Rogan vs. Sexton, Round 8
by Brickhaus on May 16, 2009 5:05 AM EDT
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PrintHere's Round 8 of Sam Sexton vs. Martin Rogan. As you can see, this will go down as a VERY controversial ending. It almost reminds me of Vitali Klitschko vs. Lennox Lewis, where Vitali was winning the fight and had momentum, yet the ref stopped the fight on cuts. Yes, stopping the fight with Rogan's eye completely shut was the right call, but it also would have been the right call to stop the fight either of the two times Sexton turns his back to Rogan, or the time Sexton is standing there completely defenseless and Rogan just doesn't throw because he's expecting the ref to stop the fight. It also seemed very odd to stop the fight right at that moment, when Rogan had all of the momentum. But at the end of the day, he really couldn't see out of that eye.
You be the judge - robbery or good call?
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Same Here
Great show.
I had Sexton a round ahead Rocky Rogan was badly hurt in the 7th and had been visited by the doc on that eye already. As you can see Sexton was swimming in a world of shit and nod ya cap at him for staying vertical.
Badly hurt something in Sams brain told him to point at the canvas/gumshield. Its a hustle! Rogan amazingly stops , Jim Watt loses his mind and Sexton slaps out a three punch jab combo… Brilliant.
The Stoppage: Wow. Dont know what i make of it? No one would of blamed Parris if he stopped Sexton , or concern for Rogans eye-but at that point of the fight? Something was not quite right ,Rogan could not see the docs fingers..and thats a good time to stop, but again at that point?
I feel sorry for the big Irishman but i was rooting for Sexton also. Rogan does remind me of Marciano with that style and ill love him forever for showing up that clownshoe Audley Harrison. He will be back soon he has a point to prove. Lets see it again.
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Here's the thing
There was a legitimate case for the fight to have been stopped (for the swelling) in the previous round, but it was allowed to continue. From that point onwards, it was one way traffic, sexton barely landed a punch, it could have been stopped several times, and then out of the blue the doctor is called for again.
It’s not necessarily that the stoppage was wrong, but the timing was awful, and there was only one person in serious danger of injury if that fight was allowed to continue, and it sure as hell wasn’t martin rogan.
Rogan should have kept punching when Sexton was just standing there
Rogan was on borrowed time the minute he was allowed to continue into the round. He knew that. If only he had kept punching when Sexton was just standing there in the corner with his hands down. Instead of punching, Rogan put his hands down, arguably signaling that he also was close to spent.
From that moment on, it looked like Sexton had recovered somewhat, and given a look at the eye, the doctor had no choice but to stop it.
BTW, I voted the “either way” option.
That eye was just if not almost as bad as Ferocious.
"Penelosa is not human." -Max Kellerman on Gerry Penelosa during the Juan Manuel Lopes-Gerry Penelosa bout.
Who is that anyway? I can't tell....
Boxing is the beginning of all sports. I'm willing to bet that the first sport was a man against another man in a fight. (Omar Epps)
Looks to me like reffy boy had some cash on that fight and saw his investment dissappearing
There is no way in hell you stop that then of all times. I had 2 standing 8s for each time the other guy was rocked and ended up on queer street facing the other way and he warned Rogan for hitting behind the head? That ending goes beyond stupid into investigation territory for me.
Gimme 1 round!
Totally agree.
If one guy turns his back and drops his hands, what the F is the ref doing having a prolonged chat with Rogan about punching him?
He should have been counting 8 for Sexton.
Unbelievable as far as I’m concerned. Sexton could have been reasonably stopped at any one of 3 points in that round, and as a previous poster has said, there was only one man who was going to get hurt if the fight carried on, and it “sure as hell wasn’t Martin Rogan”….
Dave Parris should hang his head in shame. Appalling display. The bit at 2:26 of this clip really pisses me off. What the hell is Parris doing giving a man, who has essentially given up, those extra seconds to recover so he can have a cosy chat with Rogan? Fucking joke.
Boxing is the beginning of all sports. I'm willing to bet that the first sport was a man against another man in a fight. (Omar Epps)
My main issue with Paris was his timing. Given the state Sexton was in, and with Rogan desperately needed the stoppage, calling time to put the mouth piece back in was a mistake. When a fighter is in desperate trouble, that’s hardly a “break” in the action. Around 16 or 17 seconds ticked off that were absolutely crucial.
Then to call time with 25 seconds left in the round? Was that really necessary? If Rogan appeared to be struggling, I could see it, but he was forcing the fight, and his eye looked only fractionally worse than it did before the round – let him finish the round and have his chance at the stoppage before taking him over to the doctor.
Regardless of all that, at least they will fight again, and it should be a good one.
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