Mercante`s descision on the original stoppage

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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.

exactly!!!!!

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'

[6Bound]

Hurt but still bouncing around so...I love Mercante by the way..

[aristotlemoses]

Aren't the cornermen supposed to consult the doc or someone else before they can throw in the towel. He didn't know where that towel came in. I thought he handled it very well. And now to me that just because a small special moment in boxing history. Where even though Yuri was gunna lose he still didn't wanna give up, he showed tremendous heart, where it was foolish or not. And I thought it was good for boxing, and it's good to know we have fighters out there that have heart like that, even if he isn't the most exciting fighter. But he gave us a good showing last night.

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one of the unified rules of boxing...

-only the referee can stop the fight

[shogunn]

i think everyone was in agreement when the towel was thrown that it was a good decision, yet the ref shrugged it off.

Im all for fighters showing toughness and heart, but losing a knee like that has to be one of the worst ring injuries. He cant plant, pivot, or even move side to side. He's forced to try to punch and defend from 1 leg. In my opinion, its alot worse than a cut, and a broken rib. He was almost defenseless, against a still fresh cotto.

props to yuri, but he had no chance after his leg gave out

[Roy Keane]

its the refs choice watch the earl vs katisdis fight earl corner chucked the towel in coz earl was hit with a couple of good shots but as soon at the towel went in the ref chucked it out because earl was fighting back and put katisdis down seconds later.

[AntDawg]

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.

He also said it to Clottey when he fought Cotto after Cotto slammed him down.

[immortal tech]

i think everyone was in agreement when the towel was thrown that it was a good decision, yet the ref shrugged it off.

Im all for fighters showing toughness and heart, but losing a knee like that has to be one of the worst ring injuries. He cant plant, pivot, or even move side to side. He's forced to try to punch and defend from 1 leg. In my opinion, its alot worse than a cut, and a broken rib. He was almost defenseless, against a still fresh cotto.

props to yuri, but he had no chance after his leg gave out

exactly youri had zero mobility and was taking some clean shots form Cotto. the guy was a helpless human punching bag at that moment it was pointless IMO

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Unprofessional crew at ringside.
Where was the doc?

Merchante Jr is terrible and dangerous. I dont want more people get hurt because of his incompetence.
2001 RIP Beethowen

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Unprofessional crew at ringside.
Where was the doc?

Merchante Jr is terrible and dangerous. I dont want more people get hurt because of his incompetence.
2001 RIP Beethowen

a ****ing knee injury??

whats the doc gonna do? whip out his portable MRI???