Disgraceful Refereeing

[Pullcounter]

That was a scandalous decision. There's no way in hell Taylor should have been allowed to continue after that knockdown.

nah, if taylor could of held on he might have won

[Mozza]

And there have been many fighters who have said they been hit so hard that it caused them to forget the rest of the fight and they still fought on and won.

Fighters fight hurt all the time.

Could the fight have been stopped after the first knockdown? Sure. Taylor could have stayed down; his trainer could have stepped in; and it's up to the ref to call it.
Should it have? depends on your fighter in many ways. The stoppage the way it happened was better.


For health reasons: yeah, after the first knock-down it should have been stopped but if we are getting into the health issue, it's better just not to box and ban it. Although, we can just keep it with the point style fights the amateur system has. Good luck on selling that in America even in its pussified state at the moment. But you can have it. The World doesn't revolve around America. But, how about you have your way of fighting and we have ours.

Three people decide: The Fighter, The trainer, The ref. The Refs is the key since he isn't bias to the fighter (hopefully), although refs know certain fighters can handle more, which is why Gatti was allowed to go despite taking a beating.


It was also the LAST ROUND in a Championship fight.



The Ref did a Good job.

I'm not talking about other instances of fighters getting hurt. If I was that averse to the risks of boxing I wouldn't be watching fights. I'm questioning how anyone could have looked at Taylor on the floor and thought he was going to be able to defend himself.

[Mozza]

nah, if taylor could of held on he might have won

That's irrelevant, the referee isn't there to give Jermain Taylor the best shot at winning, he's there to make sure he's healthy and he very nearly wasn't.

[!! Shawn]

Okay Mozza, here is why you are wrong. Taylor was ahead in the fight. Taylor had not taken much if any punishment over the preceding 12 rounds, and he like every fighter deserves the chance to get up.

This is not like the Pavlik fight where he on the receiving end of a beat down for the entire fight before being brutally knocked down. He got tired, got hit with a few ****** punches, and went down.

That is not grounds for a stoppage, that is a reason why fights are not stopped when a fighter gets knocked down. There is a reason why there is a 10 count for fights to beat.

[Weebler I]

nah, if taylor could of held on he might have won

bull****, he got brutalized because of the ref

[Benny Leonard]

I'm not talking about other instances of fighters getting hurt. If I was that averse to the risks of boxing I wouldn't be watching fights. I'm questioning how anyone could have looked at Taylor on the floor and thought he was going to be able to defend himself.

Well then I suggest not watching fights that take place in America. Even now, despite the change in stopping fights earlier than the Olden Days, that's the way a lot of fights happen.

Damn...I wonder what you would of said about the fights way back when.