Ajagba lost his perfect KO record by Harper stepping out of the ring after 1 second in the fight. Why is a DQ not being considered as a stoppage? Can someone explain this, because it absolutely makes no sense at all to me.
Well getting stoppage victory without ''stopping'' opponent isnt right either. DQ is when you go against rules and thats what happened.
I dunno why it's a disqualified and not a retired. If he'd just quit and stayed in the ring would it have been a RTD?
The commission should look into it. It's a rather odd situation. + Harper might have ****ed his career. Both when it comes to getting a license and finding a promoter who would give him a fight.
To be honest that 'contest' shouldn't even appear on the records... not as a DQ or a no contest. The fight didn't happen. A bell was rung, that's all. No contests look messy on a resume and Ajagba doesn't deserve his KO percentage to be affected by a DQ...
This fight should have no impact on Ajagba's record. Fcuk Curtis Harper. If it was a purse issue he should have voiced it previously or not accepted the fight. And Ajagba better have been paid his purse and Harper's purse.
I meant not specifically for this fight, but in general. Some boxers used dirty tricks when being in trouble and got DQ'd, meaning they got stopped by the referee. So why aren't those ruled as stoppages?
A RTD occurs after a round has ended. If you exit the ring during the round it's a DQ. If he quit in the ring and remained there, refusing to fight or defend himself, or simply taking a knee, it would have been a TKO I believe.
I dunno why I didn't know that. Thanks bud. One of my favorite historical stories is when Yankee Sullivan stopped John Morrissey. Yankee was fighting with a fix on the fight, he couldn't win, and there were armed enforcers about in the crowd to make sure he didn't. So Yanks beat John into a bloody mess and left the ring to DQ himself.
