throwing punches in the corner until the fight was stopped.
On Saturday’s Top Rank on ESPN broadcast, it was apparent that the commentary duo of Joe Tessitore and Timothy Bradley were unaware of what transpired.
In the Top Rank main event, Roamer Alexis Angulo had twice inadvertently gone to a neutral corner instead of his own corner between rounds, and on one of those occasions almost walked to opponent Edgar Berlanga’s corner.