Foronda v. Hawaii International Boxing Club

Opinion of the Court by

LIM, J.

On September 14, 1923, in New York City, the fabled heavyweight boxing champion Jack Dempsey defended his title against Luis “Angel” Firpo, who outweighed him by well over twenty pounds. Dempsey, a veritable hatchet, chopped his man down in the second round, but not before the ursine Firpo knocked him through the ropes and out of the ring. Boxing lore has it that ringside reporters helped Dempsey back into the ring, enabling him to complete the tale that has borne countless repetitions. 1

On March 30, 1995, young amateur boxer Jeffrey Foronda (Foronda) was hit in…