Comments Thread For: NSAC Explain Rios-Chaves DQ Call By Ref Drakulich

[Nicolino]

chaves put his chin on top of rios head trying to get the ref to deduct points on rios.

he's a scumbag and i hope he is banned from ever fighting in america ever again.

i hope he gets sent to guantanamo bay and gets tortured for flopping.

Chaves was already cut in the eye from a headbutt what would you expect him to do?

[Dean_Razorback]

so, dracula admitted that he didn't see the foul but took brandon's corner word as the truth?

[DumpkinsPlus5]

There were a lot of dirty tactics used in this fight. The biggest problem I have was Vic not seeing the fouls and going off reaction. Even if Chaves poked Rios in the eye there was no way Vic could have seen it from that angle. He went off of Rios' reaction which is not the way to ref the fight. Drakulich was doing this all night long, giving warnings to Rios at times when head butts didn't happen because he was reacting to Chaves overreacting. Even in the article it says Vic didn't see the foul. Apparently all you have to do is flop your way into a DQ victory if Vic's the ref.

[DumpkinsPlus5]

so, dracula admitted that he didn't see the foul but took brandon's corner word as the truth?

This right here. That was the problem.

[Bigg Rigg]

But it's ok to headbutt your opponent 70 plus times simply because that's how you fight and it's the only way you can get on the inside and fight your fight...I don't know any boxer on earth who wouldn't have fouled Rios after all that charging with his head. I'm not making excuses for either side but let's be real,fighters leading with their heads is massively dangerous to their opponent and they put in a ref who couldn't understand one boxer but could understand the other. Chaves and his corner yelled at Vic "Cabeza" at least 12 times that fight but he didn't understand it not once....

Exactly!!!!

[sapo13]

Please!!!

Please tell me im not the only one that seen chaves lacing rios face when he had him in a head lock!! he did it more than once!!

[DumpkinsPlus5]

Please tell me im not the only one that seen chaves lacing rios face when he had him in a head lock!! he did it more than once!!

Well I'm not saying he did or didn't. I'm saying the ref didn't see it and shouldn't go off the great acting skills both fighters displayed at certain points in the fight.

[Sugar Q]

I use to like Robert Garcia but it seems he's training his fighters to win by fouling. He's a dirty trainer and his fighters are breaking rules to win, that's not cool at all. You could clearly see Chaves lifting his chin to avoid Rios head all through the whole fight. When the ref isn't seeing the blatant fouls what does Chaves suppose to do?

[.:: JSFD26 ::.]

So where were the warnings and point deduction towards Rios for headbutting? The point deduction was for throwing Chaves not for headbutting.

[pvj]

But it's ok to headbutt your opponent 70 plus times simply because that's how you fight and it's the only way you can get on the inside and fight your fight...I don't know any boxer on earth who wouldn't have fouled Rios after all that charging with his head. I'm not making excuses for either side but let's be real,fighters leading with their heads is massively dangerous to their opponent and they put in a ref who couldn't understand one boxer but could understand the other. Chaves and his corner yelled at Vic "Cabeza" at least 12 times that fight but he didn't understand it not once....

Rios is not always the most pleasant to watch, his style is very rough and unrefined. If u lack speed and head movement, you BETTER keep that chin down! It's what he does, it's what he HAS to do, lol. It's used for defense, not offense.....rough, unrefined, ugly, yes.....dirty, no.