Some of you guys are really overreacting

[KnockoutTheFat]

If I were the trainer Richard Grant I would've pulled a Norman Stone and snatch away the belt from Bute's handlers.

[Steak]

I agree.

Although it wasn't as bad as some (especially Farhood) are saying, there should definitely be a rematch.

dude, the ref was way worse than most people are saying. He kept getting in the way of Andrade when Andrade started doing good, and then listen to his explanation for the end of the fight.

"Andrade lost that fight, because he wouldnt go to the neutral corner! He would have knocked out Bute if it wasnt for that!"

...that is just ****. If he had any idea what he was talking about, he should have known that by the end of that 10 count, the fight clock would have been run out, and the fight would have ended. but he tries to blame it on Andrade?
****in idiot ref.

[The Hammer]

IBF RULES:

3. When a contestant is knocked down, the referee shall audibly announce the count as he motions with his right arm downward indicating the end of each second of the count.

4. When a contestant has been knocked down, the referee will order the standing contestant to the farthest neutral corner and begin the count. If the contestant standing leaves the corner before the count has been completed, the referee shall discontinue the count and order the standing contestant back into the corner. The count will not resume until the standing contestant has returned to the neutral corner.

6. The bell will not save a boxer in any round of the bout. If a boxer is "downed" just before the 3-minute bell in any round, the referee's count shall continue and the bell will not ring until the boxer rises and his hands clear the floor.

So according to those rules... Bute won. But perhaps the ref should have stopped it earlier when bute was wobblying his way around the ring.