Was Syllakh - Grachev stoppage premature?

I don't see how anybody who's not an irrational fanboy could say the stoppage was premature. Dude was getting bombed on in the corner and clearly didn't offer anything back in return that would give the referee any indication that he was still "in it." He couldn't even clinch FFS.

It was a good stoppage. He would have just absorbed way more punishment if the ref gave him a count and he got up. He was all over the place.

He wasn't out cold, check the replay on youtube, the referee didn't even count..suspicious to say the least

Give him the 10 count atleast, its a fight, not the ballet, if he doesn't like how the fighter responds then stop the fight, but give the guy a chance, they train their a$$ off, his career is probably over now. Who was winning on the scorecards?, I thought Syllakh was ahead. Maybe they should have a rematch down the road. His career is probably over? What kind of ***** azz ***** are you. SILLAKH will come back stronger.

Dude was OUT. Not sure why the ref didn't at least start the count, but I don't think it mattered. The fight was over.

I'm a huge Sillakh fan but I can't say it was a bad stoppage, I was ok with the ref stopping it and I would have been ok with the ref giving Sillakh a count but Sillakh doesn't know how to tie up so it would have been ugly.

No,it was a good stoppage. Sillakah was tired and was taking punch after punch. Had the fight continued, he would have been viciously dropped agaiin within the next 15 seconds. This. Fair stoppage.

Give him the 10 count atleast, its a fight, not the ballet, if he doesn't like how the fighter responds then stop the fight, but give the guy a chance, they train their a$$ off, his career is probably over now. Who was winning on the scorecards?, I thought Syllakh was ahead. Maybe they should have a rematch down the road.

Watching it live No it looked to be a reasonable stoppage he was still dazed after he tried to get up. Though watching it after the fact on replay you can make the argument that he should of been given a 10 count which would of killed the remaining secs of the round allowing him to recover and try to hold on but the damage had been done and he had his chance and eat shot after shot on the ropes real time it was warranted

That stoppage was bull**** the dude caught himself on the ropes and was winning the fight they should have gave him a count...

No,it was a good stoppage. Sillakah was tired and was taking punch after punch. Had the fight continued, he would have been viciously dropped agaiin within the next 15 seconds.

Not at all

No. He took 18 straight punches without returning fire and got floored. It was fine.

Mouthpiece flew out on that last right hand. It was a bit early I would of started the count and at least see how he looked after but it wasn't the worst stoppage we've seen.

I thought it was a good stoppage. Anything before the knockdown may have been premature, but his mouth piece went flying and his eyes googly. He took a lot of shots against the ropes and was unable to retalliate. We live to fight another day.

It was not premature & hopefully this helps him along his career. Contenders need to keep their eyes on the man in front of them. Sillakh got to ahead of himself & it caught up to him.

Was that fight televised?

Sillakh looked done to me, as if he didn't expect that he could be hurt in a boxing match. No survival instincts whatsoever. Backing into a corner, laying back while taking a beating until getting dropped is not what I'd call "intelligently" defending yourself. If he had shown any kind of attempt to get out of the situation then I would've agreed that it was premature but he did not do so.

sillakh tripped over grachev's foot. should'nt have been stopped at all.

cant say it was a bad stoppage, sillakh got hurt and wasnt intelligently defending himself, then got dropped. i would have waited some more though. just like i dont understand why some referees count 10 over someone whos out cold i dont understand why other referees wave of a fight when a guy isnt out instead of giving him a chance to recover. its not like hes getting hit during the count so its no more risk to his health to count and give him the mandatory 8 to potentially recover. if its like the third time hes been down in a round or hes been getting dominated all night thats one thing. but that wasnt the case. it was one instance of sillakh being hurt and if he managed to recover he would most likely have won the fight. he should atleast have got the count, if he beats the count but looks terrible you can wave it off then and there will be no diffrence in the damage taken so why not give him that chance? so it was a bit premature but still not a bad stoppage. I won't argue that he should have at least given him a count. I mean, if he was out cold on his feet where he couldn't defend himself against an onslaught of punches... yes, stop the fight please. Syllakh was knocked silly then down, but I think he should have given a count at least. If he looked like he couldn't get up, then call it off.