Boxer Curtis Harper Bizarrely Walks Out Of Ring And Forfeits Fight Before Bell Rings

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A strange scene occurred during tonight’s Premier Boxing Championships card on Fox Sports 1 tonight.

The Heavyweight bout between Efe Ajagba and Curtis Harper ended abruptly when Harper walked out of the ring before the start of the fight.

Never seen a boxer change his mind before, dude just walked out of the ring and back up the ramp pic.twitter.com/SuL41KPRZ5

— CJ Fogler account may or may not be notable (@cjzero) August 25, 2018

According to FS1, Harper forfeited the fight because he was unhappy with the pay he was getting.

Curtis Harper was interviewed in the dressing room after this stunt. He said he wanted to ‘make a statement’ because he was not getting paid enough to face Efe Ajagba. Yeah, good luck fighting again here in the U.S. No promoter will work with you by pulling this bulls**t. #boxing pic.twitter.com/ksISFzTGSN

— Francisco A. Salazar (@FSalazarBoxing) August 25, 2018

Viewers on Twitter were baffled as to what they had seen.

What the hell did we just watch. Bell rang to start the heavyweight fight between Efe Ajagba and Curtis Harper and Harper turned around and walked right out of the ring and back to the dressing room. On live tv.

— Kid Bassey (@BoxingLegal) August 25, 2018

Woah. Heavyweight prospect Efe Ajagba took off his shirt, bell rang to start the fight and opponent Curtis Harper stepped out of the ring and ran off to the back. Ref issues DQ call. Efe wins without throwing a single punch.

— BoxingScene.com (@boxingscene) August 25, 2018

Dozens of disappointed spectators

— SixPackAbsurdity (@6PackAbsurdity) August 25, 2018

A visual representation of what Curtis Harper did in his heavyweight fight against Efe Ajagba just now https://t.co/ZDFRjIIIKo

— El Mariachi (@St_Ans) August 25, 2018

Curtis harper just walked out of the ring after the bell @premierboxing #Boxing Winner in 1 Second by Walkout! Efe Ajagba.. Not one punch thrown in a Boxing fight! wow! pic.twitter.com/6AhqvJIMpF

— Mano Palanivelu (MPV) (@ManoPalanivelu) August 25, 2018

I mean, I'm not going to lie. I might run out of the ring with Efe Ajagba getting ready to punch my face in, but I also don't call myself a boxer. #pbconfox

— Wade M (@kcad13) August 25, 2018

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