People. It's TONY WEEKS. Ya'll musta forgot that's his M/O.

[Vlad_]

You have to understand. "They" wanted Floyd to lose. So there it's ok


But when it's Kovalev on the receiving end, now that's a problem.


People aren't consistent around here. I said the same thing about jabs - Floyd does it, they say you can't win a fight like that. Golovkin does it, "his jab is like a power punch so that's different doe".

That's what I'm trying to tell people. Tony Weeks is not a consistent ref. Never has been. The moment his name was announced for a fight of this level of profile, you should automatically be skeptical of the outcome.

You see now though, it's Kovalev fans screaming low blow. Say the blows were low and that's even debatable given how frickin high Kov's trunks were. You still have to point the finger at Weeks, not Ward.

Ward himself at the post fight even said he didn't know what the hell Weeks was doing.

No they weren't high.

They were actually higher in the first fight, and they were certainly never higher than Ward's:

Fight 1:




Fight 2:

[_Rexy_]

Okay, but not the second time? He fell into the ropes again. Didn't do an 8 count, just stopped it.

Again, I'm not saying premature, but why not give Brook the benefit of the doubt? He's a former world champion.

Because he was ****ed lol

[lopetego]

Canelo/Angulo. Canelo eats a flush combo, Angulo takes one uppercut, Weeks rushes in to stop it despite Angulo not being wobbled by the shot.

Chavez/Johnson. In a fight where one fighter is clearly taking way too much punishment, Weeks doesn't interject until round 11, at which point it's again after relative low activity - way too late. Johnson died after the fight.

Mayweather/Maidana 1. Weeks allowed Maidana to throw low blows with no repercussion. Might have been one warning. It wasn't until the rematch with Kenny Bayless that we saw better officiating.

Alvarado/Provodnikov. Alvarado was getting punished, dropped, etc. The corner couldn't stop the fight, only the ref, and Weeks refused until late in the fight after significant damage had been done.

Corrales/Castillo 1. Yes, I get it. Castillo was taking significant punishment. But he didn't even get a chance to come back at a critical moment in a critical fight. Weeks just jumped in almost the same way he did in Ward Kov 2.




Broner/Porter. Come on, Broner got away with MURDER on those fouls.

EDIT: And another I just recalled from a while ago, Jackson/Uzcategui. Yeah, Uzcategui - that guy that sucker punched Andre Dirrell not long ago. In the Jackson fight Weeks allowed Uz to tee off on the guy with unanswered shots en route to four knockdowns and didn't stop the fight until way late. WAY late. To those trying to justify Corrales/Castillo 1, go watch Jackson/Uzcategui and justify. It was the same damn thing.

So Weeks is either too late or too early and there's no consistency in his approach. But you knew that.

Kovalev had to KO Ward, period point blank. He had no choice. You have no choice when Weeks is the third man.

In the Canelo/Angulo fight, Angulo was basically a punching bag for ginger, and even if that particular combo didn't put him on queer street because of Angulo's chin and never say die attitude, el Perro was taking a sustained, one sided beating for several rounds already.

many fighters have died or gotten their careers shortened for stuff like that, I'm not against a stoppage if a beatdown is too sustained and one sided

Weeks could have saved Margarito from becoming a one eyed zombie because of Pacquiao

[Combat Talk Radio]

Bumping to remind people AGAIN.

Five years strong, five years long.

[johncods]

Bradley/Provodnikov. Bradley was CLEARLY out on his feet. But Pat Russell gave Desert Storm a chance to come back.

My point is, if you're going to stop because a guy is taking punishment, at least give him a courtesy of a counted KD and a standing 8 first to see if they're responsive.

It's like Weeks can't properly measure when a stoppage is too early or too late. It's too early if it's off a single shot or on questionable lands (low blows). It's too late if there were clear opportunities in the rounds leading up to the stoppage.

Are you ******ed? Castillo was KO'ed and held up by the ropes.. That was a perfect stoppage. The ****?

[Combat Talk Radio]

Are you ******ed? Castillo was KO'ed and held up by the ropes.. That was a perfect stoppage. The ****?

You're missing the point.

Pause the action, CHECK the fighter to see if they're responsive. THEN do whatever. Not just do whatever because you want to win a bet.

[Combat Talk Radio]

Been warning since 2017.

[alexnation]

They will ignore this obviously.

You need to update your sig

[satiev1]

canelo/angulo. Canelo eats a flush combo, angulo takes one uppercut, weeks rushes in to stop it despite angulo not being wobbled by the shot.

chavez/johnson. In a fight where one fighter is clearly taking way too much punishment, weeks doesn't interject until round 11, at which point it's again after relative low activity - way too late. Johnson died after the fight.

mayweather/maidana 1. Weeks allowed maidana to throw low blows with no repercussion. Might have been one warning. It wasn't until the rematch with kenny bayless that we saw better officiating.

alvarado/provodnikov. Alvarado was getting punished, dropped, etc. The corner couldn't stop the fight, only the ref, and weeks refused until late in the fight after significant damage had been done.

corrales/castillo 1. Yes, i get it. Castillo was taking significant punishment. But he didn't even get a chance to come back at a critical moment in a critical fight. Weeks just jumped in almost the same way he did in ward kov 2.




broner/porter. Come on, broner got away with murder on those fouls.

jackson/uzcategui. Yeah, uzcategui - that guy that sucker punched andre dirrell not long ago. In the jackson fight weeks allowed uz to tee off on the guy with unanswered shots en route to four knockdowns and didn't stop the fight until way late. Way late. To those trying to justify corrales/castillo 1, go watch jackson/uzcategui and justify. It was the same damn thing.

crawford/brook. crawford lands a shot, wobbles but doesn't hurt kell, gets an 8 count, crawford comes in with another shot, again wobbles but doesn't hurt brook, weeks stops it despite brook being perfectly lucid.

jack/browne: jack gets a nasty cut early on, bleeding all over the place, it goes the distance. Weeks never even considers stopping it.

rolly/barroso: ismael dodges a flurry, gets hit once, weeks rushed in to stop it.


So weeks is either too late or too early and there's no consistency in his approach. But you knew that.

Kovalev had to ko ward, period point blank. He had no choice. You have no choice when weeks is the third man.

kovalev ward 3. He fist bumped ward and both trainers after allowing ward to repeatedly low blow kovalev and then stopped it.