Do u think refs are intimidated by big name fighters?

[bojangles1987]

It's a natural bias that exists in every sport. I guess whatever you want to believe is the cause for that bias, you can believe it.

[#1Assassin]

badou jack shouldnt have been stopped after the first knockdown. getting hurt is part of the business, the real question is how you respond. he was hurt but he knew were he was and wanted to continue. after he showed an inability to buy time and recover the ref did the right thing stopping it, but he needs to be given that opportunity.

i havent seen the pearson fight yet but considering he recovered thats all but proof he was okay to continue. the refs job isnt to babysit the fighters its to stop the fight when a fighter is at risk of getting permanently hurt or isnt capable of defending himself. thats clearly notthe case when someone comes back to win. dont get me wrong, there are instances when a fighter is allowed to continue and goes the distance but teh fight still should have been stopped. thats generally not the case though.

[boliodogs]

A good referee wouldn't do that but some referees do. UK referees almost always do what they can to help the UK fighter win over a visiting fighter. It's a UK tradition.

[boliodogs]

This. Case in point the Yuri foreman fight where the ref told Yuri he didnt want him going out like that and letting Yuri continue. He let Yuri be a champ until the end.

But Id say most are influenced and some maybe intimidated or maybe not intimidated always but there's also bias.

What that referee did was outrageous. If a fighter says I quit or his corner says he has had enough then that's it and the fight is over. The referee is not supposed to question the decision of the fighter or his corner to quit the fight. The referee is not supposed to give the fighter a pep talk and try to convince him to keep fighting.

[FerFAL]

It's a natural bias that exists in every sport. I guess whatever you want to believe is the cause for that bias, you can believe it.

That's just not true. Whenever there's a ref. there can be some bias, but box is by far the sport in which the bias of both ref. and judges is the worst.
There's several cases of dozens, even hundreds of fouls that should have gotten boxers DQ dozens of times over being completely ignored, while if the non-protected boxer does the slightest mistake, he immediately gets it brought to his attention and gets a point deducted so as to not even think of doing that again. We see that BS all the time. Then there's judges that are very clearly in someone's pocket.
Its too bad, but it is what it is.

[-MAKAVELLI-]

I think influenced is a better word than intimidated.

Like Smoger was influenced by B-Hop not necessarily intimidated by him.

lawrence cole's dumbass also came to mind