Was Chisora vs Pala another bs UK stoppage?

[bojangles1987]

Not the worst ever, but still bad. Obvious move was to separate the fighters and let Pala turn around, instead he stopped it. If Pala wanted to quit after he was turned around, he could have.

[taansend]

Completely crap stoppage.

Whenever a fighter goes to a corner & d****s his arms over the ropes & allows the opponent to keep punching him it is obviously a ploy.

Not sure what the Ref was think but Shoulder Roll is still pissed off because of the behaviour of the English Ref in the Benn McClellan fight and the other English Ref in the Chisora - Scott fight.

Fights that are EIGHTEEN years apart.

The fact that the first ref was French & the second Ref was Welsh should have no bearing whatsoever on the fact that English refs are terrible based on these two fights 7,000 or so days apart.

[ShoulderRoll]

The fact that the first ref was French & the second Ref was Welsh should have no bearing whatsoever on the fact that English refs are terrible based on these two fights 7,000 or so days apart.

The issue is the quality of the referees for fights held in Britain. Their nationality is irrelevant....they could hire a ref from Timbuktu for all I care as long as he does his job competently.

And the time between fights just shows that this is a problem that has possibly been happening over there off and on for quite a while. I'm not just cherry picking recent fights in order to manufacture a trend.

[techliam]

A fight with British referee and American judges is a match made in hell

[LacedUp]

That's what I think. Should have stopped the action.
Instead we get a B.S stoppage, and this was a B.S stoppage

Well tbh it was a fitting ending to a terrible card.

[taansend]

The issue is the quality of the referees for fights held in Britain. Their nationality is irrelevant....they could hire a ref from Timbuktu for all I care as long as he does his job competently.

And the time between fights just shows that this is a problem that has possibly been happening over there off and on for quite a while. I'm not just cherry picking recent fights in order to manufacture a trend.

If the nationality is irrelevant why did you write this on the Benn McClellan thread?

"English refs anger me to this day because of that fight. How are you going to give Nigel Benn a long count and allow him to continue and then stop the Malik Scott-Chisora fight without giving a proper 10 count?

Horribly inconsistent and unprofessional."

This is what I am referring to. Neither one was English yet you give two examples and neither one is an "English ref".

Almost two decades apart.

You're angered by English Refs because of two fights NOT involving English Refs in different millenniums

[BostonGuy]

If a fighter turns his back to his opponent then he is putting himself at risk for the stoppage. Frequently refs call a halt to fights if a fighter turns his back. Pala was defenseless

[ShoulderRoll]

To more accurately express what I wanted to say I should have written "refs for English fights" instead of "English refs." I'll admit that.

But all the semantic games in the world don't take away the fact that there is a problem over there that is giving a bad reputation to the British boxing scene. Not just because I say it either, others are noticing too.

If you think this is all based on just two fights then you are in denial.

[LacedUp]

To more accurately express what I wanted to say I should have written "refs for English fights" instead of "English refs." I'll admit that.

But all the semantic games in the world don't take away the fact that there is a problem over there that is giving a bad reputation to the British boxing scene. Not just because I say it either, others are noticing too.

If you think this is all based on just two fights then you are in denial.

Is the American scene problem free?

[ShoulderRoll]

Is the American scene problem free?

Of course not. But what does that have to do with this thread?