McGirt threw in the towel because he had money on the fight.

[salsaking]

I have a feeling the towel was thrown at the moment it was because McGirt or his people had some serious money riding on the under in the fight. I was closely following the live betting odds online and as it got closer to the line (11 1/2 rds) the betting lines were skyrocketting in favor of the over since it seemed like Paulie would go the distance. Right at the beginning of round 11 the odds were something like +2500 for the under since all Paulie had to do was survive 1/2 around. Is it a coincidence the fight was stopped 30 seconds before it would've gone into the "over"? I think there's some serious BS going on here..... Any thoughts?

[deevel79]

Although i dont agree with the stoppage, if Paulie had actually done something besides throw one jab at a time and hold, all the while eating leather from Ricky, Buddy would've had no reason to do what he did. Buddy didnt throw this fight. Paulie did.

[Grand Champ]

IMO he threw the towel way too soon, but I don't think it's because the man had money on his fighters opponent :P Could be funny if he had a bet on Hatton though.

[rizkybizness]

and JFK wasn't assasinated by Lee Harvey Oswald, there was a second gunman firing his rifle out of an invisible blimp.

[salsaking]

I dont know man, think about it..... someone with inside info from McGirt decides to put in $100 on the under right at the start of the 11th round..... the payoff on that is $2,500..... if they put $1000 the payoff is $25,000......

[Pullcounter]

I have a feeling the towel was thrown at the moment it was because McGirt or his people had some serious money riding on the under in the fight. I was closely following the live betting odds online and as it got closer to the line (11 1/2 rds) the betting lines were skyrocketting in favor of the over since it seemed like Paulie would go the distance. Right at the beginning of round 11 the odds were something like +2500 for the under since all Paulie had to do was survive 1/2 around. Is it a coincidence the fight was stopped 30 seconds before it would've gone into the "over"? I think there's some serious BS going on here..... Any thoughts?

nah i doubt he had money on the fight

[xzworks]

dont agree, but mcgirt should finish the fight..paulie survives cotto..i think he stop the fight coz paulie makes hatton bad..he can't KO paulie in 140...

[mrpain81]

McGirt has a history of stopping fights, he doesn't like to see his fighters take beatings.

Gatti vs Mayweather

Brewster vs Wlad

Paulie vs Hatton

[Barndog]

McGirt has a history of stopping fights, he doesn't like to see his fighters take beatings.

Gatti vs Mayweather

Brewster vs Wlad

Paulie vs Hatton

A responsible attitude to take.

It's not as if Paulie was protecting a precious perfect record.

[Dan...]

I disagree. He simply recognised that Paulie was way behind on the cards and had no chance of stopping Hatton so he called it. I still don't agree with the stoppage though. Paulie is a tough kid and he deserved to finish the fight on his own terms. The beating he was taking wasn't dangerous.