I'm watching a few tapes of fights and began to pay attention to the referees. Some of them have no personality whatsoever.
My favorite ref. is Mills "Lets Get It On" Lane, sure miss the little guy and Lawrence Cole is my least favorite.
What about you guys, who is your fav. ref.?
BTW, I'm watching the Camacho Jr vs Leija fight. That CamachoJr. what a puss.
I hate Jay Nady...he always stops fights way to fuckin early
like Zab-Tszyu even though Tszyu would've beat him most likely
but that PISSES me off when the refs dont even give a chance for the fighter to get up when they werent even takin a beating
Dude I really hope you are not making that last sentence about the Tszyu Judah fight cause if you'll notice in the fight when Judah gets clocked and goes down not only does he get upall pidgeon toed and fucked up but he actually looks right at Nady and tries to mutter some kinda mumbo jumbo before falling straight the fuck down again. Said it before and I will say it again That was a good stoppage even though I would have loved to see Judah take more punishment in the next round.
All in all Mills Lane was an all time top notch ref. as well as Mitch Halpern who I feel was going to be easily the best ref of all time. Damn shame about him!
Easily the worst ref imo is Frank "I'd rather just stand here and yell at the fighters then actually do my job" Cappuchino or however the fuck he spells it. that fucker sucks!!!!!!!!!!
I totally agree with you 100% solo, Cappuccino has the old school and can really tell the diference between an early stoppage and the right call. Mercante Sr was also a good ref, I believe he retired.
Frank Cappuccino is my favorite, handled Tyson pretty well and also reffed Gatti Ward 1. If it wasn't for him we wouldn't ever have been able to watch that entire fight, any other ref would have stopped it.
Anyone who thinks that was a quick stoppage has no idea what they're talking about.
No one but Nadey saw into Judah's eyes, and Nadey said they were cloudy and non responsive. Thise guys are trained to recognize the signs of a bad concussion, and there's no doubt Judah was concussed.
Judah apologized to Nadey for his actions, and thanked him for stopping it at his hearing.
There was nothing wrong with that stoppage.
it's supposed to be extra dangerous if someone drops multiple times from one punch
KENNY BAYLESS is by far the best ref currently active in the sport....
he's never stopped a fight prematurely that ended in scandal....
he's never stoped a fight too late where a fighter receives unnecessary punishment...
he gives clear instructions and only deducts points when absolutely necessary....
he's also got quick feet for a guy in his 50's (he looks 25, but he's apparently a grandpa already)
EASILY the best ref on the planet
i forgot aobut him, he did klitschko-johnson right
KENNY BAYLESS is by far the best ref currently active in the sport....
he's never stopped a fight prematurely that ended in scandal....
he's never stoped a fight too late where a fighter receives unnecessary punishment...
he gives clear instructions and only deducts points when absolutely necessary....
he's also got quick feet for a guy in his 50's (he looks 25, but he's apparently a grandpa already)
EASILY the best ref on the planet
Anyone who thinks that was a quick stoppage has no idea what they're talking about.
No one but Nadey saw into Judah's eyes, and Nadey said they were cloudy and non responsive. Thise guys are trained to recognize the signs of a bad concussion, and there's no doubt Judah was concussed.
Judah apologized to Nadey for his actions, and thanked him for stopping it at his hearing.
There was nothing wrong with that stoppage.
Besides,
I thought the rules are (or so did the HBO commentators mentioned) that if you are knocked down, get up and fall again.. that's a stoppage
joe cortez is the best
and u all need to let up on jay nady on that zab thing.
Anyone who thinks that was a quick stoppage has no idea what they're talking about.
No one but Nadey saw into Judah's eyes, and Nadey said they were cloudy and non responsive. Thise guys are trained to recognize the signs of a bad concussion, and there's no doubt Judah was concussed.
Judah apologized to Nadey for his actions, and thanked him for stopping it at his hearing.
There was nothing wrong with that stoppage.
mills lane is the fuckin man
who else in the history of refereeing would see someones ear get bitten half off, then call a warning for it, like it's a lowblow or a headbutt haha,and allow the fucking fight to continue, ahahhahaha, I love that guy. plus you know Lane is hard because he was once a contender himself..
"He just bit off a piece of his ear, no big deal. Neutral corner! 5 minutes to rest! You ready? Fight!"
nady and cortez are good because they have a little size though, I could see them as better refs for heavyweight fights
joe cortez is the best
and u all need to let up on jay nady on that zab thing. the man did a wierd as sdance then fell like he was really hurt if u look at jay's reaction after zab fell he was like o shit this mans really hurt. then after wards u can tell by his face he knew he messed up but he was really concerned about zab after he did that
eddie cotton is good and so is that vic draqulike or whatever his last name is kidna liek draqula, he did the acre-hussien fight
I still can't forgive Richard Steele for his stoppage on Meldrick Taylor VS Julio Cesar Chavez.
"Steele stops the fight with two seconds remaining after Taylor rises from a knockdown"