Tony
23-10-2009, 12:04
YouTube - 2 Points For Kissing (HBO) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HfJ91N5dzIE)
In October of 2008, Jesse Vargas and the unfortunately-named Trenton Titsworth squared off in Temecula, California. Things were going reasonably well, and then Titsworth leaned in during a clinch and kissed Vargas, ever so gently, on his neck. It took Vargas a moment to realize it, but he responded by drilling Titsworth on the jaw with a right hand on the break. Technically, that's a foul, and Vargas lost a point for it. But kissing your opponent is apparently also a foul, though we admit we always thought it was simply frowned upon. The ref initially takes one point away from Titsworth for his ill-timed display of affection, then decides that it's bad enough to be worth a two-point deduction. Some people just can't help but stand in the way of love, can they?
Vargas would go on to win the four-round bout via decision (39-34 (http://www.boxrec.com/media/index.php?title=Fight:1352971) on all three scorecards). Titsworth is still trying, unsuccessfully, to live this one down.
In October of 2008, Jesse Vargas and the unfortunately-named Trenton Titsworth squared off in Temecula, California. Things were going reasonably well, and then Titsworth leaned in during a clinch and kissed Vargas, ever so gently, on his neck. It took Vargas a moment to realize it, but he responded by drilling Titsworth on the jaw with a right hand on the break. Technically, that's a foul, and Vargas lost a point for it. But kissing your opponent is apparently also a foul, though we admit we always thought it was simply frowned upon. The ref initially takes one point away from Titsworth for his ill-timed display of affection, then decides that it's bad enough to be worth a two-point deduction. Some people just can't help but stand in the way of love, can they?
Vargas would go on to win the four-round bout via decision (39-34 (http://www.boxrec.com/media/index.php?title=Fight:1352971) on all three scorecards). Titsworth is still trying, unsuccessfully, to live this one down.