Fans were outraged after a referee chose not to disqualify boxer Nicolas Pablo Demario for biting Josue Vargas during a fight on Saturday night.
The boxer was giving Vargas a solid test in his first fight back after being knocked out last October by Jose Zepeda. But during the fifth round of their eight-round contest, Demario decided to bit Vargas on the shoulder in a shocking display of bad sportsmanship.
Demario was only docked one point for the infraction, with many viewers expressing their disdain that he wasn't disqualified from the contest. Biting an opponent is strictly forbidden in boxing, and has seen fighters fined and suspended as well as immediately pulled from fights in the past on particularly egregious occasions.
