Issues turned ugly at a boxing occasion final evening (Sat., Might 17, 2025) at Shuan Boxing’s Saturday Battle Evening from inside Pabellon de Karate Centro Olimpico in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, when a referee was viciously attacked within the ring by a bunch of offended males.
Particulars are nonetheless scarce presently, however the incident appeared to occur following a most important occasion conflict between former super-flyweight title challenger Norbelto Jimenez and the undefeated Marcelino Nieves.
As Jimenez was snapping images together with his staff within the ring, the referee will be seen getting chased down and pinned alongside the ropes. Out of nowhere a group of males rushed the referee and began beating him with punches and kicks. The referee was preventing for his life and tried to claw his approach out of the ring. He made it to a different nook whereas being crushed about his head earlier than getting kicked out of the ring.
The video footage stops there, nevertheless it seems a few of the males pursued the referee into the group and stored attacking him. It was a wild second for boxing followers to say the least and a horrific expertise for the referee. Try the incident within the above video participant.
Imagine it or not, this seems to be the identical referee that was concerned in an incident again in June 2024 when he grew to become utterly unhinged and tried preventing a boxer within the ring. It is perhaps time for this ref to formally dangle it up and do one thing else together with his life.
After Saturday’s incident, members of the boxing group hit social media to indicate their disgust for the post-fight brawl. This included ladies’s boxing legend Claressa Shields, who delivered the next message:
“That is FK’N RIDICULOUS!!!!! That is unhappy!!!!!”
