Comments Thread For: Cunningham: They Stopped The Fight To Take My Title!

[TheGreatA]

In my mind there's no question that, even if you start counting the moment Cunningham hits the deck, he's on his feet before the count of ten. (I think some people are rushing their counts a little. lol) Steve was wobbly as all get out, but he made it. That was some shot Hernandez smacked him with. Yoan has more power than I imagined.

Looked like a temple shot, those can really shake up one's equilibrium. It took a monumental effort from Cunningham to get up and stand straight to show the referee he was able to continue.

[daggum]

Nah, Hernandez deserved to win. The knockdown could have very well been waived off , fight over the way he was flopping and still staggering when he got up. I don't think he beat a real ten count. That was kinda suprising. I guess Huck is the best CW.

a real ten count? a count is done by the referee and he beat the refs count. it's never exactly ten seconds and if you see on the timer he went down at 36 and his gloves were off the canvas before 26 hits.

[CubanGuyNYC]

Looked like a temple shot, those can really shake up one's equilibrium. It took a monumental effort from Cunningham to get up and stand straight to show the referee he was able to continue.

Once again, we're in agreement. Stupendous physical and mental effort on the part of USS....

[Mr. Invincible]

But it wasn't

He was up before the ref counted 10 so he did.

Yea a slow a55 ten count that was about 14 seconds long. Judah did the same thing against Tszyu and the fight was waived off. Long count as far as I'm concerned and Cunningham is way overrated. He lost easily and is just making sour g****s over it. If he gets a rematch great but nobody should take anything away from Hernandez. He did a hell of a job against the odds.

[megadeth]

You have at least two people who agree with you, including myself.

Didn't seem long to me either.

[Mr. Invincible]

I don't see the point to this when Cunningham actually got up, finished the round and came back to score with telling body shots on Hernandez.

Basically people are saying the fight should have been stopped early for no reason whatsoever. I really don't understand this mentality, do people not wish to see a conclusive fight?

Sure they want to see a conclusive fight but if it had to be stopped at that time, Hernandez deserved the win. Not even a question about it.

[Mr. Invincible]

a real ten count? a count is done by the referee and he beat the refs count. it's never exactly ten seconds and if you see on the timer he went down at 36 and his gloves were off the canvas before 26 hits.

I counted myself when the ref was supposed to start and it was ten seconds when Cunningham got up the 2nd time staggered as hell. We all have an opinion. I'm not saying you are definitely wrong, that's just the way I see it.

[vacon04]

I think it was indeed a long count, but I also agree with Steve when he says they stopped the fight to take his title. I think Cunningham was already dominating the fight and Hernandez was getting really tired. IMO Cunningham would have been able to win the fight on points, but we'll never know.

[arw]

In my mind there's no question that, even if you start counting the moment Cunningham hits the deck, he's on his feet before the count of ten. (I think some people are rushing their counts a little. lol)

^^^^^THIS^^^^^

Yep he beat the count with a sec or 2 to spare...Don't know where one poster got 15sec from

[Spray_resistant]

Yea a slow a55 ten count that was about 14 seconds long. Judah did the same thing against Tszyu and the fight was waived off. Long count as far as I'm concerned and Cunningham is way overrated. He lost easily and is just making sour g****s over it. If he gets a rematch great but nobody should take anything away from Hernandez. He did a hell of a job against the odds.

Counts do not have to be 10 seconds exactly, I mean I know there is a limit and if it takes 20 or half a minute there will be plenty of talk but Hernandez gets nothing from me and no respect as a champion after mentally folding up and letting his corner save him from being on the receiving end of a further beating.