We need more referees like Keith Hughes

[Steak]

honestly, I like what the ref did too...it guarenteed a great fight. but at the same time, Berto was barely holding compared to other fighters. and that one point ended up playing a big part in the fight

but at the end of the day, I want more refs like him. holding makes fights ugly and destroys infighting, which is often great to watch.

[Pullcounter]

yep, holding shouldnt be tolerated otherwise trainers will teach their boxers to hold instead of punching.

you know berto's team taught him to hold instead fighting on the inside.

[Bea5T]

he should of took points from both

make it a 9-9 round

[Froch You]

I thought the referee did a good job.

[VERDUGO]

Ricky Hatton just PM'ed me and he wanted me to say to the thread starter to go "**** off" .

[Hitman932]

Ref put himself in a bad position by deducting so early. Berto continued to hold throughout the fight and if he were enforcing it the same way late as he was early another point would have been lost.

[warp1432]

I thought he did a pretty piss poor job by staying on camera and in the way constantly. I also think the point deduction was unwarranted. It's not like Berto kept holding and holding without letting go.

That's when the points should come off or he's constantly holding every two seconds without throwing. They were fighting their way out of the clinch and so it wasn't that bad. Berto wasn't holding like every two seconds.

At least he warned him though before the point deductions

[Bhopreign]

The point deduction was awful, they were both touching one another when it was taken and weren't really holding. Hold IS a strategy in boxing, if you dont want a fighter to hold step back and hit him, simple as that.

[P4PKING2008]

Solid performance and was right to penalize Berto.

[bobbito]

true man, he let the fighters take centre stage and because of that we had such a good fight.

i think there is an art to inside fighting and closing the distance and getting your shots off but some fighters push their luck and should be penalised.

I agree...wouldnt have been the same if the ref didnt enforce that....kudos to the ref....