I honestly had a feeling that as soon as it was clear Donaire was ahead they would stop the fight. Thats one problem with accidental headbutts and why you should avoid commiting them. It basically gives your opponent the option to stop the fight at anypoint if he is ahead and his cutman is a good actor.
What punch? What round? I want to check it out now... The commentators and the replay they showed seem to show a headbutt.(Wouldn't be the first time commentators were biased though)
round 1, check it out its a bob arum even in china with his cashcow deflating desperately by the second
? L UD12 Rigondeaux, 122 pound unification, wide points defeat, Rigondeaux down once W TKO9 Darchinyan II, Darchinyan down twice, come from behind legit stoppage W TD4 Vetyeka, for Vetyeka's WBA 126 title, Vetyeka down once I know his level was really high pre-Rigo fight, but it's still too early to tell.
Pretty shitty way to win a major title for Donaire. Had Donaire been the champion, they would have found a way to stop it before the 4th. Since he'd already scored the KD, and he was the house fighter, there was no way he wasn't well ahead. You notice Arum uses the same pool of judges for all the Macau fights - Michael Pernick, Raul Caiz, Lisa Giampa, some guy from the state of Illinois.
The cut was from an awkward somewhat diagonal jab in the first round. Then the heads came close but didn't collide and I don't know where the elbow even comes into it.
I had Donnaire 1 point UP at the stoppage.....and he is quite happy to rematch. So whats the problem?
There is no definitive view of what did cause the cut. At least not in the footage Ive seen. All 3 are possibilities- head, punch, elbow. Based on what Ive seen the grazing diagonal jab is my personal choice but I just cant be sure.