I seen the fight about 10 times and those blows to the head of juamma was getting more and more cleaner... The ref is suppose to protect the fighters from themselve... Juamma career could,ve ended due to continuous hard blows to the head... The ref save his life... Comment???
I think the ref did the right thing, Juanma was receiving a lot of punishment and had weak legs at the moment the ref stopped the fight.
I believe that the ref realized that there was just too much time left and that it was pretty unlikely that Lopez could make a comeback, so he decided to stop the fight and save Lopez from getting seriously injured.
At the end of the fight during the interview, he was talking very slurred and even the translator had problems understanding what he was saying.
i truly believe that juamma had recieved head trauma because he was slurring and he didn,t look right... the ref is definitely doing his job and all it takes is one shot on a guy already hurt and goodbye career... the ref was doing his job period...
It's better to stop a few second earlier than later. A few seconds later, the fighter maybe finished permanently or worse yet dead. Juanma deserve to go out like a champ: TO FIGHT ANOTHER DAY. Is he suppose to fight until brain dead? What would it prove?
I agree, but that few seconds earlier, becomes a few seconds earlier, becomes a few seconds earlier... etc etc.. you see it in UFC all the time... A guy gets in trouble, and the ref stops it... without giving the guy the benefit of the doubt to get out of trouble...
The right refs stop it at a good time... other refs stop too early or too late because they are scared, they're scared that they'll be the reason a fighter gets hurt, or they're scared they're be the reason for an early stoppage... its a tought job, no doubt about that, but its a job and they should still be trying to do it to the best of their ability...
As a ref, you shouldn't be happy with an early "Safe" stoppage and you shouldn't be happy with a "late" stoppage... you should know you let the fight go on as long as it absolutely could without perminent damage.
This is the problem, refs know that if they're one punch too late, then they're concidered murderers of heros....
Boom Boom Mancini comes to mind, so many people blamed the ref, but dudemo never stopped punching, and fought like a champ, you had to give him the benifit of the doubt.... it was unfortunate.
Refs get all the blame for stopping fights early or too late... the best of refs stop at exactly the right time.... Those refs should teach others....
It's better to stop a few second earlier than later. A few seconds later, the fighter maybe finished permanently or worse yet dead. Juanma deserve to go out like a champ: TO FIGHT ANOTHER DAY. Is he suppose to fight until brain dead? What would it prove?
Imagine if Juanma were seriously damaged in the fight. Then, ref gets all the blame for not stopping early.
This is the problem, refs know that if they're one punch too late, then they're concidered murderers of heros....
Boom Boom Mancini comes to mind, so many people blamed the ref, but dudemo never stopped punching, and fought like a champ, you had to give him the benifit of the doubt.... it was unfortunate.
Refs get all the blame for stopping fights early or too late... the best of refs stop at exactly the right time.... Those refs should teach others....
Let lopez go out like a champ... he has one punch KO power. He was severly rocked by Salido, but Salido's punches were sloppy...
I don't blame the ref, and i can't say its a bad stoppage... but I personally would not have stopped it there.... I may have stopped it a few seconds after that... but not there... Good stoppage i guess... but i see an argument, correction a strong argument not to stop it there, if you're a knowledable ref
At first I was mad but there was more than a minute left for Salido to land a big punch and end Juanma. So it was a good stopage
Imagine if Juanma were seriously damaged in the fight. Then, ref gets all the blame for not stopping early.
JuanMa is one of those rare boxers who's courage makes him a danger to himself. His corner better be ready to stop the fight in time if he's getting hurt in a rematch. Think about it-- 1) a dead game fighter + 2) a ref too nervous about stopping the fight early + 3) macho cornermen = 4) JuanMa might be in a very dangerous situation
Makes me remember Margarito
It might have been an early stoppage but damn how many flush punches was JuanMa supposed to take? I'm curious to know if his corner at any time thought about stopping the fight and saving their fighter from permanent damage? And if not, Fuk...
It's easy to be a Monday morning quarterback. JuanMa has a ton of heart and despite all the flush shots he refused to go down again. The ref potentially saved him from permanent damage IMO. He's got a long career ahead and that is only possible if he has his health
Plus a sound defense.
JuanMa is one of those rare boxers who's courage makes him a danger to himself. His corner better be ready to stop the fight in time if he's getting hurt in a rematch. Think about it-- 1) a dead game fighter + 2) a ref too nervous about stopping the fight early + 3) macho cornermen = 4) JuanMa might be in a very dangerous situation
Juanma looked glassy eyed and was slurring his words.
Hardly the reaction of a fighter who just got robbed.
Be careful, SCtrojans doesn't appreciate common sense.
It might have been an early stoppage but damn how many flush punches was JuanMa supposed to take? I'm curious to know if his corner at any time thought about stopping the fight and saving their fighter from permanent damage? And if not, Fuk...
It's easy to be a Monday morning quarterback. JuanMa has a ton of heart and despite all the flush shots he refused to go down again. The ref potentially saved him from permanent damage IMO. He's got a long career ahead and that is only possible if he has his health
It was probably a little early stoppage but the KO was certainly coming....
Lopez is way too easy to hit... Shows no maturity when it trouble... He should have clinched, boxed and stayed away... He swings away with head wide open....
Imagine what Gamboa would have done to him.....
Solido is badass!