Was Danny Jacobs vs Peter Quillin A Premature Stoppage? *Official Poll*

Good stoppage. Quillin did not look right, period! He looked Dazed and Confused, no pun intended. Jacobs has real serious power and Quillin was hit in the right spot. Tired of hearing of these two having weak China, both have been put down by huge punchers but got back up push forward (outside of last night for Quillin and Priog.

Quillin was about to get "murderlized" and the ref knew it. A "premature stoppage" I can forgive that, the guy was erring on the side of caution. But what's unforgivable is allowing a man to get pummeled for no reason, granted it was a title fight with high stakes, but if you think about it every fight comes with the same risk although the rewards may vary.

http://giant.gfycat.com/RemoteScaredGuernseycow.gif intense stare :lol1:. dude he was rocking around the ring with no idea what was going on other than the fact that he was in a fight. that's not enough. watch him not react at all when doc stops the fight. he either didn't care, or didn't notice immediately that the fight was stopped. doc waves his hands right in front of him, and all quillin does is stare. staring does not mean you are fit to fight. you need to do more, and quillin wasn't doing it. that was a great stoppage. great, great stoppage. doc is a great ref. we need to air on the side of caution when a guy's ability to continue is in question. looking at this gif, which is the most realistic representation of what doc was seeing, you can't tell me that his ability to continue wasn't in question. in my mind there was no doubt. the only argument i'm entertaining this point is that it was early. he hadn't been taking a long beating. i'm not suffering anybody telling me "he looked good to me" because he didn't. there wasn't just a weakness in his legs. there was a full body "i'm only standing because i'm a pro boxer and i'm virtually unconscious," wobble to him. i don't want to see a guy in that condition being allowed to fight. that's not a the sport for me. Good clip of the stoppage. When a fighter get hurts to the state where Quillin was, that's the whole point of the ref/rules to stop the fight - he's been beaten. Fans have been spoiled with the standing 8-count bs. If a fighter's hurt bad enough where they can't immediately defend themselves - the fight should be stopped, not be given a time-out to recover.

Neither here nor there really. On the one hand, Quillin was clearly out of it at the time of the stoppage. On the other, maybe he deserves a proper count....ref could have continued with a standing 8 count and made the appropriate decision thereafter the 8 second mark (think Khan-Garcia when Bayless looked Khan over during the 8 count). Quillin would have still been under Dock's protection and supervision...it's not an unrealistic thing to ask of a referee especially when he paused the action because he thought there was a knockdown, it was quite certainly the perfect time for it.

I understand that guys can recover from being badly hurt, but in this case it just wouldn't have made a difference, not cause Quillin wouldn't have been able to recover if allowed to but because Jacobs would have continued to swarm him with solid accurate shots. Even after the first shot that rocked him Quillin wasn't able to defend himself, Jacobs just wouldn't have allowed him to get past the first round.

http://giant.gfycat.com/RemoteScaredGuernseycow.gif intense stare :lol1:. dude he was rocking around the ring with no idea what was going on other than the fact that he was in a fight. that's not enough. watch him not react at all when doc stops the fight. he either didn't care, or didn't notice immediately that the fight was stopped. doc waves his hands right in front of him, and all quillin does is stare. staring does not mean you are fit to fight. you need to do more, and quillin wasn't doing it. that was a great stoppage. great, great stoppage. doc is a great ref. we need to air on the side of caution when a guy's ability to continue is in question. looking at this gif, which is the most realistic representation of what doc was seeing, you can't tell me that his ability to continue wasn't in question. in my mind there was no doubt. the only argument i'm entertaining this point is that it was early. he hadn't been taking a long beating. i'm not suffering anybody telling me "he looked good to me" because he didn't. there wasn't just a weakness in his legs. there was a full body "i'm only standing because i'm a pro boxer and i'm virtually unconscious," wobble to him. i don't want to see a guy in that condition being allowed to fight. that's not a the sport for me. You make valid points but I think in a championship bout, you give the fighter the benefit of the doubt and let him demonstrate that he can fight on. Harvey Dock did not give Peter Quillin the opportunity to do that. He should have let it go a few more seconds and if Peter wasn't responding or defending himself properly, then pull the plug at that point. Dock just instinctively assumed - based on the sheer intensity and quickness of Jacobs' assault, Quillin getting nailed with a couple big shots and being staggered - that he was unfit to continue. The fight went from zero to 60 in a matter of seconds and Dock got emotionally caught up in it and panicked. Also, watching replay a couple times, after Quillin staggered, he steadied himself, was bouncing on his feet and seemed to be readying himself for the next Jacobs' onslaught. He should have been afforded the benefit of the doubt to continue.

