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Empirical example: Roy Jones vs. Merqui Sosa.
Lederman and many others thought it was an early stoppage and that Sosa was cheated out of a standing 8 which was part of the general rules at that time. Stoney and Sosa even went after the ref afterwards.
Now, this is the same situation that TBE put McGregor in - taking a bunch of unanswered shots where the ref is trying to intervene to keep the fighter from being permanently damaged.
Let's see where people's minds are at. Was this an early stoppage or not? Should the ref have allowed the fight to continue?
Lederman and many others thought it was an early stoppage and that Sosa was cheated out of a standing 8 which was part of the general rules at that time. Stoney and Sosa even went after the ref afterwards.
Now, this is the same situation that TBE put McGregor in - taking a bunch of unanswered shots where the ref is trying to intervene to keep the fighter from being permanently damaged.
Let's see where people's minds are at. Was this an early stoppage or not? Should the ref have allowed the fight to continue?