Lazarte vs Casimero: Lazarte Will Not Face Punishment From Argentine Boxing Federation
by Waldo Rastel on Feb 13, 2012 10:06 PM EST
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The horrid aftermath of the Lazarte - Casimero bout will be a stain on the sport of boxing. After Johnriel Casimero scored a tenth round TKO stoppage against Luis Lazarte all mayhem broke out in the arena. The riot started after Casimero went to jump on the turnbuckle to celebrate his victory in front of the hostile crowd, which is fine. Casimero should not take on any blame for what happened that night. He was merely celebrating his victory and possibly honoring his brother who died just before the fight.
Lazarte is the person who should be punished, and harshly. He lashed out against the referee by threatening his life on several occasions. Also, it was rumored that Lazarte's trucker friends were responsible for starting the riot. News comes in today that Lazarte will not face any punishment from the Argentine federation according to Jhonny Gonzales of Boxing Scene. This comes from the President of the Argentine Boxing Federation, Osvaldo Bisbal who thinks there was "no need to punish Lazarte."
Bisbal said there won't be any sanctions on Lazarte, who bit Casimero several times and threatened the life of the referee - and there won't be sanctions on the event promoter Osvaldo Rivero.
Regarding the possibility of the IBF handing down sanctions, Bisbal laughed - "we laugh at the sanctions of the international organizations. They don't have any authority to do so [in Argentina]," Bisbal told a local newspaper in Argentina.
This incident and especially this reaction hurt the reputation of the Argentine Boxing Federation. These actions are truly sad because there are a bunch of good boxers coming out of Argentina. If the federation is protecting thugs like Lazarte, why would anyone want to go to Argentina to fight a crafty fighter? Do you think that the actions surrounding this fight will hurt the careers of the current Argentinian prospects?
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That's obscene
Then again, I don’t think the federation did anything about Carrasco vs. Bonnani in 2010 either, when there was a mid-round riot and nearly as many shenanigans that happened through the course of the fight.
Bad Left Hook - The SB Nation boxing blog
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This guy sounds completely corrupted
Regarding the possibility of the IBF handing down sanctions, Bisbal laughed – “we laugh at the sanctions of the international organizations. They don’t have any authority to do so [in Argentina],” Bisbal told a local newspaper in Argentina.
Lazarte is a goon and no one should ever go there to fight him again. The IBF has got to stop forcing this guy into the title scene. He’s a rotten person and a crap fighter whose only notable offense is repeatedly fouling guys and getting away with it. If he ever fought on neutral ground he’d be disqualified without question, or since he wouldn’t be allowed to do as he pleases, he’d just get the crap beaten out of him since there’s not much more to him.
Bad Left Hook
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Anybody’d be crazy to go there to fight after this, and after this I don’t just mean the riot, they can and have happened everywhere (Bowe/Golota, Mayweather/Judah, etc.) but the reaction to it there from their commission. And if nobody is willing to go there, at least not without expensive extra insurance addressing the possibility of post-fight injury, it can’t help Argentine prospects, as this would mean extra travel expense or extra insurance expense for them..
There is no safety in numbers, or in anything else--James Thurber, 1939
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