
A world boxing title match in Turkey escalated into a full-scale brawl, forcing officials to declare an immediate halt to the contest.
Fight fans got more than what they paid for during a boxing match at the Besirli Sports Hall in Turkey this past weekend. The bout featured undefeated hometown hero Emirhan 'Turkish Tank' Kalkan, 24, and veteran Russian Sergei Gorokhov, 36. The pair was competing for the Universal Boxing Organization (UBO) World Championship belt when things took a wild turn, per Turkish media outlet Türkiye Today.