Referee Weeks is a gutless coward!

[Hougigo]

that's like an anti-Malik Scott right there.
I swear he said ten while he was mid rise

[-Kev-]

I thought Alvarado got up in time. And counting up to 10 doesn't automatically mean you are out. The ref can let you go on after 10 if you get up just at 10 and show that you have all your senses, which Mike did.


Weeks did nothing different from what Mercante Jr did with Foreman in the Cotto fight.

[Ivansmamma]

It would have been garbage to stop the fight at the first knockdown, alvorado was clearly ready to fight, wanted to fight, ruslan wanted to fight, the audience wanted a fight. It would have been bull**** to stop it at that point... Those guys are two warriors haden't been right to stop it in such a way on a technicality. They wanted to fight it out to the end and thats what they did.

[Light_Speed]

Weeks is one of the best refs in the business, I'm glad he didn't stop it because the controversy would have been crazy, now thanks to him we got to see the fight end in an non controversial manner.

Didn't y'all cry about the Scott vs Chisora stoppage?

[Southpawology]

Stop acting like tony weeks gave him a 20 second count, god forbid mike got up at 9 and 7/8ths of a second. If tony stopped it you guys would be b*tching about how tony ruined a potentially classic fight. Seriously cannot win with boxing fans. Tony weeks reffed this fight perfectly.

[4Corners]

Disappointed in the fight, but hey. It is what it is. Alvarado is still the man, Provonikov was just the better man tonight.

[-PBP-]

He was clearly waiting to get up at 9. Weeks did nothing wrong.

[Weebler I]

you dudes b*tch and moan about everything damn, bunch of crybabies ,

instead of hearing mike cry for years how he was getting up he let mike continue and he got stopped now there's no controversy it was a great decision.

It was conclusive but what about the health of the fighter?

The referee has a duty of care, those extra couple of rounds did him no favours physically, they probably scrambled his brain like Bradley who also had a ref keep him in the fight and ended up fighting concussed for 10 rounds.

[Market]

You sound ****** and in the words of roger mayweather " you don't know **** about boxing" he allowed the CHAMP the opportunity to cont fighting. Because he got up before 10 and wanted to cont. He knows what type of fighter Alvarado is, he's the champ and he was at home. You don't end a fight like this, like that idiot. And as far as the corner, once again he knows what type of fighter Alvarado is so he wanted to make sure it was mikes decision..great ****in ref job, def top ref in the business alongside bayless, and the big head older white guy..can't think of his name right now..


But you need to go sit the **** down with ur thought process and crying about the ref dude

[T18Z]

Gotta agree, this is one of those moments where I'm glad we got to see the full fight, it gave Ruslan the type of win he deserved instead of a potential controversial stoppage, even though Weeks did pretty much finish his 10 count like a fool