He said he could see 'Spots'. They wiped the eye and the doc said "Your telling me that your completely blind in this eye?" Campbell said "It was a headbutt." The ref stopped it. Campbell went up to him to confirm a no decision. The ref looked confused as if to say "You just quit didn't you?" Then Campbell ran up to Jackson and said "I've lost." Jackson sort of looked at him like "Yeah. I know."BigEars wrote:Every time Campbell was asked if he could see he was pretty adamant with his answer of no, it was only when asked did he want to continue that he didn't say anything.
There was quite a bit of blood from that cut, I wouldn't say it's impossible that blood got in his eye and the reason fights are stopped when a fighter gets a cut is because of blood potentially getting in the eye.
Campbell was getting whupped, but I'd give him the benefit of the doubt and say the eye problem was genuine and not just a way out.
Autobarn wrote:Perhaps he couldn't see, and felt worry for himself because he couldn't see and was getting beaten up.
Seriously, why was this fight made in the first place? Campbell, who lost his LIGHTWEIGHT titles on the scales a while back...
crusader wrote:You guys are just Nate Campbell haters. Bradley used his cannon ball of a head to open that cut and it should have been a no contest. Nate takes a few rounds to warm up as we saw in his terrific win over Juan Diaz and by the sixth round he would've drained all of Bradley's energy with body shots. By the tenth Bradley would have been finished. I bet anyone here that Campbell would beat Pacman if they fought, because Pacman has never faced a fighter with as much determination as the Galaxxy Warrior. Of course Paquaio is running scared from Nate, but that's another issue.
That fact is this: If Tim Bradley hadn't used an illegal blow to open that cut, Nate Campbell would be the new 140 pound champion of the WBO. Instead the cheating, the cowardly Bradley had to resort to fouling to beat a warrior like Nate. Unfortunately for Nate the headbutt produced a terrible cut that left him dizzy with massive amounts of blood pumping into his eye. There was no way any brave man like Nate Campbell could continue under those horrendous circumstances.
Lets have a rematch, Nate Campbell, KO, 10
just kidding of course! Campbell pussied out like a little bitch
'Spots of blood behind the eyeball.' Oh yeah. I remember them bringing the CAT scan into the ring.lurkyshaka wrote:Campbell was cut by a butt and had spots of blood behind his eyeball, as confirmed by the doctor. He was severely handicapped by a foul and would have been a straight up fool to fight on under those circumstances. He knew he'd been butted and was obviously expecting the correct call of No contest and then a rematch.
I like fighters to show bravery when injured legitimately in a fight. I won't berate one who is injured on a foul and who then uses his brain and saves himself for another day. Campbell shouldn't have lost the fight last night. He lost because the referee was apparently a blind tw*t. It clearly should have been a NC, end of.
Lets see a rematch asap.
Come on guys Nate didn't want to suffer the same fate as Barrera did against Khan. Thats why he said stop the fight. 
It was an accidental butt. That’s clear as day. Hatton has had worse cuts shaving and comparing Barrera who had a chasm on his skull to Campbell's cut is ludicrous. It does serve to underline the difference between the two though in terms of character. Barrera would never go out like that. But I think that less absurd than proposing that Don King was going to get an underhanded short end of the stick from the officials. He's made a career out of perverting them in his favour so I kinda doubt that.JDC wrote:
Whether the spots in the eye were caused by the headbut of not is irrelevant. The cut was a very nasty one right above the eye which would have opened up continuously throughout the fight. If Nate had of carried on the fight would definately have been stopped at some point and their was only 1 more round left where the fight could be called a no contest.
So, whether or not Nate was seeing spots doesn't matter. Nate knew fight was destined to be stopped by the cut as blood was pooring into his eye. Fact
The cut was caused by a headbutt. Fact
Don King didn't want to see another of his old fighters face another unfair decision because of rule technicalities. Fact
Nate asks for the fight to be stopped.
Bradley acted very disrespectfully to Campbell afterwards. Absolutely no class. He acted like a puppet to his promoters. Hes a multiple World Champion, surely he could say it as it is!
And I've no idea what the ref was on about. ''I saw a punch land on the left eye''
Both Bradley and the ref were watching replays of the incident, Bradley was even reluctant to confirm a butt happened as it was shown to him.
He was well within his rights to quit. But its ludicrous to suggest that at the first sight of blood fighters can 'opt out'. Accidental head clashes occur all of the time. They are part and parcel of boxing. Using them as a bail out clause is embarrassing and last night would put off any neutral.lirva wrote:The butt was caused by the headbutt 100%. Cambpell has every right to stop fighting after the third round. That is why that rule is there in the rulebook. Bradley now had an unfair advantage because of the headbutt. Campbell didn't want to fight on with that cut, which could have gotten worse at any time and caused the fight to be stopped. He was well within his rights to stop fighting and the fight should have been a no contest.
