Worse Stoppage Ever! Rodriguez vs Baker?

[Gucci]

Worse Stoppage Ever! Rodriguez vs Baker?


The guy was obviously just rolling with the punches, showed no sign of being hurt or not being able to protect himself.

wtf.

[mrpain81]

Rodriguez was going to have trouble if they didn't stop it, he was going to gas throwing all those shots. Baker looked like nothing much but dude had a solid chin and has some pop, it was crap.

Calzaghe type stoppage.

[SN!PER]

If only the days of Jack Dempsey vs. Jess Willard could return.

[FlatLine]

Amazingly bad stoppage but the one saving grace for the ref is that he did give a little signal to Baker that he was going to jump in but Baker didn't react (although I'm not sure if he saw the signal, it was like a little half jump in/retreat with his hands raised about 5 seconds before the real one)

[The Hammer]

He wasn't throwing back.

The referee had no choice.

He wasn't really hurt, but he shouldn't have been just standing there taking punches without moving or throwing back.

[Redd Foxx]

He wasn't throwing back.

The referee had no choice.

He wasn't really hurt, but he shouldn't have been just standing there taking punches without moving or throwing back.

^This. The ref needs to protect the fighters and when one isn't fighting, you can't just let it go for the sake of the fans. Wasn't a compelling stoppage but there wasn't any reason to keep it going, this isn't mma, it's sport.

[SkillspayBills]

His reaction afterwards was literally priceless. You could make memes for days from his face after the stoppage.

[b00g13man]

I agree he wasn't hurt, but you've got to throw punches. I think the ref was right.

[REMOVE SHARK 55]

Not too bad you must show the referee you're capable of defending yourself at all times. Edwin was landing at will and a referees main objective is fighter safety.

[Santa_]

That referee should be banned for life.