Comments Thread For: Argenis Mendez' Team To Appeal Barthelemy KO Outcome

[Respect Power]

Didn't Margo have plaster versus Mosley too and still got beat down?!!

Yeah and he caught with the wraps right before the Mosley fight in the locker room. Nacime Richardson caught him . And margorito had to fight clean and got his ass whooped.

[BendOver]

Why does it matter what Barthelemy was thinking? Focused on the bell or not, he unarguably landed a KO punch after the bell sounded.

Protect yourself at all times is just a precautionary message to fighters. It doesn't mean that hitting someone after the bell has sounded is permissible. Should fighters also be obligated to protect themselves between rounds while they are on the stool? If an opponent walked up to a fighter in the corner and knocked him out, could we excuse it by saying he should've protected himself at all times?

There's a big difference between going to the corner and knocking your opponent out while been attend it by his seconds and thrwing a combination a fraction of a second after the bell, is not like the bell rang and he got a cooffe brake and then hit mendez, by the way the only reason mendez couldn't protect himself was because he was out on his feet, my guess is that he will not rematch Barthelemy and will keep this controversy as an excuse, the fact of the matter is that he couldn't take Barthelemy punches and that will not change...

[CubanGuyNYC]

Don't mind him, he never say anything positive about any Cuban and he hasn't mention that the bell rang at 2:59 not a 3:00 so go figure

That's another thing. I keep seeing that the KO happened at 2:59 of the second round. Re-watching the KO, I noticed that Bart reeled off a five punch combination. The second punch landed as the first bell rang, and the KO punch landed on the second bell. The timing was such that it seems as if the bell was used as a sound effect. lol

[CubanGuyNYC]

even the cubans that are class b or under are making noise , man

Barthelemy impressed me last night, for the first time. His punches were sharp. He used to have a habit of slapping. The Rances that showed up last night was a beast. He earned his moniker: "Kid Blast."

[BarnBurnerBrawl]

The Russian got lost after the gay underwear comment...must not want to talk about it!! Lol

He's a maricon!

[BarnBurnerBrawl]

I don't find it egregious enough to overturn. The ref didn't step in, and it's reasonable to believe that a bloodthirsty Barthelemy was more focused on his combination than listening for the bell. I weigh these on a case by case basis, and this one falls under protect yourself at all times.

He was trying to protect himself ,his ass got knocked out with his hands still up.

[CubanGuyNYC]

He was trying to protect himself ,his ass got knocked out with his hands still up.

Actually, that's true. Both fighters were still fighting at the bell, it was just Barthelemy throwing all the punches. If Mendez had been feeling good, he would've been throwing right back.

[Public_Enemy]

Impressive performance by Barthelemy. He took the fight to Mendez and hurt him early.

The KO punches did come after the bell. Honestly, I think the bell sounded off late. It should've rung before they even engaged. There should be an immediate rematch. I think the outcome will be similar though.

[Beercules]

He was hit after the bell, oh well it happens. Give him a rematch to be fair. The result will be the same.

[-MEGA-]

I wonder how this will play out. He was clearly hit after the first bell but before the second bell....