Video: The Strange Ending of Fernando Montiel vs Nehomar Cermeno

by Scott Christ on Jun 28, 2011 7:53 AM EDT in Boxing Video

This past Saturday in Mexico, Fernando Montiel moved up to the super bantamweight division and picked up a TKO-3 win over Nehomar Cermeno. The post-fight reports indicated that Cermeno and his team basically gave up on the fight between rounds, with Cermeno counted at at 0:10 of the third round, which never really started. Here's video from the second round, including the fight's strange ending:

While it's not exactly easy to tell just what happened, it's clear that Cermeno was OK with quitting, and his team has said as much:

Cermeño told his corner to throw in the towel after two rounds. Cermeno's trainer said it was his fighter's decision to quit on the stool. The trainer begged for his fighter to continue and made several attempts to re-insert the mouthpiece.

That quick article says it was a liver shot, and that's about what I can make out given the fact that the camera work isn't so great and the two were in very close quarters at the time.

But anyway, there's the scoop and the footage for those who were wondering.

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Couldn’t tell at first, but @ 5:30 you can see it was a left hook to the body that doubled Cermeno over………………………….but very weird ending.

But full props to Montiel for taking on a tough dude in his comeback fight.

by DPlainview on Jun 28, 2011 8:37 AM EDT reply actions

Not only a tough dude, but a dude he was unlikely to look good against. It was a strange selection overall. Very much not the norm.

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by Scott Christ on Jun 28, 2011 8:46 AM EDT up reply actions

The announcers were saying before the beginning of round three that Cermeno was not going to come out. Apparently they had the corner pleading with him and him just shaking his head no. I’ve never seen something like that before. I’ve seen fighters quit, but that was kind of bizarre.

Bob Arum would promote Lucifer himself if he could put asses in the seats.

by Apprentice on Jun 28, 2011 11:50 PM EDT reply actions