Lost so much respect on Bayless.

[CubanGuyNYC]

Where did you hear it was for headlocks? I've only read that it was for punching on the break, which is total bs.

The fact that no one even knows for sure what it was for is just more evidence of how ridiculous the deduction was.

Fury needed to be warned for those headlocks; he continually used them throughout the fight. But I’m still at a loss as to why Bayless deducted a point. One can say Tyson deserved it for all the headlocks, but the ref never once warned him. And that begs the question: if Bayless was so in favor of Wilder, why didn’t he address the blatant headlocks?

[CubanGuyNYC]

I assume it was for the holding/headlocks because he gave Fury a warning the previous round and said he would start taking points if it continued.

I still didn't expect him to, mostly because these days refs will give 30 ****ing warnings

I don’t recall any warning given for the headlocks. It would make sense, though.

[mlac]

I never respected Bayliss as a reff, he's always been the gun for hire that is blatently bias for whoever hires him. If it was the other way around and Fury was the one barely able to stand up, staggering around the place like a drunk, getting pounded on, you think he lets that go on round after round?

He would of stopped it at the first opportunity. Wilder was gassed out by round 3 & totally done by round 5. Bayliss let him take unneccassery punishment for several rounds, in the hope he would somehow recover, even when it was obvious he wouldnt.

[CubanGuyNYC]

You guys act like being a referee is easy. These two guys were huge in there. Lol sitting at home with your 80” HD complaining about every damn thing.

Lol I was thinking the same thing while watching the fight — must be tough getting between those two monsters. Lol

And yes, I agree that it’s easy to nitpick everything when watching from the outside and with instant replay. On the other hand, when an experienced professional consistently makes mistakes, it should be noted.

[Skip Bayless]

Fury was constantly headlocking him, 100% deserved deduction. He was warned about it

[nacho daddy]

I never respected Bayliss as a reff, he's always been the gun for hire that is blatently bias for whoever hires him. If it was the other way around and Fury was the one barely able to stand up, staggering around the place like a drunk, getting pounded on, you think he lets that go on round after round?

He would of stopped it at the first opportunity. Wilder was gassed out by round 3 & totally done by round 5. Bayliss let him take unneccassery punishment for several rounds, in the hope he would somehow recover, even when it was obvious he wouldnt.

you are totally right. the only reason Bayless let it go on was he was hoping wilder could hurt fury then he would jump in and stop it

[nacho daddy]

Fury was constantly headlocking him, 100% deserved deduction. He was warned about it

wilder said fury broke his neck with the headlocks and messed up his balance which he never had anyway

[Weebler I]

Bayless was on the take for sure, he was pissed when Fury won.

[SCEN3RY]

point deduction was fine. Bayless' mannerisms and facial expressions were not. He looked like he was a spectator during the first knockdown like he didn't understand how could Wilder get knocked down, he looked worried or panicked, it was just weird. But it's not that he was worried for Wilder's safety to the point of stopping the fight, it was like he was trying to understand why is Wilder losing. Idk, it's a serious allegation, I'm just saying his mannerism looked odd to me. Maybe it's nothing, maybe it's just the magnitude of the fight and his own nervousness of reffing correctly what could turn into an ugly bout.

He did look scared of breaking the guys while they were still working on the inside....like he thought they were in a clinch but they were still working and hitting each other. He looked fearful of stepping between them, but felt he needed to break. That's when I thought, they gotta get a former heavyweight/cruiser to ref heavyweights.

[PAC-BOY]

If Bayless was trying to help Wilder, why did he rule it a knockdown when it was a rabbit punch?

You dont avoid a punch by turning your head. You just crushed the #1 rule of Protect yourself at all times .

He was throwing a punch as well and seen fury throwing and because he doesn't know how to Box he turned his head like any average street fighter brawler would do. To avoid getting hit in the face. Bayless is smart enough to see this.

Wasn't like he was walking away and got hit in the back of the head. Wasn't like they were in a clinch and Fury was hitting him in the back of the head on purpose.