Ian John Lewis is a disgrace!

A pathetic and disgusting performance. AGAIN. Great win for Fielding but Vera touched the canvas and Ian John Lewis hesitated (no surprise) and was half counting while Fielding uppercut him on the ground and flattened him when he got up. Shambolic, how can they let him carry on refereeing. He's worse if not as bad as Howard Foster. Edit: IJ: did the same in the Joshua-Johnson fight where AJ clearly knocked him down after the round. As a ref you have to count a KD or take a point (or DQ as Johnson was pretty much out), instead he picked Kingpin up and put him in the corner.

Comments (17)

IronDanHamza

The commentators and pundits were shocked when Smith said it was terrible refereeing. It's like Nelson was never a boxer, he knows nothing. I'm pretty sure that Johnny Nelson doesn't watch boxing and didn't watch it before or during his career. It's impossible to watch boxing and be that clueless and make the statments he makes. He actually said to James Toney's face "you White washed Micheal Nunn" clearly never seen that fight, even Toney was like what the f*ck is this guy on.

10y ago

Birdlegs

Some one is going to get seriously hurt because of this clown. He panics, makes random calls and genuinely appears lost in the ring.

10y ago

Chrismart

Haterz gonna' hate http://share.gifyoutube.com/vn6BzD.gif

10y ago

SalimShady1212

I'm glad we all agree, someone will get seriously hurt one day as a result of such incompetence.

10y ago

BattlingNelson

Technically true but the ref could and should have stopped it and ruled it as a slip or KD before resuming the fight, he half counted/watched it. He might as well have punched Vera in the back of the head. Oh yeah. The ref was out of position. Had he been in position, he'd have issued a count before the hook/uppercut landed.

10y ago

Split_Decision

Lol, Sky do write his paychecks. The only cash he would get from sky would be payoffs.

10y ago

Gojira

He's incompetence at the highest fucking level. How he still gets to referee televised fights is a mystery

10y ago

mlac

its beyond a joke now, every single card has at least one laughable reffering decision. disgraceful.

10y ago

SalimShady1212

The commentators and pundits were shocked when Smith said it was terrible refereeing. It's like Nelson was never a boxer, he knows nothing. Lol, Sky do write his paychecks.

10y ago

SalimShady1212

Yeah the ref was quite out of position there. Vera didn't 'protect himself at all times' though. Technically true but the ref could and should have stopped it and ruled it as a slip or KD before resuming the fight, he half counted/watched it. He might as well have punched Vera in the back of the head.

10y ago

SalimShady1212

He was disgraceful in the vitali briggs as that should have been stopped. Spot on, Shannon Briggs was in intensive care after. I'm surprised he wants the other Klitschko #LETSGOCHAMP

10y ago

slimshandy69

A pathetic and disgusting performance. AGAIN. Great win for Vera but Vera touched the canvas and Ian John Lewis hesitated (no surprise) and was half counting while Fielding uppercut him on the ground and flattened him when he got up. Shambolic, how can they let him carry on refereeing. He;s worse if not as bad as Howard Foster. He was disgraceful in the vitali briggs as that should have been stopped.

10y ago

SalimShady1212

IAJ did the same in the Joshua-Johnson fight where AJ clearly knocked him down after the round. As a ref you have to count a KD or take a point ( or DQ as Johnson was pretty much out), instead he picked Kingpin up and put him in the corner.

10y ago

BattlingNelson

Yeah the ref was quite out of position there. Vera didn't 'protect himself at all times' though.

10y ago

Split_Decision

The commentators and pundits were shocked when Smith said it was terrible refereeing. It's like Nelson was never a boxer, he knows nothing.

10y ago

Hougigo

Fielding was still throwing while he was on the ground too

10y ago

KOer

It was really bad from the ref to not pause the stop after Vera's glove touched the canvas.