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Can you recall a weird stoppage by a referee?

The most bizarre stoppage I’ve ever seen."—Al Bernstein

Late last year I wrote about a fight in which a boxer was almost killed in the ring due to a late stoppage. Another was Roy Jones vs. Denis Lebedev and still another was Donaire vs. Montiel which featured a scary leg twitching KO.

Back in the day, fights were allowed to continue far beyond what today would be called the stop point. Graziano vs. Zale III was one such example, but the reason was that many of these guys were ferocious free swingers who could take out their opponents while seemingly on the verge of being put to sleep. They could snatch victory from the jaws of defeat such as Zale did in the first fight of their immortal trilogy. It was a different era with a different tolerance level.

I always have been one to err in favor of safety first, but sometimes fights seem to be stopped prematurely such as Weaver vs. Dokes and more recently Canelo Alvarez vs. Alfonso Gomez. But every once in awhile a fight takes place in which the stoppage cannot be explained.

Here is my choice for a very weird stoppage. Rather than describe it, I’ll post the link as follows: http://www.womenboxing.com/NEWS2012/news010812stoppage.htm



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"I wish people would love everybody else the way they love me. It would be a better world."
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by Boss Man on Jan 13, 2012 1:30 PM EST reply actions  

Daniel Estrada vs. Alirio Rivero – If you just look at the stoppage itself, it doesn’t look out of place, but in the context of the rest of the fight (where Rivero was getting wobbled by almost every punch but still firing back the whole fight) it was strange

Joe Calzaghe vs. Luciano Torres was really bad – Torres was never hurt, and the ref jumped in after a jab by Joe.

Bryan Vera vs. Andy Lee I was a bit odd – Lee was mid-punch when the referee stepped in.

Alejandro Berrio vs. Robert Stieglitz I was pretty bad too – Berrio was probably well ahead on the cards and had hurt Stieglitz several times, and the first time Stieglitz landed a punch that seemed to hurt Berrio the referee jumped in to gift Stieglitz a title shot. Hometown stoppage of the worst variety.

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by Brickhaus on Jan 13, 2012 2:21 PM EST reply actions  

But Barrio got his revenge

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by Boss Man on Jan 13, 2012 4:08 PM EST up reply actions  

Clottey v. Baldomir was pretty weird, and Clottey was beating Baldo well beyond what the scorecards said.

by El Destruyo on Jan 13, 2012 3:20 PM EST reply actions  

Mine has to be Cotto vs Foreman.
Foreman had already given up after his leg went out and the fight was thought over, but then the action was restarted just for Cotto to finish him in seconds. Weird stuff.

by cyke on Jan 13, 2012 3:28 PM EST reply actions  

Katsidsis Earl was an interesting "almost stoppage" as the towel came in but the ref threw it back and then Earl floored Kat.

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—Muhammad Ali…

by Boss Man on Jan 13, 2012 4:07 PM EST reply actions  

If we're talking almost stoppages

Martinez-Cintron was the worst. The guy waved his arms in the air like the fight was over, then let the fight continue.

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by Brickhaus on Jan 13, 2012 4:53 PM EST reply actions  

good

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—Muhammad Ali…

by Boss Man on Jan 13, 2012 6:00 PM EST up reply actions  

is it or isn't it stoppages

Cortez in Mayweather/Ortiz. Fucked up all the way past the end.

There is no safety in numbers, or in anything else--James Thurber, 1939

by BoxAnne on Jan 13, 2012 4:56 PM EST reply actions  

so obvious but I forgot it

"I wish people would love everybody else the way they love me. It would be a better world."
—Muhammad Ali…

by Boss Man on Jan 13, 2012 6:00 PM EST up reply actions  

Calzaghe/Manfredo Jr was disgusting.

Most of Calzaghe’s stoppages, for that matter.

by Shitali Klitschko on Jan 13, 2012 5:58 PM EST via mobile reply actions  

He "slapped' the shite out of him. :)

"I wish people would love everybody else the way they love me. It would be a better world."
—Muhammad Ali…

by Boss Man on Jan 13, 2012 5:59 PM EST up reply actions  

Yeah there is a guy on youtube with a whole channel dedicated to early stoppages in Calzaghe fights. There is like 20 stoppages that were premature, and can be listed on this thread. The dude calls himself “Calzaghethebuttboy.”

by 36_chambers_ofdeatH on Jan 13, 2012 6:12 PM EST up reply actions  

Start this one at 9:00

It makes Calzaghe-Manfredo look like the best stoppage ever.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tOqMtEOpnmA

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by Brickhaus on Jan 14, 2012 12:52 AM EST up reply actions  

Wow

If that happened tonight, tommorow, I think we would all seriously question that. Was the ref on the payroll?

by Sweet science on Jan 14, 2012 7:20 AM EST up reply actions  

Ugh!

"I wish people would love everybody else the way they love me. It would be a better world."
—Muhammad Ali…

by Boss Man on Jan 14, 2012 10:23 AM EST up reply actions  

He was on something.

by Phill on Jan 17, 2012 8:01 PM EST up reply actions  

Canelo vs. Solis was a late stoppage

"I wish people would love everybody else the way they love me. It would be a better world."
—Muhammad Ali…

by Boss Man on Jan 13, 2012 6:01 PM EST reply actions  

Donaire-Montiel was such a weird stoppage, you're absolutely right Ted.

I’ve really never seen a clearer case of a fighter being totally out of it. Will never know how Russell Mora let it go on. He must have realised he’d made a mistake as soon as he let Montiel go on – considering the way he just wobbled backwards, and also the speed with which Mora subsequently jumped in – which kind of just makes the fact that Mora allowed him to take three more punches even worse. Disgraceful incompetence.

