On Wednesday night in Perth, Danny 'The Machine' Green and Paul "ain't even a canine" Briggs, went head to head in the IBO Cruiserweight title fight.

At the amazement of the soon-to-be-disappointed crowd, less than 30 seconds into round one, it was all over.

After patting the top of Briggs' head with a left jab (ironically, with the same amount of force that you might pat your dog), Green watched on, as Briggs stumbled about like this guy.

The crowd at Challenge Stadium must have thought they'd accidentally bought overpriced tickets to some weird boxing pantomime.

As Briggs made for the exit (apparently heading straight to the hospital... or his late night acting class), beer rained down on the fallen fighter as the angry crowd showed their disgust.

Embarrassed, an outraged Green fell back on his Shakespearean grasp of the English language, telling the crowd, "Just chill out and give me time to speak, ‘cause there’s not one person in this room that is more jacked than me”.

Green went on to provide a biological assessment of Briggs, declaring "He ain't even a canine", and insisting he wouldn't be paid for the fight.

While this at least seemed to pacify (and possibly confuse) the crowd at Challenge Stadium, the following day, Green had had a change of heart.

Having reviewed the footage of the 'punch', in a press conference, Green (who is apparently a neurologist) insisted the blow had in fact connected with the soft part of Briggs' head, causing a 'brain stem kind of injury'.

As a result, Green intended to honour Briggs' contract, which included a reported payment of $200,000.

Yep, Briggs would earn $6896.55 for every second he spent in the ring... including the ten seconds he spent on his knees, waiting for the ref to count him out.

Now it's at this point that I hit up eBay for some boxing gloves, a skipping rope, and the box set of Rocky DVDs.

I've decided I want to fight Danny Green.

Sure, I'm 58kg, can't even do a push up, and was only yesterday told I have shoulders like Carrie Bickmore… by Carrie Bickmore.

But I am willing to risk a 'brain stem kind of injury' for $200,000 and the opportunity to possibly drink beer as it rains down on me from a crowd of angry boxing fans.

And I’m sure I’m not the only lady-figured man in Australia feeling the same way.

Thankfully it’s been announced that the WA Professional Combat Sports Commission is launching an inquiry into the fight, under a section of the WA Professional Combat Act which states "where in relation to a contest the Commission is of the opinion... that the contest is a sham contest the Commission shall inquire into the promotion, arrangement and conduct of the contest".

This comes after it was revealed betting agencies around the country had taken an unusual number of bets late Wednesday morning that wagered Briggs would go down in the first round.

Amazingly, many betting agencies have already honoured a number of these bets, and are probably right now feeling like fighting Danny Green for other reasons.

I’ll watch on with much interest as the inquiry develops, and hope common sense will prevail and we might see a rematch, which lasts longer than the time it takes for Hughesy to down a Red Bull.

But until Australia gets an outcome, I’ll be down at the gym, singing Eye of the Tiger, and trying to work out how to use a medicine ball.

Watch out Danny Green, I plan to headbutt your fist really really hard!

(UPDATE: my mum just called and said I'm not allowed to fight Danny Green… and to stop buying things on eBay with her account name).

 

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