What if mayweather was hurt, stumbling, and the ref stops the action...

[Mozza]

You are supposed to handle things like loose tape, laces, etc when there is a break in the action.

There was a break in the action.

[Mozza]

As I've explained countless times... you wait until a legitimate break in the action. He separated the fighters, whatever, fine, ok. Then you stand the **** back and let them go back to work. You don't give a hurt fighter time to recover.

The fastest mile time I ever ran was when my shoe came untied w/ about 1/4 mile to go. An untied shoe is not the end of the world.

And I didn't say he was too tired to throw more meaningful punches. He felt he didn't have to. Hatton was given so long that he had obviously shaken the stars from around his head and Lazcano knew it was pointless to spend more energy trying to knock him out/down when he was no longer hurt.

This is getting ridiculous now. You are trying to justify your rather tenuous point by saying that his lace should have been ignored and by resorting to what I can only guess to be some form of telepathy because you seem able to read Juan Lazcano's mind.

[Dirt E Gomez]

There was a break in the action.

And the point, which you're apparently not getting... is there shouldn't have been. You can separate the fighters, but that isn't a break in the action. You let them go right back at it while a fighter is hurt or woozy, you don't let them get off the hook.

[SkillspayBills]

There would only be threads about the ref helping Floyd for at least 2 straight pages.

[Dirt E Gomez]

This is getting ridiculous now. You are trying to justify your rather tenuous point by saying that his lace should have been ignored and by resorting to what I can only guess to be some form of telepathy because you seem able to read Juan Lazcano's mind.

You do ignore the lace, because the action at hand is more important than the fighter's shoelace. Had they been at distance, Ricky wasn't hurt, and neither fighter was actively engaging the other, then by all means stop the fight to get the shoe tied; not while there is action going on.

Common ****ing sense.

[Mozza]

You do ignore the lace, because the action at hand is more important than the fighter's shoelace. Had they been at distance, Ricky wasn't hurt, and neither fighter was actively engaging the other, then by all means stop the fight to get the shoe tied; not while there is action going on.

Common ****ing sense.

There was no action at hand. After fighters have been separated it is commonplace to see referees allowing time for matters to be resolved like loose tape or tied shoelaces.

[Dirt E Gomez]

There was no action at hand. After fighters have been separated it is commonplace to see referees allowing time for matters to be resolved like loose tape or tied shoelaces.

Not while the other fighter is hurt.

Seriously, that's the entire ****ing Point. It's the same reason people hate the standing 8 counts, because it causes a break in the action instead of a possible KO.

[El Jesus]

There was no action at hand. After fighters have been separated it is commonplace to see referees allowing time for matters to be resolved like loose tape or tied shoelaces.

Its not commonplace for a fighter to be visibly hurt and have the ref STOP the action to give a fake warning followed by the fixing of an article of clothing. No matter how you justify it, that round made boxing look very bad. Name one fight you saw where something like this happened.

[Mozza]

Not while the other fighter is hurt.

Seriously, that's the entire ****ing Point. It's the same reason people hate the standing 8 counts, because it causes a break in the action instead of a possible KO.

We are back to the issue of how badly Hatton was hurt and how much energy Lazcano had used. Hatton didn't seem badly hurt and Lazcano showed nothing in the rest of the round to suggest he had the energy to put Hatton away.

[steptwome]

Why was Juan Lazcano warned anyway? I would just like to know.

No clear cut reasoning whatsoever