Amir Mansour vs Steve Cunningham April 4th

[Hougigo]

He did, ref could've given him 10. But, I still think Stevens would've finished him, he was in berserker mode.

I need to rewatch that. I couldn't see if he was bending down with his arms up or bending down with his arms down. I jsut saw him bending down.

But you get what I'm saying though. dude was in the last minute of the last round and it looked like the ref was quick to jump in.

[daggum]

i had it 5-4 johnson going into the 10th. rounds 1, 4, 5 and 8 to stevens. you guys really love your slap boxing champs don't you. look he's coming forward and moving his hands! is he landing anything good? no but he's coming forward and moving his hands!

[mathed]

Me personally, Stevens was losing because he was inactive and Johnson was outworking him. i mean, he usually threw less than 10 punches the first minute and Johnson was smothering him, taking his offense away.

I actually thought that Johnson threw more than 650-ish

Stevens was too inactive for me while Johnson was too active.... that's just me

Johnson's activity and Stevens lack of it was the main reason why I was giving rounds to Johnson because Stevens punches were doing more damage.

Think I was 3-5-1 for Johnson or something heading into the 10th.

[Weebler I]

Me personally, Stevens was losing because he was inactive and Johnson was outworking him. i mean, he usually threw less than 10 punches the first minute and Johnson was smothering him, taking his offense away.

I actually thought that Johnson threw more than 650-ish

Stevens was too inactive for me while Johnson was too active.... that's just me

Yeah, if it was on activity it was close to a shut-out but I felt Johnson was hurt repeatedly during the fight, harder shots were Stevens. He recovered every time, until the last round.

Ref was clearly on Stevens side, but that's boxing for you.

[The Problem Child]

That's kinda the way I feel...if he wasn't up so much, it may be different but he was winning the fight, at least give him a chance to see it through regardless if he gets knocked out or not.

Yeah, no doubt.

Heartbreaking loss for Johnson. My respect to both though.

[VatoMulatto]

Stevens doesn't have enough in the tank to get the stoppage now. He's going to have to pull something out of his ass.

Yes he did...

[Jubei]

poor stoppage, like always, when the fighter who is supposed to lose is getting hurt, refs are jumping in at once, that needs to stop. Johnson got caught but he already recovered when the ref stopped it. Would have won this fight easily, won 6 of the 9 rounds so far.

[Weebler I]

Yes he did...

Some fighters only need one shot. John Molina-Mickey Bey springs to mind. Power, the great equaliser.

[deanrw]

Was it premature? A bit, but the guy was quite out on his feet. When the ref first jumped in, Johnson had an expressionless look, about 2-3 seconds later he snapped out of it and started complaining.

I would have liked at least one more good shot land, but long grueling fights when a fighter is tired and hurt and that one more punch can be dangerous. If it was earlier in the fight and it ended like that I would have been outraged. Late in a long fight it does not bother me as much.

[Weebler I]

poor stoppage, like always, when the fighter who is supposed to lose is getting hurt, refs are jumping in at once, that needs to stop. Johnson got caught but he already recovered when the ref stopped it. Would have won this fight easily, won 6 of the 9 rounds so far.

I think we'll probably see more of it. Mago incident has definitely had an effect. Refs now have the excuse to stop it a touch early (as in UK). In saying that, better safe that sorry imo, Johnson was badly hurt and Stevens's left hand is no joke that situation.