# In boxing, why do they put a coin on the earlobe between rounds?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [January 4, 2008, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-boxing-why-do-they-put-a-coin-on-the-earlobe-between-rounds/432303 "2008-01-04T19:23:10Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 5, 2008, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-boxing-why-do-they-put-a-coin-on-the-earlobe-between-rounds/432303/21 "2008-01-05T01:43:13Z")

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[QUOTE=pravnik]  
That’s insane. Why would he do that? I mean, I love my Mom, but I wouldn’t let her corner my fight! :eek:  
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I \*\*think \*\*this was Tyson’s first fight under Don King, the fuck who was renowned for running top talents into the toilet. And toiletize Mike is what he did.

He let Mike go into that fight totally out of shape and unprepared. And he let those assholes work the corner. King cares only for the buck.

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