was the ref on broners side?

Cole is a **** ref. Everyone knows that, but the fight was dirty as **** from both sides, but only taking points from Maidana did look really suspect. If only AB didnt do his little act after the butt, it could have easily been lights out for him so veteran move but now he has a rep for being a *****. Great fight to end the year. great post, green k sent

Yup, .... especially when Maidana had already been deducted a point then the least that should have happened was a point deducted to Broner for all he did. Especially that late shot after the 11th round. That clearly stung Maidana and could have changed the fight around as Maidana started that round a little shaky. Maidana even admitted that in the interview that he got buzzed.

obviously.

I had mentioned that throughout the fight. Seriously, how many warnings did he give him?

Cole is a **** ref. Everyone knows that, but the fight was dirty as **** from both sides, but only taking points from Maidana did look really suspect. If only AB didnt do his little act after the butt, it could have easily been lights out for him so veteran move but now he has a rep for being a *****. Great fight to end the year.

Cole sucks always in some bodies pocket !

And man, that illegal punch CLEARLY after the bell in the 11th almost changed the outcome of the fight, Maidana didn't recover properly in the 12th... Maidana is a lot tougher than that.

Damn you guys are over reacting. He should have gave broner probs 2 point reductions, but apart from that he was spot on. let the fighters fight. and gave us a good scrap. Marcos didnt need help from the ref

cole is one of the most corrupt refs in boxing

He should be suspended, i dont think you can ref a fight worse, other then DQ a guy for hitting a guy while he was down when the punch didnt even land, like Cortez He was clearly doing his best not to punish Broner

When you get to the 8th+ round and you've already warned a boxer a few times about something, you don't keep warning, you take points. When you have already taken points from the other fighter without warnings or with far fewer warnings, it's sure as hell time to take points from the other guy too. It was comical how bad the referee was.

Laurence Cole has always been a shady ref. He's a real piece of ****. yep, thats exactly what my cousin said too. he also gave broner a long azz count also.

Laurence Cole has always been a shady ref. He's a real piece of ****.

Broner should have lost at least one point. You don't give a stern warning about something in the third round or so and then never take a point the rest of the fight unless you're a POS trying your hardest not to take a point. Especially since he took a point from Maidana.

Yup, kept warning for pushing but didn't care when he did it 30 more times, plus all the forearms and elbows. And man, that illegal punch CLEARLY after the bell in the 11th almost changed the outcome of the fight, Maidana didn't recover properly in the 12th... Garbage ref.

fvk Cole!!

broner was doing some stupid ****....... but the push toward the end was a tough call, it was a big fight and you hate to see it decided by the ref in that type of fashion

It was kinda expected, Cole is a **** ref.

Broner shoulda had one point taken off at one point yeah

The ref was garbage, period!