4th round video of Hasegawa vs Montiel

There is another camera view of Japanese TV and Hozumi was taking everything with his head down, one hand down and other on the ropes... Good stoppage... yup he had his hand holding the ropes to steady himself, a sure sign that he was KTFO. good stoppage

Damn! That was explosive.

In hindsight it does to me look like Hasegawa was out on his feet. The ref tells you to protect yourself at all times for a reason. Bell can't save you if you are out on your feet, getting pummeled.

i thought the stoppage was legit

I don't see anything wrong with stoppage. He had no idea where he was and kept eating punches. He would have gotten KO'd in the next round. Maybe he'll fight outside of Japan now.

Not the ref's job to worry about how much is left in the round, his job is to stop the fight if a fighter cant protect himself. Dude ate a LOT of punches in a short time. Damn. Thanks for the link! :boxing:

although i am a fan of montiel's and was rooting for him to win and i am happy he won..... i just have to say, that it was another hack job by the referee lawrence cole. it is obvious that he wasn't paying attention to the time left in the round, and i will say, had there been even 30 secs left in the round or even 10 seconds left in the round, then i would say it was a good and fair stoppage, but 1 second left? and when he jumped in it was at the bell, so it could've easily been fair to jump in to stop the round and the let the fight continue. it is a championship fight, i think that hasegawa was going to lose after getting zanged like that, montiel is a beast through and through and never lets a guy hurt off the hook, so it was a matter of time, i just find coles ref job to be piss poor at his absolute best. either way, the guy i was rooting for and picked won, and won in good fashion, i just think that hasegawa deserved a bit more of a chance. it's not like he was defenseless with any time left on the round. like i said, if there were 10 seconds left it wouldve been a fair stoppage, but stopping it at the end of the round right on the bell? kind of sketchy when you look at coles body of work, the ref is a shady character................ thats all i got to say about him. great win for montiel, ref cole aside, montiel is a world beater!!!

He was getting his ass kicked but still a bad stoppage only one second left..... Bad stoppage? my boy was holding the ropes with one hand in order not to go down and Montiel tagged him with a nasty left as he was leaning on the ropes.

It was a good stoppage really, though its quite odd the ref didn't call it a knockdown when Hasegawa used the ropes to hold himself up. You can clearly see he's using his left arm to hold himself up. Ah well, congrats to Montiel

He was getting his ass kicked but still a bad stoppage only one second left..... Its not a bad stoppage. The bell can only save a fighter in the last round.

The stoppage was for the good or we would have seen a robbery at the end of round 12. Congrats Montiel......now pls fight Donaire.:D It would not have gone to the 12, Montiel would have knock him out the next round, if by a miracle Hozumi was able to survive that onslaught.

congrats to Montiel n his fans. I thought this fight would by an easy fight for Hasegawa but cotdamn montiel got him good.

1 second left for the round to end! The ref could have waited 1 sec :P damn that was brutal.. hasegawa was all over him prior to the stopppage

http://i44.tinypic.com/29mljpc.gif you can't really see the first left he landed too well. hozu was trying to move his head at first then he just went limp.

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montiel's boxing was getting superb by the second. his footwork was beautiful.

Wow, that happened so fast. I'm sure the ref saw something we didn't from that angle. On a side note, I thought the Japanese were supposed to be peaceful observers :lol1: Or is that another stereotype like his head bouncing around like a ping pong ball? Hasegawa was winning though, a rematch would be nice.

Hasegawa was out, man. That was a perfectly fine stoppage in my book.

Hasegawa would had been better off dropping to the floor. He was out on his feet so don't think he could had access what was happening to him. I wouldn't mind a rematch cause it was apparent that it was competitive till that point Good win for Montiel

I dont know why some people are saying it was a bad stoppage. Montiel was unloading on Hasegawa who was hurt and exposed. Hasegawa would have been seriously fukked if the ref hadnt saved him, Montiel was about to land some huge uppercuts on his chin but the ref stepped in just in time to prevent that. good stoppage, props to montiel for getting the job done:boxing: