Referee for Pacquiao vs Clottey is none other than ... LAURENCE COLE !!!

[Scott9945]

I agree. There was no way Kenny Bayless was going to let Pac get out of the 12th round with Cotto without a TKO victory. Dude was literally waiting for Pac to land one punch to stop the fight. It was embarrassing and simply done to enhance Pac's legacy, so we can look back at it 20 years from now and think that Pac actually did knock Cotto out.

That fight could have easily been stopped a couple of rounds earlier. The ref did the job that Cotto's corner should have.

[Sweet Jesus]

That fight could have easily been stopped a couple of rounds earlier. The ref did the job that Cotto's corner should have.

If that's the case, Kenny could have simply come over to Cotto's corner at the end of the 11th and said "Fight's over". But he didn't, he wanted that image of him jumping in and waving the fight off. It was bull****.

[SOY-COMO-SOY]

bayless has been the ref for the past 4-5 pac fight, so im glad they finally got a new ref, but i dont think that cole will rip pac off, cuz if he did he would be done reffing the big fights.

btw i voted idc

[ModernTalking]

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The Wrong Referee for Pacquiao-Clottey!
by Luis Sebastian Rusiana

In 2003, I can still remember almost throwing a jab-straight combination at our neighbor's television set. I did not just do it once but twice for two very good reasons.

First, Manny Pacquiao clearly slipped accidentally in the first round against Marco Antonio Barrera but then the referee called it a knockdown. Then later on in round six, Pacquiao clearly knocked Barrera down but again the referee made a mistake and called it a slip.

Although I can console myself with the fact that my countryman Pacquiao won, I can never forget how erratic and possibly biased the referee was.

Who was the referee in that bout anyway?

If my memory serves me right, his name is Laurence Cole— the very same Laurence Cole who will be the third man in the ring in the upcoming Pacquiao-Clottey encounter.

Noteworthy here is that three years after Pacquiao vs Barrera, Cole was again in hot water for his bad decisions. That time it was during the Juan Manuel Marquez vs Jimrex Jaca fight.

What happened was that in the middle of round eight Marquez suffered a nasty cut and had to be checked by the ring physician. While his cut was examined, Cole told Marquez that he is already ahead on the scorecards.

Although Cole did not explicitly say it, it was an implication that Marquez had the option to stop the fight anyway he would still win on points.

Thank the heaven's though that Marquez did not buy Cole's advise and decided to fight on. He eventually knocked Jaca out in the next round. Nevertheless, Cole already committed a mortal boxing sin.

Since when was the referee authorized to tell a boxer that he is ahead on points anyway?

Having witnessed what just transpired, I was enraged. That was definitely the most terrible and unethical action I have witnessed a referee do in a boxing match. Out of anger, I swore at that point I would have loved to throw even the kitchen sink at our television set.

With that being said, I certainly hope the organizers of Pacquiao-Clottey would reconsider their choice for the referee in this highly anticipated match up. There are better referees out there anyway. Just to name a few, there's Tony Weeks, Kenny Bayless or even Joe "firm but fair" Cortez.

As sure as the sun will rise, I am sure that thousands, if not millions, of boxing fans out there echo my sentiments on this matter.

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/3...cquiao-clottey

Manny didn't slip, what happen was Barerra stepped on his shoe as he tried to pull away. That caused Manny to fall.

[Texanballer]

For people calling for Bayless or Smoger, i dont think you understand how boxing works. Each state has a commission and they choose who will referee fights in the state. Only time a ref from another state comes in from what i seen is when the state has a weak commission with refs who have little to no experience.

[gibo]

Who else would you expect???? It's Texas

[HaglerSteelChin]

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The Wrong Referee for Pacquiao-Clottey!
by Luis Sebastian Rusiana

In 2003, I can still remember almost throwing a jab-straight combination at our neighbor's television set. I did not just do it once but twice for two very good reasons.

First, Manny Pacquiao clearly slipped accidentally in the first round against Marco Antonio Barrera but then the referee called it a knockdown. Then later on in round six, Pacquiao clearly knocked Barrera down but again the referee made a mistake and called it a slip.

Although I can console myself with the fact that my countryman Pacquiao won, I can never forget how erratic and possibly biased the referee was.

Who was the referee in that bout anyway?

If my memory serves me right, his name is Laurence Cole— the very same Laurence Cole who will be the third man in the ring in the upcoming Pacquiao-Clottey encounter.

Noteworthy here is that three years after Pacquiao vs Barrera, Cole was again in hot water for his bad decisions. That time it was during the Juan Manuel Marquez vs Jimrex Jaca fight.

What happened was that in the middle of round eight Marquez suffered a nasty cut and had to be checked by the ring physician. While his cut was examined, Cole told Marquez that he is already ahead on the scorecards.

Although Cole did not explicitly say it, it was an implication that Marquez had the option to stop the fight anyway he would still win on points.

Thank the heaven's though that Marquez did not buy Cole's advise and decided to fight on. He eventually knocked Jaca out in the next round. Nevertheless, Cole already committed a mortal boxing sin.

Since when was the referee authorized to tell a boxer that he is ahead on points anyway?

Having witnessed what just transpired, I was enraged. That was definitely the most terrible and unethical action I have witnessed a referee do in a boxing match. Out of anger, I swore at that point I would have loved to throw even the kitchen sink at our television set.

With that being said, I certainly hope the organizers of Pacquiao-Clottey would reconsider their choice for the referee in this highly anticipated match up. There are better referees out there anyway. Just to name a few, there's Tony Weeks, Kenny Bayless or even Joe "firm but fair" Cortez.

As sure as the sun will rise, I am sure that thousands, if not millions, of boxing fans out there echo my sentiments on this matter.

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/3...cquiao-clottey

Mawalang galang na Kuya. Hindi ko alam kuya? Hindi ko naiintindahin *******S? You make issue out of this but you didnt care when Nedal Hussein trained by Jeff Fenech went to the phils and had a Pinoy Ref Carlos Padilla give pac a long count in RD 4 of their fight? Or he didnt seperate the fighters in time? So pac can get his second win to avoid definite KO. The same *******s who almost had a puso attack because a boricua ref Joe Cortez might favor Cotto over Pac man.

OO the KD in the Barrera fight was not a KD. But it happens often as refs confuse slips with KD's its not proof of bias or anything.

It makes me laugh when people make it out that pac gets raw deals. I mentioned the Hussein fight and how about dalawa decisions in the JMM fights? Dont worry about pac his promoter is Bob Arum who has Malaking bayag and runs the sport. So i doubt he will get a raw deal.

Instead i think Roach should develop a plan to fight Clottey using more angles and going to the body as the straight left up the middle will be neautrilized by Clottey's armadillo protection up high. If Pac uses speed and boxing he will win but if he fights CLottey the same way as Cotto he will be in for a tough fight.

[bongwater]

Cole is known for giving point penalties without warnings

[miron_lang]

Pac-Barrera??


Damn

He's part of the gang that Rob Luisito Espinosa againts Cesar Sotto. Yeah it was in Texas.

[Left Banned Tua]

His dad is head of the Texas commission.

tell him to tell his dad to give marg his license.