HBO Boxing began its 2018 schedule with a welterweight main event between the heavy-handed Lucas Matthysse (39-4-1 NC, 36 KOs) and relative unknown Tewa Kiram (38-1, 28 KOs), a Thai fighter who’d never competed in the United States before. The fight itself... was bad. It wasn’t a blowout, but it was utterly dreadful and the crowd let them both know how awful it was.
Then things got weird.
Kiram’s corner was in possession of a small substance, and before round 6, Kiram was caught sniffing the small jar, and the California State Athletic Commission confiscated it. The commission later confirmed that Kiram was sniffing Tiger Balm.