What Fighter since 1980 has beaten the best competition.

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Your partially correct too. He also is trained to know when the 10 mark remaining in the round signal is given. This alerts him to be ready to step in to stop punches after the bell, and in situations like Chavez vs Taylor if they have fought an entire fight ad the final bell is about to sound, to use commo sense.

WHY ELSE DO YOU THINK IF A FIGHTER MAKES IT TO THE FINAL BELL HE WILL NOT BE COUNTED OUT, but the other rounds the ell does not save the fgihter.

Think about it! That fight should not have been stopped, it was the worst stoppage in boxing history.

[KnockoutTheFat]

Vitali Klitschko is the wrong answer.

LMAOOOOOOOO

[Vasyl’s dad]

Your partially correct too. He also is trained to know when the 10 mark remaining in the round signal is given. This alerts him to be ready to step in to stop punches after the bell, and in situations like Chavez vs Taylor if they have fought an entire fight ad the final bell is about to sound, to use commo sense.

WHY ELSE DO YOU THINK IF A FIGHTER MAKES IT TO THE FINAL BELL HE WILL NOT BE COUNTED OUT, but the other rounds the ell does not save the fgihter.

Think about it! That fight should not have been stopped, it was the worst stoppage in boxing history.

Again, the refs job isn't as a clock watcher, its to watch over the safety of the fighter first and foremost. Even if he is trained to know when the last ten seconds are, that has nothing to do with the safety of the fighters health.

Think about it.

[Sweet Pea 50]

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Have you ever boxed? Do you know the job of a Ref. Your correct about the 1st rule, but he has other rules as well, including clock awareness, that is why he is signaled with 10 seconds left to go in each round, to position himself to step in at the end of the round. He also IS TRAINED TO MAKE JUDGMENTS NOT ONLY IN THE SAFETY OF THE FIGHTERS, BUT OTHER ITEMS LIKE KEEPNG THE ACTION ALIVE, SHORTS LOCATIONS, MANAGING THE FIGTHERS CORNERS, AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST IF IT IS THE END OF A FIGHT, THE FIGHTERS GET THE BENEFIT OF THE DOUBT IN REGARDS TO STOPPAGES.... THAT IS WHY ( I noticed you chose to not address my point regarding fighting being saved by the bell at the final bell)

[squealpiggy]

ROCKY BALBOA easily. After his split decision loss to Appollo Creed and his win in the subesequent rematch he went 10-0 in title defenses, lost to tough and hungry Clubber Lang but beat him in the rematch and then faced the best that the Eastern Bloc had to offer in Ivan Drago. Not only that he also beat the heavyweight champion of the world Tommy Gunn in a street fight while suffering from BRAIN DAMAGE then came out of retirement at the age of 70 to almost beat the undisputed champion of the world when he was TWENTY YEARS OUTSIDE HIS PRIME!

Now tell me which fighter could come close to matching that sort of achievement!

[KnockoutTheFat]

Rocky Balboa easily. After his split decision loss to Appollo Creed and his win in the subesequent rematch he went 10-0 in title defenses, lost to tough and hungry Clubber Lang but beat him in the rematch and then faced the best that the Eastern Bloc had to offer in Ivan Drago. Not only that he also beat the heavyweight champion of the world in a street fight WITH BRAIN DAMAGE then came out of retirement at the age of 70 to beat the undisputed champion of the world when he was TWENTY YEARS OUTSIDE HIS PRIME!

Now tell me which fighter could come close to matching that sort of achievement!

BS.

A prime Apollo Creed fought everybody and the shot version was going to fight Joe Frazier if he took Balboa semi-seriously in the first fight to clean out the entire HW division.

[wpink1]

If you ask any fighter, manager, referee etc...except for Richard Steele, the will tell you the worst stoppage in boxing history is...Chavez vs Taylor.

I ask you how was he helping Taylor become safe if he was doing his job and enforced that Chavez go back to furthers corner, and knew that there was only 2 seconds left to go. Any idiot would know that Chavez would not have even been able to land a punch.

[squealpiggy]

BS.

A prime Apollo Creed fought everybody and the shot version was going to fight Joe Frazier if he took Balboa semi-seriously in the first fight to clean out the entire HW division.

As a counter argument I will refer you back to my original post which I edited to make some of the writing bigger and in red.

[Sweet Pea 50]

Rocky Balboa easily. After his split decision loss to Appollo Creed and his win in the subesequent rematch he went 10-0 in title defenses, lost to tough and hungry Clubber Lang but beat him in the rematch and then faced the best that the Eastern Bloc had to offer in Ivan Drago. Not only that he also beat the heavyweight champion of the world in a street fight WITH BRAIN DAMAGE then came out of retirement at the age of 70 to almost beat the undisputed champion of the world when he was TWENTY YEARS OUTSIDE HIS PRIME!

Now tell me which fighter could come close to matching that sort of achievement!

Creeds jab was a force of nature. Clubber Lang would have got that ass BEAT. But he ran into a south paw, body punching, force of nature. Hey, style's make fights....