Arreola gets banned for swearing

joepenguin

Arreola has just been given a 6 month ban from the wbc for swearing in a post fight interview after the klitschko fight. I didnt hear the interview but that seems harsh. Plus as its the wbc enforcing this does it actually mean anything? couldnt he just fight in wba approved bouts or any other body?
I didnt think a world body could say you cant fight.

http://www.eastsideboxing.com/news.php?p=21757&more=1

The link compares the ban to margaritos one who got 12 months for something more serious... the plaster of paris incident. So 6 months for swearing seems crazy, and as the author of the article points out surely the wbc could have just stripped arreola of the americas title he holds with them.

So again my question.. couldnt he just as easy fight in a wba/ibf/wbo or whatever bout within that time?

bamboozler

filthy habit, i would of given him 9 months.

but on a serious note it takes most fat heavyweights at least that long to recover for their next fight after a big fight anyway so prob wont make a difference to him

joepenguin

Apparently he had a fight scheduled for the 5th December. Even if the wbc deem it a filthy habit they should publicie / publish their stance on it and the consequences for swearing on tv. Cornermen and coaches do it all the time, im sure fightrs do too and its on live tv. You cant just make up a consequence for breaking a rule that is not there.

Wouldnt that be something the network should deal with anyway? This was a world title fight so loads of people got to see it as the guys with the cameras were putting it out on national tv.

But what if it was a club fight and he said the same thing to a local cameraman or someone from an internet site? Surely the wbc dont go around checking all local papers of with reports of all pro fights that go on?

Fighters should act professionally when in the public eye and all of that but this is ridiculous!!

horsebox09

Amazing, Tyson done this for years (far worse aswell) and got away with it, yet Arreola gets banned?? The WBC are a disgrace

walshb

horsebox09 wrote: »

Amazing, Tyson done this for years (far worse aswell) and got away with it, yet Arreola gets banned?? The WBC are a disgrace

Well, that's the past, and maybe now they are cleaning their act up. Why shouldn't we in this sport expect a little class and manners from our boxers and not have to listen to foul mouthed tirades? It can only benefit and broaden the sports appeal. Allowing the whole "anything goes" will not progress and help this sport.

Time and a place, and Arreola was in the right place at the right time, but was saying the wrong things.
Whether they like it or not, the fighters, like the soccer players, for example, are representing
the WHOLE sport and this type of behaviour shouldn't be encouraged or dismissed.

BTW, I swear from time to time, but I think first!

horsebox09

walshb wrote: »

Well, that's the past, and maybe now they are cleaning their act up. Why shouldn't we in this sport expect a little class and manners from our boxers and not have to listen to foul mouthed tirades? It can only benefit and broaden the sports appeal. Allowing the whole "anything goes" will not progress and help this sport.

Time and a place, and Arreola was in the right place at the right time, but was saying the wrong things.
Whether they like it or not, the fighters, like the soccer players, for example, are representing
the WHOLE sport and this type of behaviour shouldn't be encouraged or dismissed.

BTW, I swear from time to time, but I think first!

Yeah your right, i just think it was a bit harsh to ban him, but i suppose at least boxers know that they can't do these things and get away with it.

BTW, i doubt that if Arreola was as well known and as controversial as Tyson was that he would have got banned, but thats a different story all together!