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...
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