Premature stoppage IMO

[FeFist]

I think people overlook how dangerous it can be to continue a fight when you're frequently taking punches and those punches are putting you on ***** street. Can people remember Nigel Benn v Gerald McClellan? Truth be told I try to put the fight to the back of my mind but I can't help but think that an unfortunate tragedy could have been avoided if the ref or McClellan's corner stopped things earlier.

I'd rather a ref gamble and stop the fight early than gamble and put the fighters health at risk. If it is found that the fight was stopped early a rematch can be made, if it is found that the fighter is brain damaged not a lot can be done.

[King of Anal]

chisora was doneand the thread starter is obviously biased due to losing money

[Cazadores]

WTF would it matter whether he complained or not? Ever seen a referee wave a fight off then let it go on because a fighter complained?

Sorry I have a different opinion or questioned the stoppage.

What baffles me is that you actually think Chisor was fine. Guys who go limp and hit the ground aren;t fine. Montiel got up too. Do you think he was fine?

[HughJass]

haye was the better fighter tonight imo i do think it was a bit premature but chisora didnt complain so.... haye proved people wrong the night i dont care how many people say he didnt he remained calm and kept his composure even when he was gassing out he still had the power to finish a man with a iron chin he proved me wrong i thought del boy would win on points before the fight i said haye would gas badly and chisora would just keep bobbing and weaving but haye just bombed him out big style

[dan_cov]

the ref cannot take into account time left in the round, its why you cant be saved by the bell, ref treats it as though there is no break coming up, if a fighters health is in trouble doesnt matter if theres one second left at the end of the 12th , its the refs job to stop it.

seriously some of you lot have utterly ****e boxing knowledge

Different commissions have different rules.
Plus that doesn't count if a fighter is on their feet at the time of the bell, which he was.

[Rome-By-Ko]

he looked fine to me, the bell had sounded, Haye of course absolutely spent.

Good fight but disappointed with that stoppage myself though its potentially won me some good coin.

I agree,I thought it was a bad job all the way around by the ref tbh..But that stoppage was terrible...

[dan_cov]

chisora was doneand the thread starter is obviously biased due to losing money

Lost no money, not yet anyway.
I have Haye & Khan by K.O, TKO, TD or DQ

[#1Assassin]

If modern boxing is different to the olden day black and white footage of boxing then the stoppage is ok. Olden day boxing you had to nail opponents to the floor to get stoppages.

But chisora looked ok when he got up, a bit shaky but that is what happens when you get knocked down.

in the "olden day" they also didnt have brain scans, rest periods after KO losses or even allowed the fighters to gain consciusness bafore dragging them out of the ring. theres a reason they left that in the past, its called progress. a fighters health comes first, they dont stop it for no reason.

chisora went down once and barely beat the count, once back on his feet he showed a complete inability to fight hurt. instead of clinching, covering up and avoid getting hit at all costs he left himself more open than he had all night. he wasnt intelligently defending himself at all and haye was bouncing flush shots off his jaw with full force. he went down hard, barely beat the count again and wobbled backwards. he left the ref no choice, had he showed he knew what to do in that situation maybe he deserved another chance but when you arent intelligently defending yourself the ref has to do it for you.

[Evol]

It wasn't a bad stoppage, refs should protect a fighters health and if Chisora went out there for another round he would have been ****** up pretty bad.

and this is a bad thing because chisora is a nice person??? the stoppage is pure BS considering the tension leading up to the fight. hyped fight from the start like this never deliver come fight night.

[Money Shot]

I agree he should have let Chisora have the time on the stool and then stopped it if he got caught again. That said, I thought Chisora fought like a guy who had never been floored after the first knock down. What was he doing swinging arm punches when he should have been holding on? Naive.