"Referee Laurence Cole"

[-EAGLE-]

well you had a big tv and you didn't see ****; the ref was awfull and obviously you don't know **** about boxing and **** about referees.

end of thread.

[chillin8]

I watched it on a 60" LED LCD in HD, and i say he should get his license taken away from him.

Wow,, i would like to know what Cole did to make you think he did such a bad job...LOL

[chillin8]

well you had a big tv and you didn't see ****; the ref was awfull and obviously you don't know **** about boxing and **** about referees.

end of thread.

Would you like to back up your statement with some kind of valid arguement...? please explain..

[deuce_drop]

no cole did a botched job again, always does. dude is consistent in missing calls, making bad calls, and crossing the line as a professional ref; telling marquez he was ahead on the cards and could stop the fight due to the cut he received from a headbutt......???....... wtf is that, was cole looking out for someones bet? or his own? one thing a ref is not allowed to give advice during the fight and not allowed to persuade a fighter into a decision.

guy missed a legit knockdown in the fight last night as well missed back of the head punches and low blow from both fighters, like i've said, either cole is a complete idiot or he's on the take....... no two ways about it.

[Guest]

Wow,, i would like to know what Cole did to make you think he did such a bad job...LOL

He

a) missed two knockdowns
b) wasn't even near when the illegal blow happened
c) allowed the doctor to treat a cut at ringside
d) prevented any fighting at all on the ropes.


That's just for starters and that's a pretty bad start.

[-EAGLE-]

Would you like to back up your statement with some kind of valid arguement...? please explain..

repeated low blows; smiling at Dirrell when Dirrel got up from a slip; you saw that ****? it was HILARIOUS!!!; not counting a clear Knockdown (stop with that foot bull****) it was a clear punch;

it was an awfull ref. if you think he did good then you should never give a comment about referees again.

[The Gambler1981]

Me too.

The only reason he gets these fights is he insures the casinos, arenas. etc for liability and has connections.... That's why you see him reffing big fights a lot.


He is an awful ref on the whole.

I knew why he got jobs in Texas I never knew why he got work elsewhere other than he was willing to take it and he has done a lot of fairly big fights.

I thought he was doing a better job in a couple fights recently but this fight was a definite set back.

[Khalid X]

I watched the fight last night(55 inch lcd, not no stream or youtube bull****) and i gotta say overall Referee Cole did a good job.. Compared to recieving criticism from his recent fights, i thought by far this was his better refereeing fights.. Cole early in the fight warned Andre about pushing off with his forearms which i thought was a good call, also Abraham was warned for measureing with the left arm...Later Cole gave Abraham a breather for a borderline punch which was questionable, but cole did say Abraham pushed the punch down with his guard...at the end of the 7th Andre landed a counter which sent Abraham falling but the ropes prevented Abraham form hitting the canvas, by rule it should of been a KD,, Cole missed this one,,Later in the fight in the middle of the round Cole called the doctor to look at Abraham cut above the right eye.. The doctor spent nearly 2 min not only looking at the cut but putting pressure on the cut to try to stop the bleeding and wiping the rest of the blood of a Abrahams face,, for a minute there i thought the doctor was a cut man...Later in the fight Abraham landed a right forcing Andre on his behind..This was a questionable call, as the punch did land but also the feet did come together as Andre was unable to get his feet under him..Good call on Cole to see this one. Late in the fight when Andre slipped and was punched when he was on the ground,,Cole right away tried getting a response from Andre and without hesitation called for medical staff when Andre was unresponsive..I think this was an excellent call by Cole since the Safety of our boxers is the number 1 priorty in the sport..i rate Cole performance 8 out of 10 being the highest...

Your my boy Chillin, but people on NSB aint trying to hear that. Be prepared to get flamed like crazy for this thread...lol

[chillin8]

he did horrible. he should have been closer at the end and he missed two knockdowns. everytime i locked for the ref he was always too far away from the action.

Well one knockdown was questionable, he did miss one and that was at the end of the 7th the ropes kept Abraham from falling... the other clearly showed the feet coming together.. as far as Cole not being close, it maybe because of Andre constantly using his footwork...

[Guest]

I knew why he got jobs in Texas I never knew why he got work elsewhere other than he was willing to take it and he has done a lot of fairly big fights.

I thought he was doing a better job in a couple fights recently but this fight was a definite set back.

http://02fa327.netsolhost.com/

See link for his agency. Seems like a conflict of interest to me yet not many complain.