WBC TO BAN FATHER & SON TEAMS!!!

[johnseaton]

This is absolutely fucking ridiculous. They have given ZERO reason for this.

[Nemoticon]

The WBC has become a joke factory... something stupid comes out of them every week now. What a great loss to the sport.

[jsb]

Stupid rule with no real justification. It's not like a father coaching his son has some kind of unfair advantage to a a fighter and trainer who are not related. If the father- son partnership works well in the ring then why change that?

[BatteryExhausted]

"Fathers are more likely to protect a fighter"
RUBBISH
Ask Dave Allen or Josh Taylor.
YOU GOT THAT TWISTED.

[tribalisnt]

That would be a dumb thing to do and the WBC would be over stepping the mark if they did do it. The WBC should be collecting belt money not turning themselves into Oprah.

[LDN_KMT]

that whole welterweight scene for years have had father & son combinations garcia's porter's, robert guerrero, may weather etc lmao!

[Andrij_Kozak]

Then Mauricio should be blocked for being the WBC President because he is the successor of his father.

[nickhiggins]

A farther is more likely to have the best interest of his son the fighter !

[ArticulateDesignASMR]

It probably depends and maybe differs on a case by case basis, but my immediate thought was the fight would probably go on a little longer, some fathers might be blind to their sons shortcummings and refuse to accept they could be beaten. On the other hand, I'm sure some fathers might even stop a fight prematurely? Though I can't think of a case where that's actually happened?

[frankierandall]

Sulaiman is a BIG hypocrite because his own FATHER was with him along the way showing him the ropes and getting him ready to take over the WBC= World Boxing Cartel.

[hhh]

of course a father will pull the plug on a fight if his son is taking excessive damage.

[Thinkingisfree]

I think u right. At first I thought you was going to say the WBC thinks it gives the fighter a competitive Edge over the other flight to without his dad in the corner

[cmmc]

I think it would depend on the father but yeah for the most part I agree they would be more protective. Surely it's the decision of the fighter who's in there corner, surely that's best for the fighter

[martinskursiss]

HATMAN you got a valid point, fathers always will be more protective of their sons/daughters

[wizardssleeve]

The WBC father and son Suliaman team, that should have been banned to start with.

[bombercountyblues]

Can anyone tell me if this or any other rule is implemented by just one of the sanctioning bodies where would this put a fighter holding or fighting for multiple belts? Would a potential unification bout end up being for all but one title? Because the father son teams I can think of are never gonna part ways.... Fury, , loma, , eubank.

[mareksmezalis]

Could you take a mother in corner "Dios mios mui mijo, por favor!"

[flyingfalcon]

Hatman you misunderstood and misread the article. They are not talking about the fatherly protection of their sons. They are talking about the fighters mental state to push themselves more even though they are hurt internally or externally due to their parent being in the corner.

[shawnmike]

How many fighters have died or received severe head trauma with their fathers in their corner vs some stranger in their corner? Haven't done the research but I'd bet stats would show fathers have a safer impact more than anything.

[giant_joe]

You need to look up the case of Johnny Owen, 'The Merthyr Matchstick Man' whose father Dick was in the corner and allowed him to go out for the 12th and tragic final round against Lupe Pintor for the WBC Bantamweight title at the Los Angels Grand Olympic Auditorium in 1980. Ultimately, every fighter is in there on his own, and nobody can truly protect that fighter but himself. Even the referee can't prevent all injuries. It is however all the more tragic, as in the case of Owen, when a young and promising fighter pays the ultimate price and it is a father who has to live with the decisions that were made in his role as a cornerman.