@Lebedev vs Jones: I am a big fan of Kostya Tszyu, but...

Ir was that bad? I've seen the pics but haven watched the fight. Definitely going to check out later today

Tszyu has a gambling problem.

I suspect Tszyu was told not to throw the towel in. I made the same thread earlier in the day and said the same thing. I don't know if Tszyu was told not to, but he sure was scared to for some reason. Same goes for the Doctor. I bet when the ref walked him over to the Doctor in the 11th the conversation went something like this. Ref: "Hey pretend you are looking at this so we can save face" Doctor: "OK but you know if I stop it we are both dead by morning right?" Ref: "So it looks good? great! FIGHT ON!" As the TS said, a guy like Tszyu who was averse to taking punishment himself and retired early to avoid it has no excuse for letting this fight go on. Even a joke trainer who had never fought a fight himself would probably know better.

I suspect Tszyu was told not to throw the towel in.