Harold Letterman comment.

[Hitman932]

Ali was the greatest at refusing to go to the neutral corner and then jumping on his man.

The Oscar Bonavena fight was a master class in breaking the rule.

[Pullcounter]

So I'm at the fight yesterday and I'm still in shock that shane had K.O'd Mayorga with 1 second left in the last round, So I see Harold letterman pass by me and I asked him how he had it scored and he tells me that he had it 8-3 for Mosley but then he says that their should be a law about a fighter having to go all the way to the nutural corner when their's a knockdown because Mosely was right on top of him after that 1st knockdown, what do you guys think?

yeah, mosley was not all the way in the corner, but the ref was preoccupied with mayorga's health and watching him closely.

mosley did what he had to do to win.

[Hagler★]

i noticed that as well, he was kind of standing behind him

[Scott9945]

I don't agree with this. Mayorga wasn't taking an inordinate amount of punishment throughout the fight and was rightfully given the count after the first knockdown. IMO there was no reason to stop the fight at that point...

Mayorga should have been given a chance to beat the count. The referee had already heard the bell ring so he knew that he wouldn't be hit again.

[daggum]

I watched the fight and scored it closer than Harold, but could see why he had it the way he did. Mayorga's work was not exactly impressive.

I agree about the neutral corner thing, and to be honest I actually think the fight should have been stopped after the first KD, when Mayorga got up he clearly didn't even know where the referee was.

In Britain referees are a lot more protective of the hurt fighter, whereas I have seen many unneccesary beatings in US rings.

thank god for british refs they saved manfredo's life against calzaghe. you are in our debt.

[WESS]

So I'm at the fight yesterday and I'm still in shock that shane had K.O'd Mayorga with 1 second left in the last round, So I see Harold letterman pass by me and I asked him how he had it scored and he tells me that he had it 8-3 for Mosley but then he says that their should be a law about a fighter having to go all the way to the nutural corner when their's a knockdown because Mosely was right on top of him after that 1st knockdown, what do you guys think?

Didn't Jack Dempsey have something like that in one of his fights? He had it put in one of his contracts, that if a fighter is knocked down the other guy goes to a neutral corner.

Anyway, yeah the fight should have been stopped. When he got up from the first knock down he didn't even know where the ref was. But I'm glad it continued. Mosley needed the KO victory...

Is that last second KO the latest KO in a fight? I can't think of any fight that went 12 rounds with only 1 second remaining and score a KO.

Anyway I had the fight 8-4. He did ok in the early rounds but Mosley just out worked him later on to finish off with the last second KO. Mayorga did fight better than I expected but I think its time for him to hang it up.

[Darkstar]

So I'm at the fight yesterday and I'm still in shock that shane had K.O'd Mayorga with 1 second left in the last round, So I see Harold letterman pass by me and I asked him how he had it scored and he tells me that he had it 8-3 for Mosley but then he says that their should be a law about a fighter having to go all the way to the nutural corner when their's a knockdown because Mosely was right on top of him after that 1st knockdown, what do you guys think?

Their is a rule but the ref didnt follow it. That was something out of the 1920s, pure bull****.

[MANGLER]

A lotta close rds, so I understand varied cards, although Mayo had more than 3 rds. And yeah, Shane shoulda been in aneutral corner, but I still think he finished Mayo fair and square.