Mercante`s descision on the original stoppage

**-�unny-** · 06-06-2010, 03:11 AM

Referee should have send both fighters away and consulted the corner men and doctor before taking the decision himself he can get someone killed.

**shadeyfizzle** · 06-06-2010, 03:22 AM

Im sure he saw foreman's pain. and he also saw foreman sucking it up and fighting through it like a champion.

And in a championship fight you have to allow the champion the benefit of the doubt.

I like the call by the ref.

**Kball15** · 06-06-2010, 03:22 AM

I thought Mercante made an excellent on the spot decision. Yuri's injury was only to his leg area and would not necessarily be worsened by further participation in the fight.

Mercante said this is a man that wants to fight on in his biggest career moment, and he let the fight continue.

I give Mercante MASSIVE props. thats a decision that takes incredible guts and i think he made the right call

**kymira** · 06-06-2010, 03:26 AM

Originally posted by shadeyfizzle

Im sure he saw foreman's pain. and he also saw foreman sucking it up and fighting through it like a champion.

And in a championship fight you have to allow the champion the benefit of the doubt.

I like the call by the ref.

I agree w you to some extent but it shouldn't matter if the corner has already thrown in the towel and made their decision.

It should always over rule the refs imo

**kymira** · 06-06-2010, 03:30 AM

Originally posted by Kball15

I thought Mercante made an excellent on the spot decision. Yuri's injury was only to his leg area and would not necessarily be worsened by further participation in the fight.

Mercante said this is a man that wants to fight on in his biggest career moment, and he let the fight continue.

I give Mercante MASSIVE props. thats a decision that takes incredible guts and i think he made the right call

I think that they shouldve treated it like a cut, let the doctor decide. The ref was making a gut move not one motivated by his expertise.

**DAN916** · 06-06-2010, 03:34 AM

THey had the choice not to send him back out but they so dont blame the ref for putting him into further risk then they choosed to.

**shadeyfizzle** · 06-06-2010, 03:35 AM

Originally posted by kymira

I think that they shouldve treated it like a cut, let the doctor decide. The ref was making a gut move not one motivated by his expertise.

Except it's not possible to treat a knee injury like a cut. There's no reliable way for a doctor to determine the severity of a knee injury without xrays and an mri.

Only possibly gauge would be whether or not foreman could stand on move around on the leg which he clearly demonstrated he could.

**alb829** · 06-06-2010, 08:31 AM

Hearing Mercante repetitively saying "Suck it up" immediately reminded me of the last time I saw him ref a fight. And it was no shock that it was another Cotto fight. Cotto vs Judah. Where he was telling Zab to "Suck it up" while Cotto was trying to crush Zab's balls into oblivion.

He looked like a dumb meathead telling Foreman to walk it off. He should have just gotten the doctor up there to look at the knee.

**- v e t -** · 06-06-2010, 08:33 AM

Originally posted by kymira

After the towel was thrown, Mercante said he didnt feel like it had to be stopped at that time, which is partly true because Yuri wasn't physically taking much abuse from punches at the time. But didn't he see that yuri was in real pain, and that he was going to fight through regardless of it.

The corner saw this and tried stopping it before risking serious or permanent injury.

Why didnt he ask for a ringside doctor`s opinion?

Shouldn't the final decision come from the corner and not the ref?

whats the Dr gonna say about a superficial knee injury?

its not like he can look at it like a cut, or just do a quick MRI on it.... he only knows what he sees and what the fighter tells him... it could be a mild sprain or as bad as torn ligaments, but asking the Dr wouldnt have helped.... he would have asked Yuri who would have said 'im fine'

Mercante`s descision on the original stoppage