Did anybody else think that ref was sh1t?

Usually no....... That night yes

You suck, I wish I can get a salmon and smack you over the head with it you dumb twat. If you a REAL boxing fan than you should know Kenny Bayless is #2 ref in the world after Steve Smoger....... They actually give fighters a chance to recover instead of ending it like all these other blind refs. He isnt an attention wh0re like Joe Cortez who thinks the fight is all about him and gets it wrong. There's VERY FEW fights where Bayless/Smoger make mistakes, they 99.9% get it right and give fighters a chance and give the crowd some more action. ALL Ref's need to be like them. Instead we have fairweather fans like you who only watch 1-3 fights a year talking shieet. I wish I had 10 more accounts so I can red K you on each. :lol1: damn. Kenny...is that you? Btw, Smoger , Cappuccino and Drakulich are all favorites of mine and for precisely the reason you gave. They let em fight. Maybe I was a bit harsh on Bayless, but I was torqued because he did take too fvcking long and unfairly gave Khan extra time to recover. Also I don't like his "what I say you must obey". I find it to be annoying and self serving, hence the comparison to Cortez.

This is nonsense. Had Khan recovered and came back to winnin would've been a terrible disservice to Garcia. The fight should have been stopped after the first knockdown. It's just a good thing that Garcia didn't allow Khan to recover even with the ref's help. Bayless may be a fine red but he wast last night. Fights should be officiated under the rules regardless if who will cry about it. The decision was so bad that Khan defended himself, clinched and survived the round? Sure.

No Question Kenny Bayless was trying to give him time to recover especially at the end of the 3rd Round, he gave Khan like a 20 Count Kenny probably should have called the match in the 3rd Round to be honest, watch the end of the 3rd Round again, Khan couldn't even give Kenny His Gloves OR Walk To Him...HE WAS DONE!

and all this BS comes from folks who have NEVER ref'd in their LIVES!!!:sleeping: Bayless ref'd like he always does, he does a good job and is concerned about the fighters. He had NOTHING to do with the out come. Khan had a full rest to recoup and he never was able did get his equilibrium back so he was stopped! Its not a big deal the better fighter won and the lesser fighter lost! The kid has potential and the other guy can box well but can't punch and he doesn't recoup very well when under pressure. Theres alot of pretty good fighters out their and these two fellows are part of the group. None of these fellows are Great!!! Let the kid grow up and see where he's at after 45 bouts and when he's 29yrs old! Then you'll see if hes capable of with standing everything thats thrown at him. In time, we'll see. Ray

I agree 100%, had he stopped it after the first knockdown Khan and Golden Boy would be crying foul. The fact that he gave Khan multiple opportunities legitimizes Garcia's victory and leaves no doubts.This is nonsense. Had Khan recovered and came back to winnin would've been a terrible disservice to Garcia. The fight should have been stopped after the first knockdown. It's just a good thing that Garcia didn't allow Khan to recover even with the ref's help. Bayless may be a fine red but he wast last night. Fights should be officiated under the rules regardless if who will cry about it.

Bayless is an excellent referee. It was a world title unification fight, so he gave Khan every opportunity to continue. He wasn't "buying time for Khan" by asking if he was ok and making sure he could walk forward, he was simply doing his job. A referee has to be convinced (beyond reasonable doubt at least) that a fighter is fit to continue before he can resume the action. This /end thread

Did people not hear the instructions before the fight. Bayless said the trunks were good and to keep everything above it. He called everything Garcia threw that landed below it WITHOUT taking a point and he did something similar whenever Khan would push off to gain any sort of advantage. To say he was on Khan's payroll and then look at the final stoppage is crazy, so that doesn't even need to be addressed. If he was trying to give a champion every chance possible to keep fighting, I don't know why more people don't respect that. I knew that Khan was done after he wasn't able to recover from the first knockdown, which I thought, under Ariza, he definitely would have. If he had been able to recover even a little bit, we were in for a show for the next round or two.

i think he gave him so much time after the first knockdown because he was contemplating calling it off. khan's body was not responding to commands. not only were his legs in a heap, his whole body slumped down. shades of prescott. scary stuff bayless might not have had his best performance, but he's still one of the best refs we have got refereeing and judging a boxing match between top flight professionals is not easy.

