If you are a combat sports fanatic, there’s a chance you saw two title fights on Saturday end when the corner threw in the towel and one title fight conclude when a corner did not use the option to protect their fighter from further damage.
In the first of those three bouts, Ryota Murata’s corner threw in the towel with 50 seconds left in the ninth round of Murata’s boxing match opposite Gennady Golovkin. Seconds before the towel flew in from the corner, the commentator said, “Murata, not willing to quit, not on this stage, not on his big night.