I think he was going to do a standing 8 count and then remembered there was no standing 8 count so he just panicked and stopped the fight. That stoppage was in a gray area.

I don't mind if he stopped it after a standing 8 count.

In my opinion, Mosley was in better shape throughout this fight than Quillin was at the time of stoppage. shane also knows how to hold on and survive, something that quillin didn't know how to do. he's showing the ref stuff he wants to see. quillin wasn't doing much of that. here's a strange thought: even if quillin would have gotten through that patch and won the fight, i'm cool with the stoppage. boxers don't need to be any more hurt than quillin was for me to be OK with the stoppage.

Quillin's eyes were wide open, with an intense stare and looking directly in front of him at Jacobs. Peter was dazed but he had his hands up, in the stance and was looking directly forward. He should have been given the benefit of the doubt and been allowed to demonstrate that he was OK or able to defend himself. Harvey Doc panicked because of Jacobs' intensity, the quickness of what was playing out and Quillin staggering. Boxing pundits should be calling it what it is: a premature and bad stoppage. Harvey Doc is the new Richard Steele http://giant.gfycat.com/RemoteScaredGuernseycow.gif intense stare :lol1:. dude he was rocking around the ring with no idea what was going on other than the fact that he was in a fight. that's not enough. watch him not react at all when doc stops the fight. he either didn't care, or didn't notice immediately that the fight was stopped. doc waves his hands right in front of him, and all quillin does is stare. staring does not mean you are fit to fight. you need to do more, and quillin wasn't doing it. that was a great stoppage. great, great stoppage. doc is a great ref. we need to air on the side of caution when a guy's ability to continue is in question. looking at this gif, which is the most realistic representation of what doc was seeing, you can't tell me that his ability to continue wasn't in question. in my mind there was no doubt. the only argument i'm entertaining this point is that it was early. he hadn't been taking a long beating. i'm not suffering anybody telling me "he looked good to me" because he didn't. there wasn't just a weakness in his legs. there was a full body "i'm only standing because i'm a pro boxer and i'm virtually unconscious," wobble to him. i don't want to see a guy in that condition being allowed to fight. that's not a the sport for me.

Two things: Quillin did a poor job of holding on. He tried fighting back instead but was so fcked up he could hardly punch. Second, technically the ref should have called a knocked down since the ropes held him up. After the count, Quillin might have recovered just enough to allow the fight to continue. I know its potentially dangerous but fighters have been as hurt as him before and finished the fight. Look at Mosley-Forrest 1, I don't think Mosley even knew where he was (start at 5:55) In my opinion, Mosley was in better shape throughout this fight than Quillin was at the time of stoppage.

He would have been devasted! Good stoppage the man didn't get his equalibrium back and he never acknowedged the ref he just watched his opponent in a daze! He would have been hurt bad! Ray

Very good stoppage. I don't think Quillin could likely meaningfully participate in the fight any longer, especially with a game opponent charging at him with over half the round to go. He was most likely, but not definitely, going to get stretched. He was definitely already very hurt.

Quillin's eyes were wide open, with an intense stare and looking directly in front of him at Jacobs. Peter was dazed but he had his hands up, in the stance and was looking directly forward. He should have been given the benefit of the doubt and been allowed to demonstrate that he was OK or able to defend himself. Harvey Doc panicked because of Jacobs' intensity, the quickness of what was playing out and Quillin staggering. Boxing pundits should be calling it what it is: a premature and bad stoppage. Harvey Doc is the new Richard Steele

Bit premature I felt but Quillin can have no complaints - he got caught, rushed and beaten fair and square.

his hands were up and he was on his toes. he looked a bit shell-shocked but not really glazed over to me. moments before he had demonstrated a pretty good recovery ability and will to fight

The ref did everything right: 1. Did he take consecutive unreturned punches? Yes. 2. We're his senses in tact? No. 3. Did he have his legs under him? No. 4. Could he properly defend himself from harm? No. This is a textbook stoppage. Look at his eyes. He wasn't even aware of where he was.

My first instincts were it was premature, but I've changed my mind after seeing the replay from a different angle.

Did the referee stop that fight prematurely or do you think the stoppage was fine? Yeas: it was prematurely... (definitely)...

i also think this stoppage is going to get a lot of extra scrutiny because doc always looks like he's getting ready to step in to stop a fight prematurely. he gets close and makes sure he's in a spot if he needs to stop it, even if a fighter is not ready to go. doc is a great, great ref. i don't mind a quick stoppage, frankly. not any more. let them cash their checks and go home. you can die in there.