Did Joe Calzaghe give the ref a sign to stop the fight? Or did the ref **** Joe?

[LOLORSKATES]

If Calzaghe comes back and beats the living **** out of kessler. Then I would forget about this fight completely. But if he goes after hopkins who has already lost. While Kessler has lost 0 times and has two belts, I'm going to forget about joe. Hopkins is nothing, he has losses on his record. Kessler and Taylor don't, and he should go for kessler first so he can shut up everyone about kessler. But now I'm hearing both camps are acting ******ed and not agreeing to ****.

So your saying as long as the person doesn't have a loss then they're gold?

[The Noose]

You know, being a fan of joe's. It hurt me alot to see him grin over the stoppage. LIKE YES I WON AGAIN... How can he honestly feel like he won? He didn't win ****, the Americans who didn't know who he was are all thinking... hmmm... what a ****ty stoppage... Not, omg he did so great. And yes some of his punches did go through manfredos guard. But that still doesn't prove **** that this stoppage was ridiculous, and that this ref should never work ever again. This is joes 20th defense and it ends like this... wow... He should really thank the ref for making his fight look like ****.

It was a stepping stone fight for Joe.
He was probably glad that it was over and done with, no one really thought it would be competitive anyway.

He believes the Manfredo fight assured him a 'big name' in his next fight. Thats all he was happy about IMO.

[Dozer]

If Calzaghe comes back and beats the living **** out of kessler. Then I would forget about this fight completely. But if he goes after hopkins who has already lost. While Kessler has lost 0 times and has two belts, I'm going to forget about joe. Hopkins is nothing, he has losses on his record. Kessler and Taylor don't, and he should go for kessler first so he can shut up everyone about kessler. But now I'm hearing both camps are acting ******ed and not agreeing to ****.

Yeah, you really sound like A Calzaghe fan. This fight did suck, just like Wlads last fight. I wait and wait and wait to see these guy's fight. And for what, to see A 1 or 2 round blowout . Cal's fight last night would of never went lasted, That fight would of been stopped in the third no matter what. And I love Larry Merchant to, **** Frank Warren, He turned 3 shades of red after Larry shunned him . And I truly believe Joe when he said that he would expose Kessler like he did Lacy. So now we have to sit and wait some more.

[Dozer]

I would like to see Lacy Vs. Kessler. I bet Lacy KO's Kessler.

[TheEvilSaint]

the ref's a ******. he robbed everybody. joe calzaghe didnt get a credible win, manfredo got ****ed in his first title shot, the fans got cheated out of a real fight, and joe calzaghe's reign of error continues.

[champ007]

just watched it. 2 duck and weaves and 19 unanswered punches. fight should've been stopped.dude looked scared.

[squealpiggy]

It's better for Peter that it was stopped when it was. Much better. He's still young. Let him have a career. Let him tell everyone for the next ten years that he was robbed against Calzaghe. It's much better than what looked inevitable, a 7 or 8 round massacre that shattered him as a fighter and left him a comparitive wreck.

[Peder]

The ref ****ed up.
Warren ****ed up when he made Manfredo the "Big nr. 20".

It would have been ugly no matter what.

[Guest]

im sure there was plans from begining to stop it if opportunity came.. This fight was fully using manfredos star status and popularity to give joe exposure.. But at same time would ruin everything if joe were to lose to manfredo, so as soon as the opportunity came to stop it he did.. as he was likely instructed.. or else there would be no big money fights with US fighter in the US.. tonight was no chance for peter unless he knocked joe out cold and didnt let joe flurry.. sick but true...

I'm sure that's right... Joe would doubtless have been KO'd by Manfredo so they thought "better give him half a chance".

Absolute bull**** stoppage, but let's not get silly now.

[Underboss]

The Ref's a ******, and ruined joe calzaghes 20th defense by not letting the fight go on