Comments Thread For: Jeremias Ponce Beats Down, Drops, Stops Lewis Ritson in Tenth

[James Hunt]

Wow! Has that happened before-ref throwing the towel back?

[Dakuwaqa]

****ing ref... that was disgusting. Ritson had nothing left.

I've never seen that before. Just completely ignoring the towel ? Outrageous

[TJ highway]

It over Ritson is done. Weird what's with the ref not stopping the fight when Ritson's corner threw in the towel.

[TheMyspaceDayz]

I think the ref saw the audience had never been completely taken out of it. Spurts of singing here and there. Even after the third knockdown some people were complaining. Had to let Ponce erase all doubt.

And to answer a question above, it has happened before. Not common but it’s the rules. It’s up to the ref or doc to stop it.

[BigZ44]

I've never seen that before. Just completely ignoring the towel ? Outrageous

I've seen it a couple other times, during the round it's not automatic, it's under the refs judgement, wish they wouldn't immediately call off fights from the towel more often

[BigZ44]

Ritson should just focus on a fun domestic career at this point. Do something like Robbie Davies vs Tom Farrell and Ritson vs Joe Hughes, with the winners meeting

[Oldskoolg]

The referee doesn’t have to accept the Rowell but I never understood why one would reject it of the corner is looking out for the welfare of the fighter. This is definitely something boxing needs to reevaluate. Throwing in the towel should definitely end a fight

[Citizen Koba]

I've seen it a couple other times, during the round it's not automatic, it's under the refs judgement, wish they wouldn't immediately call off fights from the towel more often

Sometimes it's justified but in this case Ritson was absolutely done... there was no way back and he was just taking punishment.

[YoungManRumble]

Was trying to tell people about Ponce a bit but I didn't think he'd be this dominant. Strange ending though. Ref a big Vazquez fan/backer maybe?

[Dakuwaqa]

I've seen it a couple other times, during the round it's not automatic, it's under the refs judgement, wish they wouldn't immediately call off fights from the towel more often

I completely disagree. No one knows the fighter like his trainer. If his trainer has seen enough a towel should end the fight. It should be an unwritten rule to prevent towels being thrown in by an inebriated trainer in the first round as a joke.