There was a moment of huge controversy at the AIBA World Boxing Championships in September when a professional boxer brutally knocked out an amateur.

Since the 2016 Olympics, pros have been allowed to enter some of the competitions which traditionally belong to amateurs and this has led to continuing debate over safety, with headguards also recently removed.

Brutal and criminal to allow a professional boxer Jalolov from Russia with 6-0 as a pro to fight outclassed, outweighed and far smaller USA 20 year old amateur Torrez AIBA world championship in Russia. Jalolov is scheduled for his 7th pro fight in 11 days in USA pic.twitter.com/kP8Pwa3PZ9 — Mauricio Sulaiman (@wbcmoro) September 19, 2019

This debate intensified following the super-heavyweight quarter-finals.

Uzbekistan’s Bakhodir Jalolov is 6-0 (6 KOs) as a rising professional and scored a huge KO of highly-touted American starlet Richard Torrez, who is yet to turn over.

Torrez had to be stretchered out of the ring as a result and was tended to by medical professionals.

He later confirmed he was okay with a message on social media.

Hope USA's Richard Torrez Jr is alright. That was a shocking KO at the hands of Uzbekistan's Jalolov. Left the ring on a stretcher — Kevin Byrne (@KevByrneBox) September 18, 2019

If Torrez would’ve turned pro this year already he would’ve got a great deal. Instead got brutally KO’d by a pro fighter, stock goes way down. The Jalolov of 3 years ago without pro experience a lot less likely to have done that. Olympic dream not what it used to be! Sad! https://t.co/6z510jkzCz — Rian Scalia (@rian5ca) September 18, 2019

Bakhodir jalolov just brutally knocked out Richard Torrez !!! #boxing pic.twitter.com/He0SJi96i0 — 🧟‍♂️ (@HH_boxing) September 18, 2019

The incident provoked two different reactions with some furious at the pro/amateur contest and others defending it.

WBC president Mauricio Sulaiman declared that the fight was ‘brutal and criminal’.

However, he was contradicted by those who pointed out that Torrez was far from inexperienced himself.

Jalolov being a pro had nothing to do with this KO, he caught torrez with a good shot that would of knocked out both pros and amateurs, a lot of pro fighters go back and forth to the amateurs it’s no big deal https://t.co/PXlLkgS1Fg — 🧟‍♂️ (@HH_boxing) September 19, 2019

Viva Jalolov. Where was the outcry when a 2x World champion Hassan N'Dam with 35+ pro fights went to the 2016 Olympics…oh wait… Just cause Jalolov knocked someone out doesn't mean there was an injustice. Age shouldn't be an excuse. Teenagers are turning pro in Mexico. https://t.co/QhnaJu76Xs — BoxNCentre (@Masterfu5) September 19, 2019

But in Olympiade last year profesional boxer like Hasan Ndam can fight against amateur boxer no one complain … — Alex Z Noerdars (@alexznoerdars) September 19, 2019