Poor old Terry O'Connor gets criticised no matter what he does...

[Guest]

Could you imagine the outrage is he would have stopped the fight between the 3rd and 4th round due to Kovalev's cut? LMAO This place would have been hopping

As soon as I saw the **** announced as the ref I thought "here we go..."

Even by Tel standards, that "I'm not stopping it, I was just jumping in to say the bell had rung... two seconds before it rang" routine was a classic.

What a pie-eating ****.

[Sweet Pea 50]

Could you imagine the outrage if he would have stopped the fight between the 3rd and 4th round due to Kovalev's cut? LMAO This place would have been hopping

You should have seen some of the guys over in the guru chat.

"STOP THE FIGHT!"

"LOOK AT DAT CUT! IT'S OVER! STOP IT REF!"

"LULZ PWNED! ****** DRUNK RUSSIAN!"

[Weebler I]

He did let Kovalev get away with hitting Clevely twice while down though.

lol true, he could have DQ'd Krusher and no one could have had any complaints.

[Los Zetas]

TBH we have the worse refs.

What about the guy for Mccklowskey and Chop chop.

[Guest]

TBH we have the worse refs.

What about the guy for Mccklowskey and Chop chop.

I love Ian John Lewis's opening announcement to the fighters: "I am the referee"... just in case they're wondering why a guy in a bow tie in standing in the middle of the ring giving them instructions for.

When he's on the job with his wife he always goes "I am sticking my penis in your vagina."

[Humean]

O'Connor is simply a bad referee and an atrocious judge. I'm not sure he is really especially biased towards British fighters, he is just incompetent in other ways. Having said that would he have let the end of the round bell mask what looked to be his waving off of the fight if it had been Kovalev?

[TGD]

Clearly waved the fight off, then nearly knocked Cleverley out himself when he bundled him into the corner

[Sweet Pea 50]

I love Ian John Lewis's opening announcement to the fighters: "I am the referee"... just in case they're wondering why a guy in a bow tie in standing in the middle of the ring giving them instructions for.

When he's on the job with his wife he always goes "I am sticking my penis in your vagina."

[Guest]

would he have let the end of the round bell mask what looked to be his waving off of the fight if it had been Kovalev?

Of course he would. The guy's the most objective official in the sport FFS.

Look at the way Amir Khan't was totally KTFO against Breidis Prescott and he gave him about 86 chances to get up and a standing 88 count. If that was Breidis he would have stopped it before he hit the floor. The exact same treatment to both men.

[deanrw]

You should have seen some of the guys over in the guru chat.

"STOP THE FIGHT!"

"LOOK AT DAT CUT! IT'S OVER! STOP IT REF!"

"LULZ PWNED! ****** DRUNK RUSSIAN!"

LOL I saw them. I was lurking in there. After he carried him back to the stool, I was waiting for him to cause a giant delay at the beginning of the forth. I think I saw the ref sticking a toothbrush in the back of his throat, but he didn't barf in the middle of the ring time.