about 11 hours ago

Belal Muhammad Urges Automatic Point Deductions to Prevent Eye Pokes

Muhammad weighed in on the Aspinall vs. Gane eye poke controversy, arguing the issue isn’t glove design but lack of penalties. “Warn them both before the fight, if there’s an eye poke, you lose a point,” he said. Muhammad, having suffered an eye-poke no-contest in 2021, believes instant deductions would force fighters to adjust and drastically reduce accidental pokes.