First off i was worried in the first round, very worried. braithwaite was staggering and was hurt for sure. but then in the second round he came back stuck some decent shots on jones and won the round. 3rd round Braithwaite had him hurt badly at the end of the round, and dominated the whole round anyway up to that point. 4th round started off great for wayne but then did get caught with some good shots. did anyone notcie his right glove touch the canvas? it was right after jones sequence of punches began. So right there the ref should have said "NO KNOCKDOWN" and wiped his glove on his shirt. that would have given braithwaite a little time to rest. that being said even wih the barrage of punches he took from jones the fight SHOULD DEFINITELY NOT HAVE BEEN STOPPED. he was shaky, but some of the movements were to try to avoid jones punches, yeah he wasnt doing a good job but he was trying to defend. he was getting hit with good shots, but he was not very hurt at all, he definitely was not as hurt as he was in the 1st round. he was trying to bide his time and the FAGGOT ASS REFEREE STOPPED THE FIGHT WHEN BRAITHWAITE HAD JUST DUCKED 2 PUNCHES IN A ROW. WTF IS THAT ABOUT? THIS REFEREE WAS FROM FUCKING OHIO WHERE THEY DONT KNOW BOXING FOR SHIT. HE HAD OBVIOUSLY NEVER REFFED AN IMPORTANT FIGHT AT ALL, SO WHY WOULD THEY GET A FAG LIKE THIS? I JUST DONT GET IT. THESE REFS ARE FOR GUYS LIKE TERRY SMITH VS JULIUS LONG OR THE OTHER SHITTY ASS HEAVYWEIGHT FIGHT ON FNF THIS PAST WEEK. IT WAS A HORRIBLE STOPPAGE AND THE REFEREE SHOULD HAVE BEEN SHOT AFTER THE FIGHT FOR THE WAY HE ACTED WHEN BEING QUESTIONED BY JIM GREY. HE WAS A COMPLETE SMART ASS WITH THE WAY HE SAID EVERYTHING. WHO THE FUCK IS HE TO TELL BRAITHWAITE "JUST GO BACK TO THE GYM AND FIGHT ANOTHER DAY" HE DOESNT WANT TO HEAR THAT BULLSHIT FROM ANYONE MUCH LESS THE PERSON THAT JUST ROBBED HIM OUT OF A FIGHT. AND LIKE I SAID THE SMART ASS WAY HE SAID IT WAS JUST COMPLETELY UNNACCEPTABLE. "ID STOP IT AGAIN" WAS ANOTHER GAY ASS QUOTE AND AGAIN MORE THE WAY HE SAID THAT THAN ANYTHING ELSE. AND HIS GREAT DESCRIPTION OF WHAT WAS HAPPENING IN THE FIGHT WHEN HE WAS WATCHING IT ON THE MONITOR WAS ABSOLUTELY FUCKING PATHETIC. "LOOK SHOT, SHOT, OH YEAH OOOH YEAH" OH GREAT WAY TO EXPLAIN YOURSELF FAGGOT. "LOOK HES GETTING HIT, HES GETTING HURT, I PROTECTED YOUR FIGHTER, HE CAN LIVE TO FIGHT ANOTHER DAY". WHAT A FUCKING COCKSUCKER. DAMN I WISH ONE OF BRAITHWAITES CORNER MEN WOULD HAVE BEAT THE SHIT OUT OF THAT FAGGOT ASS MOTHERFUCKER, SO BRAITHWAITE HIMSELF WOULDNT HAVE GOT IN TROUBLE OF COURSE. THAT FAG DESERVES A SLOW DEATH FOR ONE THING FOR THE IDIOTIC CALL HE MADE TO STOP THE FIGHT AND FOR EVEN MORE THE REASON FOR THE WAY HE ACTED AND WHAT HE SAID AFTER THE FIGHT, THAT WAS JUST UNBELIEVABLY FUCKING GAY AS HELL. I WANTED TO THROW SOMETHING AT THE FUCKING TV LISTENING TO THAT FAG. FUCK YOU YOU REDNECK PIECE OF SHIT. anyway on a calmer note, braithwaite did very good after the first round up until the sequence of punches in the 4th. i really think he could have come back to KO/TKO jones within the next 4 rounds or so. he was putting some beautiful combos together in 3rd and beginning of the 4th round. the one main problem with braithwaite for me was that he was relying on his hooks to damn much. jones was ducking prtty much all of them, all braithwaite neede to do was throw a few uppercuts as he was ducking and the fight could have been over as soon as that happened. as braithwaite was missing jones was getting energy while braithwaite was losing some and that abled jones to come