Watch as giant boxer Ruann Visser topples out of ring before title fight

A heavyweight boxer tumbled out of the ring before his fight had even started in a frightening fall that could prompt legal action.

A South African heavyweight boxer was pulled out of his title fight before a punch was thrown after being involved in a freak accident.

Ruann Visser (18-2) is considering legal action after he was injured when the top rope around the ring snapped causing him to topple backwards onto the ground.

Visser, a 206cm brute, was set to defend his WBA Pan African and South African heavyweight titles against Tian Fick (8-0) in Cape Town on Monday.

As he bounced against the ropes before the fight, one of them gave away causing him to fall out of the ring.

He managed to grab the middle rope with his left hand which prevented him from landing on his neck or back.

Visser, who has sparred with Wladimir Klitschko, was left with pain in his left arm and knee and was forced to pull out of the fight on doctor’s orders.

Nefdt Visser, his father and manager, said: “He’s full of bruises. His left arm is really stiff and sore.”

The boxer now wants to “make someone pay” for the error as Boxing SA (BSA) launch an investigation into the matter. “I will sit down with BSA, I will sit down with my legal team,” he said. “The system’s failing in boxing … it’s time someone pays for their mistake.”

Tsholofelo Lejaka of the BSA added: “We need to understand what went wrong. Was it human error or structural deficiency? A boxer needs to know when he get into a ring that he’s safe.”

This article was originally published by The Sun and reproduced with permission

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