One of the strangest moments of the year occurred on the Jessica McCaskill-Cecilia Braekhus undercard last Saturday in Tulsa, Okla.
Junior middleweight prospect Israil Madrimov landed a left hook that sent opponent Eric Walker sprawling in the ninth round of their scheduled 12-round fight. However, as Walker was going down, Madrimov’s momentum carried his body into Walker’s.
Thus, referee Gary Ritter ruled that it wasn’t a knockdown. That deprived Madrimov of a knockout because Walker was unable to continue immediately.
In the end, Walker was given time to recover and he survived to hear the final bell, although he lost a one-sided unanimous decision.
Should Madrimov have been given credit for a knockdown? Or was Ritter correct in his ruling?
In this episode of Jabs with Mannix and Mora, courtesy of DAZN, Chris Mannix and Sergio Mora give their thoughts on the unusual events in that fight.
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