Mayhem Erupts as Boxer Scraps with Opponent's Trainer
 

Mayhem Erupts as Juan Manuel Lopez Knocks Out Wilfredo Vazquez Jr.
>>Then Scraps with Opponent's Trainer

• Juan Manuel Lopez won then tried to knock out opposition cornerman
• Pair exchanged flurry of punches and had to be separated in ring
• Crazy scene developed with security flooding in to calm things down
• There was bad blood between both Puerto Rico fighters pre-bout
  

Daily Mail UK, 30 October 2016


What do you do if you haven't fought in two years and then knock out a fierce rival? Sink to your knees in celebration? Thank the adoring crowd?

Juan Manuel Lopez chose an altogether different option and astonishingly tried to knock out his opponent's cornerman.

The Puerto Rican had forced the referee to call a stop to the contest with a brutal barrage against Wilfredo Vazquez Jr. in the 11th round.


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Wilfredo Vazquez Jr was dazed on the canvas as the madness was about to begin


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Juan Manuel Lopez knocked out his opponent then turned his attention to the cornerman


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Both Lopez and Wilfredo Vazquez Jr's team member landed blows in the exchange


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The pair were then separated as security piled into the ring to soothe the tensions


He then immediately engaged in an argument a member of Vazquez's team who had come into the ring.

What followed was a frenzied an utterly bizarre ten seconds where both men exchanged blows before they were separated and security piled in to soothe the situation.

Both fighters are Puerto Rican and former world champions. There had been a bitter build-up to this fight which accounts for the post-fight melee.

Lopez had lost three of his last four bouts after being stopped each time inside four rounds but clearly could not get enough of the action on the night.
After being out-boxed and out-foxed in the early rounds, he began to turn the tide with heavier shots landing on Vazquez.

Once the referee had waved off proceedings late-on and Lopez tried to fight his opponent's team, the two pugilists embraced to add a strange finishing touch to a night of mayhem.