Be thankful they never got that fraud of a ref JOE CORTEZ or Khan would still be champ ^^^^^My thoughts too^^^^^ Also, with the first KD I think the time left on the clock is probably why Bayless gave Khan the benefit of the doubt and let him continue. I think if there would have been a lot of time left, he would've stopped it then. The next few KD's I think he just wanted to make sure he didn't wave it off too soon, but he knew it was just a matter of time. I thought Bayless did a pretty awesome job, catching and warning for fouls but not inserting himself in the equation like Cortez always does. Somehow someway Cortez would have found a way to save Khan last night. Bayless did everything right within his power and without the hindsight of replay.

anyone who says kenny bayless says is a bad ref is high. Kenny Byaless is far better than joe Cortez and he knows exactly when to stop a fight.

Bayless did an outstanding job as usual. :boxing:

Couple of weeks ago on FNF Atlas chastised Joe Cortez for being one of those refs that likes the limelight and tries to make themselves a factor in the fight. Bayless seems to be one of these as well. You suck, I wish I can get a salmon and smack you over the head with it you dumb twat. If you a REAL boxing fan than you should know Kenny Bayless is #2 ref in the world after Steve Smoger....... They actually give fighters a chance to recover instead of ending it like all these other blind refs. He isnt an attention wh0re like Joe Cortez who thinks the fight is all about him and gets it wrong. There's VERY FEW fights where Bayless/Smoger make mistakes, they 99.9% get it right and give fighters a chance and give the crowd some more action. ALL Ref's need to be like them. Instead we have fairweather fans like you who only watch 1-3 fights a year talking shieet. I wish I had 10 more accounts so I can red K you on each.

Called a slip a KD in the Pac/Mosley fight. There was a punch, although it was a weak pushing-type arm punch from Mosley. Pacquiao had gotten himself off balance when he missed a punch of his own before that. The arm punch just made him tip over. The rule is if there's any kind of punch at all, it's a knockdown, even if being off balance or over a slippery area contributed to it. Bayless was kind of forced to call it that way.

Everyone makes mistakes, but I've never seen Bayless make an error in judgement worth mentioning. Called a slip a KD in the Pac/Mosley fight.

You're on drugs. Kenny Bayless is a world class referee. He never makes mistakes and is completely fair. Everyone makes mistakes, but I've never seen Bayless make an error in judgement worth mentioning. He could have let the fight go longer before stopping it, but he made the right call. Khan would have just taken needless punishment.

a few second opportunity given to khan is pretty much useless the way the fight was going. kenny bayless did a superb job... as usual. so hell to the no with the thread title.

A 10 count is not supposed to be exactly 10 seconds, usually it's about 13 seconds.

Khan touches the canvas around second 28 and the fight is restarted with only 9 seconds remaining on the clock, so Khan actually had 19 seconds to recover =/ I think Bayless did a good job on the first KO. It was Khan who was buying a few extra seconds for himself by walking up to Skip really slow, and then offering his gloves up in slow motion too. Once Khan finished his walk, Skip took the gloves quickly, wiped them, and bam... fight's back on! A ref has to let the guy walk to him to show he can stand on his own. There's no time limit for this. And despite looking wobbly, Khan beat the first count by quite a few seconds, so Bayless had to give him the benefit of the doubt.

Yes, he is world class but not last night. I agree with the thread starter, Bayless gave too many warnings away to Garcia. Most of those body shots were legal - the same punches Khan hurt Judah with. He also bought Khan extra time but I guess that was expected since Garcia was a huge underdog and Khan being the headline. The most disturbing thing was actually Jim's **** talking again. He gave absolutely no credit to Garcia prior to the first KD and continued his semantics throughout the fight. Like the KO was accidental. It was not. We all knew Khan was the faster fighter but Garcia blocked the hard shots and countered Khan with his own powershots. The kid showed guts and he deserves more credit. Btw, another stupid comment from Jim Lampley's mouth about Garcia had me shaking my head. Why the 'ef should Garcia pay for his fathers comments? He was not the one talking smack.he was hitting him in the pants multiple times! They showed it on replay. Christ not everything is a conspiracy