Everything that happened equals no contest.WayoftheCass wrote:It was an accidental butt. That’s clear as day. Hatton has had worse cuts shaving and comparing Barrera who had a chasm on his skull to Campbell's cut is ludicrous. It does serve to underline the difference between the two though in terms of character. Barrera would never go out like that. But I think that less absurd than proposing that Don King was going to get an underhanded short end of the stick from the officials. He's made a career out of perverting them in his favour so I kinda doubt that.JDC wrote:
Whether the spots in the eye were caused by the headbut of not is irrelevant. The cut was a very nasty one right above the eye which would have opened up continuously throughout the fight. If Nate had of carried on the fight would definately have been stopped at some point and their was only 1 more round left where the fight could be called a no contest.
So, whether or not Nate was seeing spots doesn't matter. Nate knew fight was destined to be stopped by the cut as blood was pooring into his eye. Fact
The cut was caused by a headbutt. Fact
Don King didn't want to see another of his old fighters face another unfair decision because of rule technicalities. Fact
Nate asks for the fight to be stopped.
Bradley acted very disrespectfully to Campbell afterwards. Absolutely no class. He acted like a puppet to his promoters. Hes a multiple World Champion, surely he could say it as it is!
And I've no idea what the ref was on about. ''I saw a punch land on the left eye''
Both Bradley and the ref were watching replays of the incident, Bradley was even reluctant to confirm a butt happened as it was shown to him.
Like I said Campbell was getting beat up. Got a cut. Saw a way out. It blew up in his face. I also notice you've neglected to mention Campbell's Judah-esque theatrics after the fight. He was behaving like a wanton child.
It was caused by a clash of heads. Not a headbutt. Campbell was taking a beating in the 3rd and had lost the 2 previous sessions clearly. Campbell was at it. I mean refusing to fight on with a marginal cut.charlieb wrote:Cant they appeal the decision or something? I'm sure I've seen other bouts which ended one way, and were subsequently altered.
This wasn't the one sided beating some are making it out to be, Nate was certainly in the fight and the cut was almost definitely caused by a headbutt. This is a no-brainer, correct the decision and rematch.
Thank God Cotto and Hatton are not of similar mind sets. Like I said this is the 3rd bout in a row that has been either ruined or to say the least influenced heavily by Campbell's bullshit. I personally hope this is the last time we have to put up with him in a top level fight and I think it probably is. 
the thing is, the public perception of campbell has gone way down. if only he'd gone for broke and tried to score a desperation KO. i know this could have got him knocked out. but, he ended up giving the appearance that he didn't want to fight. campbell has responded badly to rough tactics beforelirva wrote:The butt was caused by the headbutt 100%. Cambpell has every right to stop fighting after the third round. That is why that rule is there in the rulebook. Bradley now had an unfair advantage because of the headbutt. Campbell didn't want to fight on with that cut, which could have gotten worse at any time and caused the fight to be stopped. He was well within his rights to stop fighting and the fight should have been a no contest.
Yeah, clash of heads, either way, it should have been a no contest.WayoftheCass wrote:It was caused by a clash of heads. Not a headbutt. Campbell was taking a beating in the 3rd and had lost the 2 previous sessions clearly. Campbell was at it. I mean refusing to fight on with a marginal cut.charlieb wrote:Cant they appeal the decision or something? I'm sure I've seen other bouts which ended one way, and were subsequently altered.
This wasn't the one sided beating some are making it out to be, Nate was certainly in the fight and the cut was almost definitely caused by a headbutt. This is a no-brainer, correct the decision and rematch.
That description fits Bradley moreso than Campbell.hitman_hatton1 wrote: he's the bernard hopkins of the lighter weights.
but without the talent to match.
If the doc deems that it means that the fighter can't continue. Not if the fighter quits.charlieb wrote:Yeah, clash of heads, either way, it should have been a no contest.WayoftheCass wrote:It was caused by a clash of heads. Not a headbutt. Campbell was taking a beating in the 3rd and had lost the 2 previous sessions clearly. Campbell was at it. I mean refusing to fight on with a marginal cut.charlieb wrote:Cant they appeal the decision or something? I'm sure I've seen other bouts which ended one way, and were subsequently altered.
This wasn't the one sided beating some are making it out to be, Nate was certainly in the fight and the cut was almost definitely caused by a headbutt. This is a no-brainer, correct the decision and rematch.