Can you recall a weird stoppage by a referee?
by Boss Man on Jan 13, 2012 1:30 PM EST
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PrintThe 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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http://www.womenboxing.com/NEWS2012/news010812stoppage.htm
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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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But Barrio got his revenge
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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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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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is it or isn't it stoppages
Cortez in Mayweather/Ortiz. Fucked up all the way past the end.
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so obvious but I forgot it
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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. :)
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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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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
Canelo vs. Solis was a late stoppage
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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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Good one!
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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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Shinny Bayaar vs. Ashley Sexton. SAY WHO?
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Part 3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=veUa8YAWp0o
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Thanks for that link
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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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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.
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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.
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It's a bloody job
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Meldrick Taylor vs. Chavez Sr.
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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.
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Any fight that Curtiss refereed was likley to have a weird or bad stoppage. He was just plain
awful.
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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."
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