POLL: Was the Khan vs Peterson Ref in the wrong?

[Konstantin]

Ref was pretty biased.

There needs to be a ****ing rule on clinching in boxing because this **** is ridiculous. Either you make every referee let them fight or you make every referee them break. The fact that the outcome of a fight can be decided by having one referee instead of a different one is one of the worst things about boxing.

[Einstien]

Im in agreement the ref was entitled to take those points off of Khan and once he had made the stand of not tolerating the infringement then Khan should have wised up and knocked it off....

However many on here disagree and some of them i respect as posters so lets put it to a vote

Was the Ref right or wrong to deduct - YES or NO?

It was obviously his discretion to take a point so no one can argue it. I mean im no big fan of Khan or Peterson but the ref was warning him from round 1 or 2 all the way to the end.

If you dont listen to the ref then he has to put his foot down....too bad the foot was on Khans throat.

[FearAndLoathing]

Fair enough, I cant remember that but will take your word for it, toegate has distorted my memory. To be honest can see it from both sides, the ref did warn him a hell of a lot, I just think that losing his belts due to 'pushing' is bull ****.

[NEETzsche]

he was in the right, but he could have done a better job of letting khan know on no uncertain terms that he was going to earn himself another point deduction.

[turkas]

Lederman had it a draw iirc. I was surprised my scorecard pretty much matched his...that rarely happens.

Lederman had it 113-112 Khan.

I agree though my scorecard was almost exactly the same as Lederman's minus one round. That rarely happens for me either.

[gmc_rfc_06]

He was right to take points, but he could have taken them at a number of different points.

The pushing wasn't as bad as the holding Peterson's head down.

[The Surgeon]

42 Votes for in the right 41 for in the wrong, Boxing Scene looking pretty split on this!

[IronDanHamza]

He gave warnings but didn't say "if you push one more time I'm taking a point away". So he was wrong IMO.

Saying "Last warning, stop pushing" is pretty much the exact same thing.

He gave him a last warning, Khan continuing to push after that is his fault and outright ******.

[Sin City]

I don't ever remember seeing points taken for pushing. I've seen everyone from Cotto to Mayweather, to Bernard Hopkins do it.

Peterson was pushing as well and wasn't warned.

Peterson was coming with his head in in attempts to head but and wasn't warned.

If he would have addressed the concerns fairly on both sides I wouldn't mind as much but he didn't.

[ThePunchingBag]

The fact that you even have to bring it up tells the whole story.

Terrible ref. Was more interested in making a name for himself rather than ref a fair fight.