WTF? STanding 8 count?

[Easy-E]

****ty call.
Good stoppage, though.

[Easy-E]

I like standing 8 counts as they make a fight continue instead of stopping them on a dime.

That being said...if the graphic if no standing 8 count is correct, then it was ****ed up job by the ref.

Right but you should only administed a standing 8 count when a fighter would have fallen down but was held up by the ropes.
In the pro's anyways.

[Dirt E Gomez]

Right but you should only administed a standing 8 count when a fighter would have fallen down but was held up by the ropes.
In the pro's anyways.

Actually, anytime a fighter is on the ropes completely or saved by them it is supposed to be deemed a knockdown. That's not really a standing 8 count. Usually when a fighter is heavily leaning on the ropes is when a lot of standing 8 counts would occur as well, if they're available.

[Undefeated]

I still remember that Manfredo Vs Calzaghe fight.. Ooh man... They should have cut him some slack on that one.

I hope that ref was fired.

[Wiley Hyena]

Actually, anytime a fighter is on the ropes completely or saved by them it is supposed to be deemed a knockdown. That's not really a standing 8 count. Usually when a fighter is heavily leaning on the ropes is when a lot of standing 8 counts would occur as well, if they're available.

Yeah, well they need to employ the standing 8 count much more than they do these days. I'm so sick of the shoeshine stoppages on the ropes. A guy gets stunned and then a flurry of punches and it's over. It's b.s. IT's like the refs these days are just looking for the first excuse to stop a fight.