Mares vs Gonzalez WAS A BAD STOPPAGE

[Cuauhtémoc1520]

Just give a ***in 10 count! What is so wrong about that?

[Boxing Goat]

Did not like that stoppage at all. Mares was getting up but the referee refused to even give him a chance.

Why dont you give a fighter a chance?

Let him get up, see if he can touch his gloves and see if he is able to follow instructions. To not even give him a chance is a disservice to Mares.

I hate referees like this guy and jay nady. Give a fighter a chance to see if he can continue.

I agree, I wanted the fight to continue but given the way Mares was getting up, this in no way was a bad stoppage.

It was a judgement call.

Most likely he would have gotten up and absorbed a few more concussive shots before geting knocked out cold.

No sense in letting that happen to a young fighter like Abner.

He was not going to recover.

That said, I think he will most likely win a rematch if there is one.

[Lords]

he was done after the first KD. good stoppage.

[deanrw]

About three minutes after the fight was stopped, it showed Mares still shaking his head trying to break the cobwebs free, and another 3 minutes past that point, it showed Mares sitting and staring blankly and unfocused into space.

And you still think it was stopped too quick? LOL

[Johnny Rubber]

Good stoppage, his eyes were not focused and it would have ended in the next round. 1 minute would not have been enough time to recover and he would have taken unnecessary punches.

[Hop]

It's really a tough call and I'm not sure whether people understand that.

You are right, and I do. All I am saying is that I think it would have been better officiating if he had given Abner his full count of ten, and then made his assessment. As it is, we are left to speculate, as you see filling this thread. Anyway, that's all I'm saying.

[-MAKAVELLI-]

he was out of it and could have taken too much punishment...although i wanted the fight to continue, i have no issue with the stoppage...Mares would have been lit up had it continued