Cunnigham-Ross-Do you think it was the corect call?

[catalinul]

Pretty hard call there......I honestly thought Cunningham thumbed Ross in the eye and produced that bad cut/malformation therefore I don't think a TKO for Cunningham is really that fair to Ross not to mention I think he was winning the fight after 4 rounds.
Ross was a class act and said the doctor and the ref did their job.
Considering a Super 6 at CW is on the loom a rematch doesn't seem likely.
Thoughts?

[The Hammer]

No, it shouldn't have been a TKO.

It should have gone to the scorecards because the injury was caused by a thumb in the eye.

[illmaticfighter]

until instant reply is apart of boxing yes it was all the ref had to go on was it was a punch so it was the right call.

but if instant reply was involved the ref would have seen it was more than a punch.

[sebspeed]

I think the fight will be changed to a No-Contest!

[STEELHEAD]

didnt catch fight.
did replays show thumbing? or was it still questionable?
close fight or was ross realy ahead?

did ross corner protest? going to file complaint?

[catalinul]

I think the fight will be changed to a No-Contest!

I highly doubt that.

This is Sauerland we're talking about here.

[#1Assassin]

didnt catch fight.
did replays show thumbing? or was it still questionable?
close fight or was ross realy ahead?

did ross corner protest? going to file complaint?

it was oficially a draw due to ross dropping cunningham in the 4th. i think ross should have been ahead though and most ppl seem to agree, but he was fighting a sauerland fighter so what do u expect?

nobody complained as far as i could tell, atleast not in the ring. ross said the day after he was thumbed but not while in the ring.

it was clearly a thumb, but its not like he intended to thumb him, he threw a punch and that part of the glove is what did the damage. if its a glove with an attached thumb (which i think it was) i think it counts as a legal blow. im not sure though. eighter way its questionable, since he threw a punch and didnt intentionally thumb him.

i dont think filing a complaint will do em any good. realisticly the best ross can hope for is the pole fights huck next so he can rematch cunningham while hes waiting to unify. or take on one of the losers of a unification.

[catalinul]

didnt catch fight.
did replays show thumbing? or was it still questionable?
close fight or was ross realy ahead?

did ross corner protest? going to file complaint?

To be honest it looked like more of a thumb live than on replay,or more clearly.The punch seemed to hurt Ross after it landed altough it didn't look powerful at all.

This instance is not very clear but anyway:


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The fight was close but Ross had to be ahead after 4,Cunningham won the 1st,Ross the 2nd,the 3rd was very close,I thought Ross edged it out and he won the 4th 10-8 so I'd think he had to be ahead.

[oaklandstephen]

is it even possible to thumb someone in the eye with todays gloves? i dont think it is.

[aristotlemoses]

Either way they should just rematch. It's not like cruiserweight is a hotbed of activity at the moment.