This is why boxing is dying

[jqSide]

Boxing is not a sport that is seen everyday live on TV unlike other sports. I watch tennis or at least a glimpse of it just to keep myself up to date.

Other live sports are not as inaccessible as boxing.

[tomhawq]

Other live sports are not as inaccessible as boxing.

Boxing is still watched by many people in decent numbers, especially now that they found ways to watch it for free in this internet age.

[billeau2]

The ref started counting but In fact he was just counting how long tanks timeout would be which is entirely up to tank after all

Confucius Say: "When fighting Dwarf do not be suprised to get the short end of the stick..."

[billeau2]

I disagree, guys like Jimmy Young & Carl Williams died broke when they should've been millionaires & would've been millionaires if they had been rightfully awarded victories in fights that they won.

Not only is boxing unjust, it's the most unjust sport.

In baseball, basketball, football, etc . . , when you lose, it's just a game, your salary doesn't go up or down based on that.

In boxing, when you lose, your purses don't go up in most instances.

Imagine if Tank doesn't rematch Lamont Roach?

He may never make that much money again.

It's unjust.

Excellent points, why am I not surprised?

Fighters are strong and tough... Given this image, It is hard for people to even imagine how vulnerable they are to the inconsistent and political driven agendas that control the sport and ultimately the destiny of the fighters. And you are exactly right, Roach could really be hurt financially because of a rule not being enforced. I actually do not think the infraction is complicated. The ref does not have to be brought in, any ideas about how the fight would change course are a red herring. Box Officer said it best: "It should be ruled a DQ" because the ref was not asked, a knee was taken, and that is what the rules state.

The commission is so bereft of intelligence and compassion that they used the excuse about taking a point away... The truth is, IF they took the point away, it would be the same result as a DQ anyway. I pity them that they either ignore that fact, or do not know it... But a proper DQ avoids any conflict about what a fighter would do knowing they were down a point and it happens to be the correct ruling.

[MulaKO]

Honestly, it's shocking that of all refs it was Steve Willis who made the bad call. The dude has been in plenty of good fights and generally on point. I think either the moment caught up to him or the hype around Davis. It kind of happened quickly and he thought what the hell is he doing? He must be legit in some kind of "other" trouble to take a knee. Let me stop counting and see what the deal is. In a way, to think he's making a proper call as if Tank was tripped or headbutted.

Though this was not the case. Any fighter that goes down and takes a knee out of nothing should be ruled a knockdown. Makes it worse that this fight was razor thin and a knockdown ruled in Roach's favor would have won him the decision.

Yes , the googly eyed mofo is usually on the ball but what pissed me off is the fact he started the count and then stopped
Why ???
There was only a few numbers left to count and could of gotten the answer right after
Makes me wonder hmmmmmm