Why do British referees stop fights too early?

I'm british and I agree, there was a risk AJ could of completely gassed out and also the marketing of his 100% KO record is getting half the interest from the casuals. Sky love talking about his power yet since the competition has been stepping up its mostly been ref stoppages even Wlad could of ridden out the rest of the round Your speaking to much sense stop it xD

Most of you guys probably haven't followed boxing long enough to know about some of the history of British boxing, but the main reason for me is high profile tragedies in the 90s in British rings. It has created a lasting legacy of 'safe over sorry' that I think won't go away. For those of you sinical people who immediately jump to conclusions about home bias or corruption, there have been plenty of examples of early stoppages where the British fighter has been the one who was stopped early against a foreign fighter or against another British fighter. Walsh vs Tank as a recent example. With all that said - for me it was an early stoppage. Takam is fighting for the biggest prize in sports and wasn't being overwhelmed, just slowly being broken down and going through a bad round up to that point, but he wasn't in serious trouble, he should have been allowed to continue. Not at all. Walsh could have reasonably been pulled out after the first KD, he was wobbly and it was evident even from the way he stood up. that was a good stoppage. for the most part, if there is an early stoppage it's in favor of the UK fighter

please tell me that you as an andre ward fan didnt type this **** with a straight face ^ Ward has never needed an early stoppage to win a fight. Kovalev was eating punches, Takam didn't even look hurt.

Most of you guys probably haven't followed boxing long enough to know about some of the history of British boxing, but the main reason for me is high profile tragedies in the 90s in British rings. It has created a lasting legacy of 'safe over sorry' that I think won't go away. For those of you sinical people who immediately jump to conclusions about home bias or corruption, there have been plenty of examples of early stoppages where the British fighter has been the one who was stopped early against a foreign fighter or against another British fighter. Walsh vs Tank as a recent example. With all that said - for me it was an early stoppage. Takam is fighting for the biggest prize in sports and wasn't being overwhelmed, just slowly being broken down and going through a bad round up to that point, but he wasn't in serious trouble, he should have been allowed to continue.

I agree with Paulie, have neutral referees since they have the power to take away a mans right to continue and possibly win.

Because they care, a lot.:loser:

I'm british and I agree, there was a risk AJ could of completely gassed out and also the marketing of his 100% KO record is getting half the interest from the casuals. Sky love talking about his power yet since the competition has been stepping up its mostly been ref stoppages even Wlad could of ridden out the rest of the round

All of this ****ting on British refs... Go back and watch Calzaghe vs Manfredo and tell me with a straight face that the ref didn't save a mans life that night. That's the gold standard of UK reffing. Another one. UK referees who have had a history of early stoppages shouldnt be allowed to referee big fights, it ruins the event. Howard foster should be fired and the guy refereeing tonight should be fired too LMAO listening to Paulie now insinuating the referee was subconsciously bias because he probably knows Joshua and hes from the UK, the showtime crew quick to change the subject. Paulie has a loud mouth but hes a realist and I think hes bang on here

My theory is it's bias, plain and simple. The refs are rooting for their fellow countrymen. The thing about the UK is that it's a small island, heavily condensed, everyone knows everyone. The refs, their friends, family, etc. they're all rooting for the star and boxing is one of their biggest sports. I'm sure they'd get a ton of shyt for not being biased. I mean it barely takes 16 hours to go from the top to the bottom of the entire UK, you can drive for 14 hours and still be in Texas.

Got to ask yourself too if the stop the fight early equally to British fighters.

Eddie hearn paid off to keep that 100% ko percentage

Like Howard foster stopping the Carl Froch-Groves fight and so many of Calzaghes fights in the UK were stopped the moment the opponent got slightly rocked. Well yeah, look at it this way, If the ref stopped the fight on the basis of how hurt Groves was (not much), then Froch should have been pulled out in the first round. Go look at a lot of Joshua's first 10 fights, a lot of those stoppages was the ref jumping in as soon as AJ landed a flurry.

All of this ****ting on British refs... Go back and watch Calzaghe vs Manfredo and tell me with a straight face that the ref didn't save a mans life that night. That's the gold standard of UK reffing.

I think he didn't like a windy AJ being in there with a guy who could still throw punches so he stopped it. I'm all about protecting boxers but Takam was fine to continue.