back to land good punches on wayne. its unfortunate that this was an IBF eliminator now b/c otherwise i think jones would be willing to fight braithwaite again right away instead of go for the title shot againt bell. i think bell will beat jones and then probably fight mormeck and bell will get crushed by mormeck. while braithwaite hopefully gets a win in against whoever, and then after jones loses to bell they can have a rematch to determine who will get the winner of bell-mormeck. so hopefully braithwaite can get both rematches soon. a good opponent would be cunningham cause everyone seems to be pretty high on him now specially after his big win against davis last night. so if braithwaite could step right in against him and defeat him that would be very good for wayne and that would put him right back in there. the main concern now for me is that if braithwaite's next fight will be shown after technicaly even though one loss is bs losing 2 fights in a row.
THOUGHTS ANYONE???????? HAVE AT IT
I can see why the ref stopped it, but I don't agree with it. BT was still bobbing and weaving. In my book that's called defending yourself. Sure he got caught with a few punches, and sure he didn't return fire, but he had the presence of mind to see the punches coming and try to get away from them.
did mormek ruin wayne or is jones pretty damn good?
he got a good right but if you look at the mormeck tape then the jones fight ..braithwaite changed how he punched so his power was weaker.. the new trainer got him punchin with more technique but it fucked him up he can punch as hard.. he dont let his hands fly the same or wing the punches like he used to ..before he punch kinda like roy jones but more technical now he tryna punch like mayweather ..it look like he landin with the first 2 knuckles not stead of the last 3
he was trying to duck and slip. I PUT SHIT IN CAPS TO MAKE THE STATEMENT THAT IM PISSED ABOUT SOMETHING PEOPLE, DAMN WHO GIVES A FUCK HOW I WRITE, IF YOU CAN READ THEN WTF IS THE DAMN PROBLEM? ITS NOT LIKE IM MIS SPELLING WORDS TO WHERE YOU DONT KNOW WHAT WORDS IM USING. I DONT KNOW WHY IM SURPRISED PEOPLE ARE VOTING YES THE REFEREE IS NEVER WRONG RIGHT ? DAMN ITS REALLY SICKENING TO SEE THEY CAN GET AWAY WITH ABSOLUTELY ANYTHING AND PEOPLE WILL ALWAYS FUCKING DEFEND THEM, ITS ABSOLUTELY PATHETIC
duck and slip my ass, he was getting rocked and didnt put his gloves up, fight should have been stopped
when the ref said show me suttin braithwaite looked dead in his eyes thats showing him somethin then ducked 2 shots perfectly and was only cought fluch with one shot..the ref knew he fucked up thats why he was sweatin and talkin like a crack head.. buthe cant do shit now ..what you expect him to say that he fucked up
That original post was the most unreadable post I have ever tried to read. (I only made it to the CAPS part)
The ref did not (and probably still does not) realize that in championship fights and eliminators... that the fighters are able to take more punishment than your average boxer.
For a FNF undercard, the fight was correctly stopped.
For the main event on a showtime card, the ref does not have the kind of authority that he justified that he had. He could have said that Brathwaite was down either the time that he put his hand down or the time that he fell into the ropes.
Someone like Frank Cappicino would have let the fight go until one fighter was on his back for about 15 seconds. I saw Gatti Ward (one)earlier today, and you could have justified that both of them could have been stopped at least once or twice.
