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Edison Miranda: Victim or Vindictive? ( )
Most respected sports writers that have had the opportunity to view the fight have Miranda winning, even after the ridiculous 5 points deducted from him. This will clearly be seen as they independently write their columns over the next few days. Initially, the only reports coming out of Germany were in fact from German reporters. However, now that many reporters are finally viewing the fight for themselves, they believe a crime was committed in Germany. They are all amazed at the poor job performed by the referee as well as the judges. Even more so, they are amazed that Sauerland forced Abraham to continue to fight even though his life was in danger.
Apparently, the IBF agrees with these respected journalists because, on 9/29, they have ruled to leave Edison Miranda at the #1 spot in the world. He remains the mandatory challenger for Abraham’s belt, should Abraham ever make a full recovery. It is suspected that he will remain at the number one spot in the WBO as well. Many independent rankings have actually moved Miranda up in their rankings as opposed to down after the so-called loss.
The overall consensus is that the referee did a miserable job in controlling the fight. He had no command in the ring and was constantly looking for help from the scorer’s table as to which decision to make. Specifically in round 5, he stopped the action due to an intentional head butt by Miranda. The head butt did occur and many feel it was accidental in that Miranda was trying to avoid a rabbit punch by Abraham. Some do feel it was an intentional head butt. After breaking the action for the head butt, Abraham started to receive medical attention for not his head, but his broken jaw and blood- gushing lip. These injuries all came from clean punches that Miranda landed earlier in the fight. The ringside physician did not only inspect his lip, but tried effortlessly to stop the bleeding. In fact, another person from the stands believed to be a doctor came up to the ring to assist him as well. This treatment continued for almost 5 minutes. Additionally, the doctor was never called to the ring by the referee to attend to Abraham which is an infraction of IBF rules since it was in the middle of a round. The doctor was receiving all types of medical supplies from people in the stands as well as from Sauerland employees as well as from Abraham’s actual cut man. It was apparent that this doctor was not inspecting the injury, but trying to prevent the bleeding so Abraham could continue.
Finally, Lindsey Tucker, the supervisor from the IBF, is heard telling the referee (Randy Neuman) that ‘the corner is trying to convince the doctor to stop the fight’. Neuman quickly decided to go to the scorecards suggesting that he thought the cut on the lip came from the head butt. However, anyone watching the fight, including, Neuman, could clearly see that blood was flowing from Abraham since round 4. Also, after the head butt, Abraham, held his glove to his ear, far away from the jaw and lip injury signifying that the head butt had nothing to do with his lip injury.
Most respected sports writers that have had the opportunity to view the fight have Miranda winning, even after the ridiculous 5 points deducted from him. This will clearly be seen as they independently write their columns over the next few days. Initially, the only reports coming out of Germany were in fact from German reporters. However, now that many reporters are finally viewing the fight for themselves, they believe a crime was committed in Germany. They are all amazed at the poor job performed by the referee as well as the judges. Even more so, they are amazed that Sauerland forced Abraham to continue to fight even though his life was in danger.
Apparently, the IBF agrees with these respected journalists because, on 9/29, they have ruled to leave Edison Miranda at the #1 spot in the world. He remains the mandatory challenger for Abraham’s belt, should Abraham ever make a full recovery. It is suspected that he will remain at the number one spot in the WBO as well. Many independent rankings have actually moved Miranda up in their rankings as opposed to down after the so-called loss.
The overall consensus is that the referee did a miserable job in controlling the fight. He had no command in the ring and was constantly looking for help from the scorer’s table as to which decision to make. Specifically in round 5, he stopped the action due to an intentional head butt by Miranda. The head butt did occur and many feel it was accidental in that Miranda was trying to avoid a rabbit punch by Abraham. Some do feel it was an intentional head butt. After breaking the action for the head butt, Abraham started to receive medical attention for not his head, but his broken jaw and blood- gushing lip. These injuries all came from clean punches that Miranda landed earlier in the fight. The ringside physician did not only inspect his lip, but tried effortlessly to stop the bleeding. In fact, another person from the stands believed to be a doctor came up to the ring to assist him as well. This treatment continued for almost 5 minutes. Additionally, the doctor was never called to the ring by the referee to attend to Abraham which is an infraction of IBF rules since it was in the middle of a round. The doctor was receiving all types of medical supplies from people in the stands as well as from Sauerland employees as well as from Abraham’s actual cut man. It was apparent that this doctor was not inspecting the injury, but trying to prevent the bleeding so Abraham could continue.
Finally, Lindsey Tucker, the supervisor from the IBF, is heard telling the referee (Randy Neuman) that ‘the corner is trying to convince the doctor to stop the fight’. Neuman quickly decided to go to the scorecards suggesting that he thought the cut on the lip came from the head butt. However, anyone watching the fight, including, Neuman, could clearly see that blood was flowing from Abraham since round 4. Also, after the head butt, Abraham, held his glove to his ear, far away from the jaw and lip injury signifying that the head butt had nothing to do with his lip injury.
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