Ref could've/should've counted out Algieri. Do you agree?

agreed. he was still getting up at 9, he should have been stopped. surprised ref let him continue because chris looked finished

Not really quite, but understandable why you'd think that. All of the knockdowns were basically one punch ones rather than say for instance a flurry like Joshua had earlier. . Actually I'm not sure I think I take that last comment back but Algeri for the most part was always defending himself if you could call it that. . . . but what is more surprising for me is why Algeri's corner just didn't throw the towel in post 9th round. you crazy? they had him right where they wanted to. made him keep taking those long ass walks to a neutral corner until he wore himself out, opening the cage and unleashing that patented algieri thunder is the easy part.

Ref made the right call as Chris got up and went back in his cage. Had Chris been snooping around outside his cage ref should have stopped it but Chris got and went right in his cage so that's the right call.

I hate this ref, he stopped the Crawford-Gamboa fight but not this one, it was almost the same scenario

I think it was the round 9 knockdown with the PAC straight left. Algieri was SLOW to get up,.. got up at around the 9 count but didn't even look at the ref, sorta turning away from him. His hands weren't ready and just seemed out of it. He was clearly not ready. The ref gave him an extra 7-10 seconds to recover. There are some refs who would've stopped it...ie the ref who called the last Golovkin-Rubio fight. Each time Algieri got floored he looked at the remaining time in the round... He waited as long as he could in order to gain some time -- the hipster's no dumb and he made it to the final bell alright... http://www.boxingscene.com/uploads/84586/pacquiao-algieri%20(11).jpg

No, the ref made the right call. Algieri was up off the canvas albeit, not all the way, by the count of 9. We criticize refs for incorrectly counting fighters out week after week; for once the ref made the right call

absolutely, i was f*cking fuming going to sleep as i had a bet on a pacman stoppage. Algerie got up on 9 turned his back on wobbly leg's, the ref called him back...and ushered him towards him with algerie clearly not wanting to continue and reluctantly coming forward. just awful and not only robbed pacman of a legit stoppage but robbed me / others of legit money. c*nt.

If someone can post a short clip video of the knockdown and count that would be great for analysis. I'd do it, but unsure how. Thanks.

that ref was horribly in the bag for pacquiao. not that it would have mattered anyway but still, the lack of fairness in boxing is just shocking considering the time period. I didn't see that at all. If anything that ref gave Algieri as much help as possible in the 9th round to let him last the distance. Any other ref except for Smoger stops that fight.

Take it from somebody who bet on Pac getting a KO after round 6, that was a slow count! He also gave him an extra few seconds after that to gain his composure.

Yes, he should have been counted out. And the ref saved him when he was nearly gone and holding on by giving him a standing 8 count and time to recover enough to survive. Very true about the standing 8 count. I was wondering.. what was going on. I didn't see him take a knee. PAC would've taken him out. The standing 8 out count and the fact he was still disoriented...shows he was really out of it after the left cross knockdown in the 9th. IMO, Algieri was standing but clearly out of it and not ready to protect himself. He should've been counted out the 1st time.

Yes. We've seen it happen countless times. The fighter and the referee sort of make a silent agreement that its finished. Most of the times, when these guys get up right at the count of 10 like Algieri did, it means he doesn't want the other guy to get the KO, just the TKO. And when he turned around and didn't choose to look at the referee right away, it's the "right" timing for the referee to stop it and let the fighter not look like he quit.

It was weird. Algieri was still down on one knee when the ref should have said 10, but he didn't.

Algieri will never be the same again! Pac beat him up bad. Prob could of been stopped but I guess he was let show heart and finish. If it was stopped late it would effect him more.....even though he's still ruined!

i remember the ref breaking it up for no reason, they werent tied up, nothing illegal happen, ref didn't say anything, he just made manny stop punching. im not sure what that was

Especially with that beautiful left hand that put him down...his head snapped back real bad.. Yeah, even though we love to see a good knock out, we don't want to see anyone get permanently hurt. I was kind of thinking about that as the fight wore on and Algieri took more and more punishment.

It was very close. If you go by definition ..yea I think he should have been counted out. The ref gave him the benefit of the doubt. But the guy got knockdowned a few times previous. So given the context, I think he should have been counted out. But yea, he was obviously able to continue afterwards.

Because that's when Algieri was going to be released out of his cage..... :rofl::rofl::rofl:

Some guys with heart don't know when to stay down. Algieri was beat up pretty badly in this fight. It probably could've been stopped even though he seemed able to continue. Especially with that beautiful left hand that put him down...his head snapped back real bad..

Some guys with heart don't know when to stay down. Algieri was beat up pretty badly in this fight. It probably could've been stopped even though he seemed able to continue.