Did anybody else think that ref was ****?

[vacon04]

Bayless is an excellent referee. It was a world title unification fight, so he gave Khan every opportunity to continue. He wasn't "buying time for Khan" by asking if he was ok and making sure he could walk forward, he was simply doing his job. A referee has to be convinced (beyond reasonable doubt at least) that a fighter is fit to continue before he can resume the action.

The ref's job is to be convinced that a fighter is fit to continue WITHIN THE 10 SECONDS LIMIT. If the fighter is not in condition to continue after those 10 seconds, then the fight is over.

[bojangles1987]

No matter his reasons, whether you think he was intentionally helping Khan or not, Khan was given a lot of opportunities that refs do not usually give a fighter to prove he could continue. 9 times out of 10, a fight gets stopped after that first knockdown. The fight would have been stopped if it had been Garcia on the receiving end of that first knockdown.

Luckily, Garcia closed the show and we didn't end up in a situation where Bayless cost the man the fight by giving Khan time he shouldn't have gotten.

[QballLobo]

Yeah, but this is the kind of decision that can cause a fighter to get permanently injured. The last round was painful to watch, it was only García throwing massive bombs against a Khan who had no legs, wasn't completely aware of his surroundings, and was just covering himself trying to survive.

I see your point, but Khan was fighting back up until the last knock down, even tagged Garcia with a nice right hook that stunned him.
Bayless wasn't perfect (he said nothing after Khan clearly put Garcia in a head lock in the 2nd round) but to say he was ***** is going overboard.
He let the fighters decide it and that's what you want to see.

[vacon04]

I see your point, but Khan was fighting back up until the last knock down, even tagged Garcia with a nice right hook that stunned him.
Bayless wasn't perfect (he said nothing after Khan clearly put Garcia in a head lock in the 2nd round) but to say he was ***** is going overboard.
He let the fighters decide it and that's what you want to see.

Yeah I'm not saying he was shit, but I think this time he made a bad call. At least for me, it was very clear that Khan was in no condition to continue the fight, and that's why I think that this fight should've been stopped earlier.

[Chief2ndzOnly!]

Khan got away with headbutts, he kept warning Garcia for lowblows though most wasn't low at all, a few was borderline but he really read the riot act over it. One was legit as hell AND it hurt Khan though he complained/looked to the ref and the ref b0ll0cked Garcia.

He did however warn Khan for pushing so props there.

But after that first knockdown, are you kidding me? He bought him at least an extra 5-8 seconds & gave him every chance going.

He did it with the second to after he touched down.

When Khan was holding he almost purposely allowed Khan to hit Garcia with an uppercut twice.

What a horribly bias ref!

On a side note, Khan pulled that ****** face again when hurt and he was mocking Judah for his chicken dance hahaha, admit it whatever the fcuk he did at the end of that round did make you smile/laugh. Anybody got a vid/GIF of that?

I expect a whole lot better from you Dan my man.

[Chunk..]

No matter his reasons, whether you think he was intentionally helping Khan or not, Khan was given a lot of opportunities that refs do not usually give a fighter to prove he could continue. 9 times out of 10, a fight gets stopped after that first knockdown. The fight would have been stopped if it had been Garcia on the receiving end of that first knockdown.

Luckily, Garcia closed the show and we didn't end up in a situation where Bayless cost the man the fight by giving Khan time he shouldn't have gotten.

Took him long enough.

[WarriorSoul]

Bayless is the best in the business. The only thing that I would dock him for that fight is that he should have stopped that fight in the second KD, it was obvious Khan didn't recover from the first KD.

[salitap4p#1]

The first knockdown was a KO. He gave Khan about a 13-14 count.

But I don't think there was any deliberate conspiracy to side with Khan. Bayless is a top referee and doesn't play that sort of *****.

[littlemac]

The ref was **** for preventing us fans from seeing Danny beat on Khan some more. I'd wished Kenny would have let Khan continued.

[thebowtod]

Yes, he is world class but not last night. I agree with the thread starter, Bayless gave too many warnings away to Garcia. Most of those body shots were legal - the same punches Khan hurt Judah with. He also bought Khan extra time but I guess that was expected since Garcia was a huge underdog and Khan being the headline.


The most disturbing thing was actually Jim's **** talking again. He gave absolutely no credit to Garcia prior to the first KD and continued his semantics throughout the fight. Like the KO was accidental. It was not. We all knew Khan was the faster fighter but Garcia blocked the hard shots and countered Khan with his own powershots.

The kid showed guts and he deserves more credit.

Btw, another ****** comment from Jim Lampley's mouth about Garcia had me shaking my head. Why the 'ef should Garcia pay for his fathers comments? He was not the one talking smack.

he was hitting him in the pants multiple times! They showed it on replay. Christ not everything is a conspiracy