{"id":10550,"date":"2025-03-02T13:53:54","date_gmt":"2025-03-02T14:53:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/preforeclosurefortunes.com\/?p=10550"},"modified":"2025-03-02T17:36:13","modified_gmt":"2025-03-02T17:36:13","slug":"referee-accidentally-punched-by-boxer-after-fight-his-reaction-was-priceless","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/preforeclosurefortunes.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/02\/referee-accidentally-punched-by-boxer-after-fight-his-reaction-was-priceless\/","title":{"rendered":"Referee accidentally punched by boxer after fight \u2013 his reaction was priceless"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Eamonn Magill took Gerard Hughes’ uppercut like an absolute champ (Picture: DAZN)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

It’s not uncommon for boxing referees to catch the odd stray punch in the heat of battle – but Eamonn Magill will have assumed he was safe as he prepared to confirm Ruadhan Farrell’s victory over Gerard Hughes. <\/p>\n

Unfortunately, that was not the case.<\/p>\n

Farrell produced a convincing performance to emerge from the super-bantamweight bout with a 79-73 win over Hughes, taking the Irish champion’s record to 7-1-1.<\/p>\n

The pair renewed their rivalry on Saturday night’s Point of Pride card at Belfast’s SSE Arena, two years on from their draw at the same venue.<\/p>\n

A dejected Hughes could not hide his frustration after being dealt the first defeat of his career at the 11,000-capacity arena in the Northern Irish capital.<\/p>\n

But Farrell was the far busier of the two fighters across the early rounds, with Hughes left needing a knockout in the closing stages to come out on top.<\/p>\n

There was little doubt over whose arm would be raised as Farrell and Hughes returned from their respective corners – and what happened next left viewers in hysterics.<\/p>\n

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Hughes suffered the first defeat of his career in his rematch with Farrell (Picture: Getty)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

As Farrell stretched out a consoling glove to his opponent as the pair waited for the verdict to be delivered, Hughes planted an accidental shot on the nose of referee Magill with a hefty uppercut.<\/p>\n

Fortunately for Hughes, Magill took the punch like a champ, breaking into a fit of the giggles, before eventually holding Farrell’s arm aloft to pronounce the 25-year-old the winner.<\/p>\n

Lewis Crocker got the better of Paddy Donovan in Saturday’s controversial headline event, with the latter disqualified for landing a late shot after the bell.<\/p>\n

‘Listen to the crowd, the crowd can tell you, I won the fight, I was winning every single round. I dropped him, I was beating him up and I was getting the knockout,’ a furious Donovan said after his defeat.<\/p>\n

‘The crowd is ferocious in here. They say I hit him after the bell but I thought I hit him on the bell. You can see Lewis was a beaten man and I won the fight fair and square.’<\/p>\n

Donovan confirmed that he intended to launch an appeal against the decision ahead of a possible rematch with Crocker.<\/p>\n

‘The referee took my dreams away tonight,’ he added.<\/p>\n

‘We’re going to appeal the decision and I want an automatic rematch right on the spot.’<\/p>\n

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