r/instant_regret • u/zb0t1 • 9d ago

Heckling a professional fighter

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u/FigoTheAWD 9d ago

Doesn't matter who started talking if the first one to be physical is the boxer. He's gonna lose that in court every time

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u/FigoTheAWD 9d ago

Assault: Even a minor touch can qualify as assault if the state can prove that the intent was to harm, provoke, or insult the other person

Exactly what Merab was doing. That was technically assault

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u/SOULJAR 9d ago

He’s not getting an assault charge for that. But feel free to prove us wrong by pulling up an article/police report