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Boxer's Father Attacks Ref After DQ

Jun 1, 2009 – 8:47 AM
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In a crazy boxing match in Finland on Saturday, Juho Tolppola was disqualified in his fight against Giuseppe Lauri for repeated fouls. And it got worse from there: As the above video shows, a man -- later identified as Tolppola's father -- ran into the ring after the fight and attacked the ref.

The Finnish newspaper Helsingin Sanomat reports:
Finnish professional boxer Juha Tolppola was fighting Italy's Giuseppe Lauri for the European Union light welterweight title that Lauri won in 2007, but the bout was ended in the 10th round when Tolppola was disqualified by the referee for repeated infringements.

As if this were not enough, Tolppola's enraged father then leapt onto the canvas and tried to attack the referee while the predominantly Finnish audience whistled their derision and threw plastic bottles and other objects into the ring.
Tolppola had been deducted two points for head butting and one point for holding before the disqualification, which came because he punched Lauri in the head after the ref told the boxers to break.

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