1. Denkin and the ring physician had no choice but to stop the match. 2. Finally, the referee, Wayne Hedgepeth, and the ring physician, Dr. Domenic Coletta, had seen enough by the eighth round and stopped the lightweight fight. 3. It was Massachusetts ring physician Patti Yoffe who ruled that Ward could not continue after suffering a severe cut in the third round. 4. The task force also recommended standardized testing for judges, referees and ring physicians, and standardized contracts between boxers and managers that would disclose all financial arrangements. 5. Attending ring physician Alex Lewis said Epstein Barr virus had a similar affect to glandular fever. 6. But when the round ended, the ring physician stopped the fight. 7. Halpern stopped the fight between rounds on the advice of the ring physician, Dr. Flip Homansky. 8. Murray almost lost his title in the fourth round when the ring physician considered halting the bout. |
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