Comments Thread For: Ford Beats Kholmatov With Dramatic Last-Second TKO
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I agree, he had to intervene in that moment. My argument is that he stopped it instead of giving him a standing 8 count which would have got him to win on the score card still. Though it's also to say that while not being in the moment where you're looking to protect a fighter.Comment
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What do you mean? There are so many fights where the ref gives a fighter a standing 8 count. I'm not arguing that the result wouldn't have been different, but for the sake of how much time was left, it would have helped Kholmatov see the final bell to win on points. This is an odd one for me, because I'm happy Ford won since he's from Jersey, but also feeling for Kholmatov's situation where everything he did was erased in less than 10 seconds left.Comment
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What do you mean? There are so many fights where the ref gives a fighter a standing 8 count. I'm not arguing that the result wouldn't have been different, but for the sake of how much time was left, it would have helped Kholmatov see the final bell to win on points. This is an odd one for me, because I'm happy Ford won since he's from Jersey, but also feeling for Kholmatov's situation where everything he did was erased in less than 10 seconds left.
Are you confusing the mandatory 8 count from a knockdown with a standing 8?
The ref can only count if there's a knockdown. You don't seem to understand the rules of boxing. The fighter turned his back, that's the same as giving up. That's a TKO loss. It would've been completely absurd for the ref to just arbitrarily declare a knockdown and count it when there wasn't one.Comment
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Is Bradley friends with Ford and his team? I have to assume so. Bradley isn't great but usually does a decent job. Khomaltov was obviously winning the fight by four or five rounds, he was outlanding and landing the bigger punches. Ford's corner knew well he needed a KO to win, kudos to Ford for going out in the 12th and taking the risk and hurting Khomaltov.
Stoppage was iffy for me, Khomaltov was running but if could have been a standing 8. Regardless, Bradley was terrible and obviously pulling for Ford and not commenting fairly at all.Comment
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The Association of Boxing Commissions took the standing 8 count out of pro boxing in 1998. What in the hell are you talking about?
Are you confusing the mandatory 8 count from a knockdown with a standing 8?
The ref can only count if there's a knockdown. You don't seem to understand the rules of boxing. The fighter turned his back, that's the same as giving up. That's a TKO loss. It would've been completely absurd for the ref to just arbitrarily declare a knockdown and count it when there wasn't one.Comment
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The Association of Boxing Commissions took the standing 8 count out of pro boxing in 1998. What in the hell are you talking about?
Are you confusing the mandatory 8 count from a knockdown with a standing 8?
The ref can only count if there's a knockdown. You don't seem to understand the rules of boxing. The fighter turned his back, that's the same as giving up. That's a TKO loss. It would've been completely absurd for the ref to just arbitrarily declare a knockdown and count it when there wasn't one.
The ropes held him up
Could of given him a count
Take a point like a knockdownComment
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This!!! He was done at that point, and he took two punches after he turned his back, and had no defense at that point, so the stoppage was justified.Comment
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