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In the case you cite, were the intial punches a fight or just a basic flagrant personal fouls? Does the reference to "involved in the fight" imply that it was intially a fight or that it evantually grew into a fight? That is not really stated. It say sthat the two players "begin to punch each other". I interpret that to say that there was additional activity beyond the initial scuffle. The intial conflict may not have been declared a fight, but with escalation (as or after the ball became dead) it became a fight...especially when the other players came onto the floor.
An explantion like this is the only way I can think of to reconcile the apparent contradiction between the rule (which is stated very clearly) and the case book (which is, at best, incomplete).
Of course, in this case, it will not matter since, in either case, the penalties will offset and both players are ejected and the possession will go with the arrow.
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