At a boxing evening in Dublin, an episode occurred that looked as if someone had accidentally switched the sports broadcast to a comedy.
In the bout against Dave Allen Irish heavyweight Thomas Carty found himself against the ropes already in the first round. After a punch, he lost his balance, tumbled over them, and literally flew out of the ring β straight into the space by the commentators' tables. The boxer exited the ring through 92 seconds after the start of the fight.
The spectators had barely had time to open their drinks, discuss the first exchange of blows, and get comfortable in their seats, when one of the boxers had already left the scene. And in such a spectacular fashion that the expression "flew out of the fight" suddenly became completely literal.
Carty received medical attention and was unable to continue the bout. As a result, the fight was declared a no contest.
The funniest thing here, of course, is not the injury itself, but the absurdity of the situation: long preparations, walkouts to music, the introduction of the fighters, the tension in the arena β and after just over a minute, everything is already over.
It seems some spectators only had time to say to their neighbor:
"Well, here we go now!"
And it was already over. π
It turned out literally:
stepped into the ring β took a punch β exited the ring.
Just not through the door.
And perhaps this was the fastest way to explain to the audience that in the heavyweight division, sometimes not only the punches are dangerous, but also the very geography of the ring.
