If a fighter get knocked down

[u.b.r.]

they can't. You're absolutely right. I made a couple threads about this after the fight. lots of people on this site have no idea what they are talking about.

If the fighter is unresponsive and does not come forward to the ref the rule is ref must stop the fight in order to protect the safety of the fighter. The people in this board keep talking about being a "warrior" and giving the champ the benefit of the doubt. Has nothing to do with that it's basic rules and safety.

I know that kevin Iole of yahoo boxing wrote about this and even formally complained to Keith Keizer of NSAC.

Uh, they can "just grab" the gloves because they have to. Boxers aren't obligated to hand their gloves to the referee for wiping. The only thing the boxer needs to do is show some sign of awareness in order to fight on. If they can do that, the referee is supposed to wipe their gloves before continuing the fight.

One example I can think of is for all three of the knockdowns in Pacquiao vs. Marquez 1, Cortez reached out for Marquez's gloves to wipe them each time.

Montiel did respond, if only a little. After he got up, he looked over at his corner and tilted his head, then when the ref is telling him to come to him, he turns his hands over, like "I'm here." He also could have spoken to the ref for all we know. Once he jumped to his feet, it wasn't like he was stumbling around like Darchinyan was.

[calihomie818661]

ref should of stop it what if donaire hit him again with a brutal punch montiel would of been hurt way worse or gotten an injury.

[Ilov80s]

The corner is not going to do that because they probably thought that the ref was going to stop it. The ref was trying to get an answer from Montiel and he wasn't responding so the corner probably thought that the ref was going to stop it. The ref just grabbed Montiel gloves and tapped for him like he was doing it and let him continued LOL.

If I am in the corner of a fighter and he takes a punch like that, drops, and begins showing signs of a convulsion or seizure, I would immediately rush the ring to provide medical support. Forget waiting for the ref to stop it.