Madison Sq. Backyard has issued an announcement warning that anybody preventing on the enviornment may face a lifetime ban after a number of brawls broke out throughout an occasion on Friday.
The venue was internet hosting weigh-ins for the Saturday evening battle headlined by Shakur Stevenson and Teofimo Lopez when the chaos kicked off.
Video obtained by TMZ exhibits a number of melees unfolding, together with one close to the stage shortly after the boxers had stepped off the dimensions. A gaggle of males will be seen buying and selling punches after a heated alternate of phrases, at the same time as Invoice Haney — father of WBO welterweight champion Devin Haney — tried to deescalate the battle.
The elder Haney had been conducting an interview when he all of the sudden acquired pulled into the skirmish.
In a separate clip shared on-line, one other brawl will be seen erupting in a hallway close to some exit doorways. The battle continued till it was ultimately damaged up by bystanders, video exhibits.
The scuffles got here amid an already intense evening, with tensions fueled by a brutal press convention on Thursday for the title battle between Lopez and Stevenson, throughout which the boxers exchanged insults about one another’s relations.
Sooner or later, members of the group additionally joined in, shouting on the boxers and one another.
“Violence will not be condoned at MSG across any type of event, including hockey, basketball, boxing, concerts or special events,” firm officers in an announcement. “If any individual is found to participate in violent activity, whether you are part of the event, or a patron, you will be banned for life and unable to attend or participate in any event across all our venues.”
The brand new rule got here forward of a busy weekend at MSG, which included the sold-out boxing occasion and a showdown between the Knicks and Lakers on Sunday.
