Legit question - Was that fight stopped prematurely?

[Mukuro]

It was. AJ wasn't landing clean shots, Klit was surviving. BS stoppage.

[APryor]

The ref blew it. He could have stopped it after the second knockdown, but by allowing it to continue he trapped himself into a situation where he had to wait for Wlad to take some big shots again before he could call it. Those shots never came. Joshua was just missing with dangerous punches but nothing really landed. Wlad wasn't throwing many punches but was defending himself. Then the ref stopped it.

Also think Wlad's corner should have thrown in the towel after the second knockdown.

Wasn't a horrible stoppage but showed a little bit of incompetence.

[Vegemil]

If he wasn't going to recover then why let him continue after the second knockdown? He was clearly slipping AJ's shots on the ropes

Idk maybe he was indecisive on whether or not to let him continue. It seemed to take him a bit longer to start it back up afterwards.

[Boxing Goat]

I think it was premature, especially since Wlad had recovered and turned things around earlier in the fight. He was on the ropes but was parrying and blocking the shots at the time.

[boliodogs]

If the ref had not stopped it then I think Aj would have just continue to pound away until he dropped Wlad a third time. It didn't look like there was any chance of Wlad recovering. It looked like there was a good chance of Wlad getting badly hurt if the fight had continued because AJ was throwing and landing heavy bombs. I thought the ref stopped it at the right time because Wlad was done and he wasn't coming back.

[APryor]

The ref blew it. He could have stopped it after the second knockdown, but by allowing it to continue he trapped himself into a situation where he had to wait for Wlad to take some big shots again before he could call it. Those shots never came. Joshua was just missing with dangerous punches but nothing really landed. Wlad wasn't throwing many punches but was defending himself. Then the ref stopped it.

Also think Wlad's corner should have thrown in the towel after the second knockdown.

Wasn't a horrible stoppage but showed a little bit of incompetence.

To be clear, I am talking about the second knockdown of the round, not the fight.

[Mukuro]

Given the fact that he was knocked down earlier, survived and came back, you have to give him the benefit of the doubt. You can't stop the fight when he is slipping shots on the ropes and taking nothing clean.

Watching all those faggy brits celebrating that BS stoppage only pissed me off more.

[HAMMER77777]

If the ref had not stopped it then I think Aj would have just continue to pound away until he dropped Wlad a third time. It didn't look like there was any chance of Wlad recovering. It looked like there was a good chance of Wlad getting badly hurt if the fight had continued because AJ was throwing and landing heavy bombs. I thought the ref stopped it at the right time because Wlad was done and he wasn't coming back.

Agreed. Exactly ^this.

[APryor]

If the ref had not stopped it then I think Aj would have just continue to pound away until he dropped Wlad a third time. It didn't look like there was any chance of Wlad recovering. It looked like there was a good chance of Wlad getting badly hurt if the fight had continued because AJ was throwing and landing heavy bombs. I thought the ref stopped it at the right time because Wlad was done and he wasn't coming back.

I don't know, a 12th round could have been interesting. Joshua would have been exhausted.

[Mr Ehrmantraut]

If you think that was an early stoppage than you are simply a waste of oxygen.