Comments Thread For: Israil Madrimov Stops Michel Soro in Ninth - Controversy Erupts Over Ending

[KTFOKING]

Madrimov clearly winning and Soro never really looking like he had a real way back in nor that the stoppage was really likely but you still can't just abandon the fkn rules. Won't be super surprised to see the WBA ordering a re-run.

I thought the fight was pretty competitive. Soro was clearly winning the 9th round until the end. Ref let Madrimov get 6 or so shots after the bell. Take those shots away and Soro may have taken the round. Ref messed up here and no one else. Can't blame Madrimov or anyone else. Madrimov was starting to tire as well.

Rematch would be good but why would Madrimov's team want that? Soro is a tough guy to fight and he was coming on. Would be another tough fight in the rematch.

[Mammoth]

The WBA I assume?

What Koba said. The WBA couldn't overturn the result of the Maestre-Fox decision. All they could do was order a rematch. The WBA will probably do so here as well.

[steeve steel]

What did Soro's team expect? A fair shake in Uzbekistan? lol

[Mammoth]

Mmmm. typically it's the governing body, so yeah. If the WBA seriously disagrees with the outcome they haven't got the right to change the result but they have got the right to order a rematch to decide who gets to be mando in their own rankings.

Time to run it back

[Citizen Koba]

I thought the fight was pretty competitive. Soro was clearly winning the 9th round until the end. Ref let Madrimov get 6 or so shots after the bell. Take those shots away and Soro may have taken the round. Ref messed up here and no one else. Can't blame Madrimov or anyone else. Madrimov was starting to tire as well.

Rematch would be good but why would Madrimov's team want that? Soro is a tough guy to fight and he was coming on. Would be another tough fight in the rematch.

It was competitive. it was also wide for Madrimov... despite the fighters being well matched Soro just wasn't quite doing enough and / or Madrimov was just doing enough to nick each round. I had it 7 - 1 but had Soro landed just 2 or 3 more decent punches per round it could possibly have been even.

[Bronx2245]

Sounds like a rematch!

[PeepeePoopooMan]

Lmao people here really dont know how save by the bell works

[Bronx2245]

Israil Madrimov vs Michel Soro highlights and results: Israil Madrimov wins hugely controversial TKO from punches landed after bell in round nine
Israil Madrimov’s TKO win over Michel Soro shouldn’t stand, and may not.
By Scott Christ

Israil Madrimov won his WBA junior middleweight eliminator over Michel Soro today in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, but there’s a lot more to the story than that.

In a compelling fight where both Madrimov (8-0, 6 KO) and Soro (35-3-1, 24 KO) had success, but Madrimov seemed to be getting the better of things through eight rounds — including arguably “stealing” many rounds with late action after Soro had gotten the better of them early — we got what will go down as one of the most controversial finishes in recent memory at the end of round nine.

With Soro definitely hurt and backed to the ropes, Madrimov was pressing the action. But the bell sounded, and Soro was set to escape the round, maybe get his wits back, and go on with a fight that was still competitive on the cards, or should have been.

Instead, when the bell sounded, referee Salvador Rodriguez just kind of stood there, watched Madrimov unload several more punches, and then jumped in to stop the fight. The stoppage would have been fair enough, except the shots that caused the damage that forced Rodriguez to step in were landed well after the bell had sounded to end the ninth round.

Madrimov was the winner. And then, there was a lot of anger from the Soro corner, and then an extended period of confusion while both fighters sat on their stools and officials and promoters and what have you argued outside the ring.

Eventually, the ring announcer got to center ring, set up a comically elaborate announcement with an introductory spiel meant to calm people down, and announced that, in fact, Madrimov was the winner via TKO.

It is a complete nonsense decision, and one that the WBA should really not let stand. In a sense, it’s sort of unfair to Madrimov to make it a no-contest and order a rematch, as he looked like he was probably on his way to a win. But the win did not come fairly as it happened. That’s not Madrimov’s fault, that’s on the referee. If the WBA let this decision stand, it’s a complete farce.

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[Mammoth]

Despite his flaws I liked what I saw from Madrimov. He's got some grit to him.

[KTFOKING]

It was competitive. it was also wide for Madrimov... despite the fighters being well matched Soro just wasn't quite doing enough and / or Madrimov was just doing enough to nick each round. I had it 7 - 1 but had Soro landed just 2 or 3 more decent punches per round it could possibly have been even.

I had it 5-3 Madrimov and was going to be 5-4 before the ending. Soro was doing the better work for most of the rounds until a last minute flurry by Madrimov.

Oh well, let's see what happens next.