“I didn’t see Paq’s corner making a big issue out of it.”
We didn’t see them at all during the time right after each, and all we saw were handlers trying to seal the wound. And I thought Pac was not real pleased as he glared at him each time.
Horn was trying to push Pac into the ropes where he could mall him and he was doing it with his head and upper body throughout the fight. If he had not been trying the tactic. he would not have been leading with his head. Therefore his action was intent upon using his head as a device to make contact to push the other fighter. That makes it intentional.
The definition of a headbutt is an aggressive and forceful thrust with the top of the head into the face or body of another person.
So in my mind, he intended to use the headbutt tactic to force Pac to move, and if he didn’t, there would be contact. And again, he initiated it. And the only reason it was called accidental, is that they were in Horn’s home country and taking a point away in that situation would have gotten the ref and judges ostracized. And they didn’t have the guts. In other sports, it’s call home town advantage.
rwood
And you always take the risk of losing close decisions in the other guys back yard.
I think it was an excellent fight and this nonsense about it being an unfair decision is tainting it.
If we had those kind of bouts in a regular basis, boxing would be a major sport again.