another bad stoppage

**loui_ludwig** · 11-01-2008, 10:05 PM

The announcer said a severe laceration over the eye of the challenger. Donaire win by TKO.

**Mr. Ryan** · 11-01-2008, 10:05 PM

Originally posted by the330ballers

watching the donaire fight on a bad quality stream but it looks like a bad stoppage...

Not nearly as bad a stoppage as the Dirrell fight because Mthalane was starting to slow and Donaire was surging but it was an overall flat performance by Donaire.

It might have had something to do with Donaire's 10 month layoff, maybe he was looking past Mthalane to Arce, who knows. Anyways, the cut was pretty bad and eventually would have needed to be stopped. I guess the ref thought Mthalane wasn't going to pull it out so why risk it.

**Hard Dick** · 11-01-2008, 10:05 PM

The ring doctor stopped the fight.

**roujinziro** · 11-01-2008, 10:06 PM

Donaire looked rusty, but how did he get cut inside his eyelid?

**Scott9945** · 11-01-2008, 10:07 PM

A cut on thr eyelid is very serious. You can feel for yourself how thin the skin is there. There was no other choice.

**Juggernaut** · 11-01-2008, 10:08 PM

Originally posted by roujinziro

Donaire looked rusty, but how did he get cut inside his eyelid?

Donaire so fast the camera didn't catch him going to the backstage, grabbing some scissors (not before he took off his own gloves) went back to his opponent, lifted his eye lid, made a slit, went backstage again, put his gloves back on, and came back to the ring in south paw position. Can't believe you didn't catch that!

**roujinziro** · 11-01-2008, 10:12 PM

Originally posted by Juggernaut

Donaire so fast the camera didn't catch him going to the backstage, grabbing some scissors (not before he took off his own gloves) went back to his opponent, lifted his eye lid, made a slit, went backstage again, put his gloves back on, and came back to the ring in south paw position. Can't believe you didn't catch that!

Lol, I guess they don't call him "The Flash" for nothing. Nice avatar btw, I love HnI. Anyway, Nonito showed he was the better fighter, but it seemed like the tide of the fight was changing. Mithalane was like a tank, and just kept coming forward.

**Mr. Ryan** · 11-01-2008, 10:17 PM

Originally posted by Scott9945

A cut on thr eyelid is very serious.* You can feel for yourself how thin the skin is there.* There was no other choice.

Unless you box or have encountered boxers on a regular basis as to care for their safety can you really understand what they go through, especially with a cut. There are fans who think Vitali was stopped prematurely against Lewis. I'm being serious there.

**HappySlip** · 11-01-2008, 10:21 PM

Good fight.. Mthalane looks hungry for the win... A good win for nonito..

another bad stoppage