Taylor-Nicklow was downright awful for premature – not often you see the home promoter admit it was wrong – while Dirrell-Cunningham was atrociously handled. A very strange night for stoppages, that one.

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by Oli Goldstein on Jan 13, 2012 6:46 PM EST reply actions  

Taylor-Nicklow

Good one!

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by Boss Man on Jan 14, 2012 10:24 AM EST up reply actions  

Khan-MAB

And for that matter, Khan shouldn’t have taken punches after the first KD against Prescott

by Sweet science on Jan 14, 2012 7:21 AM EST reply actions  

That was awful

The ref could have easily stopped that one in round 2, but let it go on just long enough to let it turn into a technical decision instead of a no contest.

On a similar note, Shinny Bayaar vs. Ashley Sexton (I think) was equally bad for the opposite reason.

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by Brickhaus on Jan 14, 2012 8:43 PM EST up reply actions  

Shinny Bayaar vs. Ashley Sexton. SAY WHO?

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by Boss Man on Jan 14, 2012 11:04 PM EST up reply actions  


Part 3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=veUa8YAWp0o

There is no safety in numbers, or in anything else--James Thurber, 1939

by BoxAnne on Jan 15, 2012 9:28 AM EST up reply actions  

Thanks for that link

"I wish people would love everybody else the way they love me. It would be a better world."
—Muhammad Ali…

by Boss Man on Jan 15, 2012 11:11 AM EST up reply actions  

Turns out, I was actually thinking of Shinny Bayaar vs Paul Edwards

Fight stopped early from a cut, the cut wasn’t in a bad spot really, and under BBBoC rules, even though the fight ended in the first round due to an injury caused by an accidental headbutt, Bayaar was still handed the TKO loss.

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by Brickhaus on Jan 17, 2012 11:14 AM EST up reply actions  

The way that fight transpired was dreadful. Rules were changed very soon after, because Shinny was quite literally robbed. I remember seeing Edwards celebrating all over the ring when it finished, which just seemed so inappropriate given the fact he’d won the fight on a headbutt within 90 seconds without landing a punch. Bit of a joke, really.

"Occasionally, there is a boxing match that, in its demonstration of skill, courage, intelligence, hope, seems to redeem the sport - almost. Perhaps boxing has always been a sport in crisis, a sport of crisis."

by Oli Goldstein on Jan 17, 2012 12:23 PM EST up reply actions  

That was so corrupt. Fight should have been stopped as soon as Barrera was cut, but instead they ensured it went on until Khan could claim the decision victory.

"Occasionally, there is a boxing match that, in its demonstration of skill, courage, intelligence, hope, seems to redeem the sport - almost. Perhaps boxing has always been a sport in crisis, a sport of crisis."

by Oli Goldstein on Jan 14, 2012 12:19 PM EST reply actions  

Lejia v.s Camacho Jr. and then Leja vs. Ward

"I wish people would love everybody else the way they love me. It would be a better world."
—Muhammad Ali…

by Boss Man on Jan 14, 2012 7:50 PM EST reply actions  

"I wish people would love everybody else the way they love me. It would be a better world."
—Muhammad Ali…

by Boss Man on Jan 15, 2012 6:49 PM EST reply actions  

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"I wish people would love everybody else the way they love me. It would be a better world."
—Muhammad Ali…

by Boss Man on Jan 15, 2012 6:54 PM EST reply actions  

It's a bloody job

"I wish people would love everybody else the way they love me. It would be a better world."
—Muhammad Ali…

by Boss Man on Jan 15, 2012 6:54 PM EST reply actions  

Meldrick Taylor vs. Chavez Sr.

"I wish people would love everybody else the way they love me. It would be a better world."
—Muhammad Ali…

by Boss Man on Jan 17, 2012 10:32 AM EST reply actions  

James Kinchen vs. Alex Ramos. Ramos was out cold and laying on the ropes and Joey Curtiss should have stopped the fight but he gave Kinchen one more free shot at

Alex with full force and impact. That’s the one that may welll have damaged Alex forever.

"I wish people would love everybody else the way they love me. It would be a better world."
—Muhammad Ali…

by Boss Man on Jan 17, 2012 10:33 AM EST reply actions  

Any fight that Curtiss refereed was likley to have a weird or bad stoppage. He was just plain

awful.

"I wish people would love everybody else the way they love me. It would be a better world."
—Muhammad Ali…

by Boss Man on Jan 17, 2012 10:37 AM EST reply actions  

Benn vs. Logan. (1988) Benn getting hammered in 2nd
) wins with monster hook

"I wish people would love everybody else the way they love me. It would be a better world."
—Muhammad Ali…

by Boss Man on Jan 17, 2012 11:25 AM EST reply actions  

Andy Till vs –Charley Swift Jr. (1993)

"I wish people would love everybody else the way they love me. It would be a better world."
—Muhammad Ali…

by Boss Man on Jan 17, 2012 11:26 AM EST reply actions  

Shea Neary vs Andy Holligan (1998)

"I wish people would love everybody else the way they love me. It would be a better world."
—Muhammad Ali…

by Boss Man on Jan 17, 2012 11:26 AM EST reply actions  

The first four rounds were relatively close with Gomez leading according to pundits but the fight ended in the fifth round in bizarre circumstances when for no apparent reason Gomez stopped fighting and failed to defend himself, he then received a number of unanswered punches from McDonagh before being floored. Gomez rose from the canvas immediately but appeared to ignore the referee and walk towards his corner while the referee continued with his count, and then left the ring as the referee was waving the fight off. The RTÉ commentator Steve Collins commented that “I smell a rat, something’s not right here”.

"I wish people would love everybody else the way they love me. It would be a better world."
—Muhammad Ali…

by Boss Man on Jan 21, 2012 1:16 PM EST reply actions  

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