Some of the blame also has to placed on Brathwaite. If he is going to be leaning on the ropes getting battered, he is better off going down to regroup rather than risking getting stopped. There were actually quite a few intevals where one guy landed 10 unanswered punches.
At the end of the day, Jones was clearly the better fighter and clearly was going to win the fight, so the question of "was the fight stopped to early?" in moot.
See ZapkillsSpinks, when you use the "Enter" key it makes it easier to read a post.
No it isnt moot. thats the damn problem everyone lets these gay ass refs off the hook for anything and doesnt stick to anything. cappucino could have easily stopped the gatti fight in round 9 with ward beating the shit out of him. jones was not clearly the better fighter and really neither was braithwaite b/c they both landed good shots and the fight was stopped to fucking early and we dont have a clear winner.
as for me using fucking paragraphs get over it you damn bitches. if you can read wtf is the damn problem.
That original post was the most unreadable post I have ever tried to read. (I only made it to the CAPS part)
The ref did not (and probably still does not) realize that in championship fights and eliminators... that the fighters are able to take more punishment than your average boxer.
For a FNF undercard, the fight was correctly stopped.
For the main event on a showtime card, the ref does not have the kind of authority that he justified that he had. He could have said that Brathwaite was down either the time that he put his hand down or the time that he fell into the ropes.
Someone like Frank Cappicino would have let the fight go until one fighter was on his back for about 15 seconds. I saw Gatti Ward (one)earlier today, and you could have justified that both of them could have been stopped at least once or twice.
Some of the blame also has to placed on Brathwaite. If he is going to be leaning on the ropes getting battered, he is better off going down to regroup rather than risking getting stopped. There were actually quite a few intevals where one guy landed 10 unanswered punches.
At the end of the day, Jones was clearly the better fighter and clearly was going to win the fight, so the question of "was the fight stopped to early?" in moot.
See ZapkillsSpinks, when you use the "Enter" key it makes it easier to read a post.
I didn't have to read the post (thank God) because the poll was so slanted that I already knew what you were going to say.
I don't think it was a "great" stoppage. Had I been reffing, I would have let it continue, but I understand why he stopped it. BT was being hit, and making no effort to return fire. The wideness of Jones's punches should have made it easy for him. The ref yelled a few times to show him something, BT didn't.
if thats you in your avatar he was probably your brother you damn redneck.
I didn't have to read the post (thank God) because the poll was so slanted that I already knew what you were going to say.
I don't think it was a "great" stoppage. Had I been reffing, I would have let it continue, but I understand why he stopped it. BT was being hit, and making no effort to return fire. The wideness of Jones's punches should have made it easy for him. The ref yelled a few times to show him something, BT didn't.
From when Braithwaite got hit and hurt hard enough to stagger him, until the time the ref stepped in, he threw zeropunches, ate a whole bunch, and didn't even have the presence of mind to raise his gloves when the ref shouted "show me something!" twice...
Good stoppage...
he was trying to duck and slip. I PUT SHIT IN CAPS TO MAKE THE STATEMENT THAT IM PISSED ABOUT SOMETHING PEOPLE, DAMN WHO GIVES A FUCK HOW I WRITE, IF YOU CAN READ THEN WTF IS THE DAMN PROBLEM? ITS NOT LIKE IM MIS SPELLING WORDS TO WHERE YOU DONT KNOW WHAT WORDS IM USING. I DONT KNOW WHY IM SURPRISED PEOPLE ARE VOTING YES THE REFEREE IS NEVER WRONG RIGHT ? DAMN ITS REALLY SICKENING TO SEE THEY CAN GET AWAY WITH ABSOLUTELY ANYTHING AND PEOPLE WILL ALWAYS FUCKING DEFEND THEM, ITS ABSOLUTELY PATHETIC
From when Braithwaite got hit and hurt hard enough to stagger him, until the time the ref stepped in, he threw zeropunches, ate a whole bunch, and didn't even have the presence of mind to raise his gloves when the ref shouted "show me something!" twice...
Good stoppage...