The problem? Thobela (a former world lightweight and super middleweight champion) took one look at his heavily tattooed opponent, left his clothes and luggage in his hotel, and fled in a panic.
[Thobela had lost his last three fights; Larsen had won all but one of his 43 fights, 36 of them by a knockout. Danish boxing promoter Mogens Palle demanded that Thobelas be suspended all over the world.]