By Lyle Fitzsimmons - I couldn’t have been the only one, right?
Seriously, as everyone else either tuned in live or caught an online stream of the Saturday fight card from Wembley Arena – and then saw how the heavyweight portion of the feature bill ended – I wasn’t alone in thinking, “C’mon, there’s got to be a way to overturn that.”
Had we been tuned into anything else on North American shores, officials would have simply gone under the replay hood (NFL), taken a look at courtside monitors (NBA), ducked into the umpire’s room (MLB) or made a call to central command in Toronto (NHL) to make sure justice was done.
It’s the right thing to do, a no-brainer in every sense of the phrase.
And, having gotten used to the minor inconveniences involved with the major sports trying to get it right, I was perfectly fine with standing around waiting for it here, too.
I was sure they’d take a quick break, rewind the Box Nation broadcast reels and notice very quickly that as soon as referee Phil Edwards indicated he’d reached the count of nine, Malik Scott got up. And having noticed this, the error Edwards had made in waving matters to a close would have been overruled – and a competitive fight, if not a thrilling one, would have evolved to its natural conclusion.
But then I remembered… “This is boxing – where reason goes to die.” [Click Here To Read More]
Seriously, as everyone else either tuned in live or caught an online stream of the Saturday fight card from Wembley Arena – and then saw how the heavyweight portion of the feature bill ended – I wasn’t alone in thinking, “C’mon, there’s got to be a way to overturn that.”
Had we been tuned into anything else on North American shores, officials would have simply gone under the replay hood (NFL), taken a look at courtside monitors (NBA), ducked into the umpire’s room (MLB) or made a call to central command in Toronto (NHL) to make sure justice was done.
It’s the right thing to do, a no-brainer in every sense of the phrase.
And, having gotten used to the minor inconveniences involved with the major sports trying to get it right, I was perfectly fine with standing around waiting for it here, too.
I was sure they’d take a quick break, rewind the Box Nation broadcast reels and notice very quickly that as soon as referee Phil Edwards indicated he’d reached the count of nine, Malik Scott got up. And having noticed this, the error Edwards had made in waving matters to a close would have been overruled – and a competitive fight, if not a thrilling one, would have evolved to its natural conclusion.
But then I remembered… “This is boxing – where reason goes to die.” [Click Here To Read More]
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