Howard Foster : Facebook

[lefty]

This is floating about on twitter. Don't know if anyone else has seen it .... https://twitter.com/siepod/status/40439 ... 84/photo/1

[taffytoon]

What about the thousands of other Likes Howard has done!! FFS Howard Likes all posts on his wall as a sign he has read them.

[jonp]

No matter what you thought about the stoppage to say anything like that about howard is bollox.One of the best refs about and a honest man as well

[lefty]

No matter what you thought about the stoppage to say anything like that about howard is bollox.One of the best refs about and a honest man as well

I wasnt saying anything mate. I was purely just posting what someone had put up on twitter. I'm just the messenger honestly lol. It's gone viral apparantly.

[JamieM]

I dont think the facebook post is anything to be honest but something is def up in boxing. so corrupt its unreal! George groves wasnt gonna win that fight even if it went the distance and they made sure of that! I laugh when eddie hearn had it by 2 rounds as in no way does that reflect that fight. that was a schooling. Groves really was stupid getting involved in it all though as he could have outboxed him for rest of fight but he must have knew he wasnt gonna get a points win:)

[crusader]

As much as I detest the stoppage, I wouldn't read too much into that post.

The other person was being friendly with him and he may have liked it just to show his appreciation. I think he's stopped fights too early in the past, so I believe the early stoppage just reflected a tendency to call things off quickly.

[Londonirish]

No matter what you thought about the stoppage to say anything like that about howard is bollox.One of the best refs about and a honest man as well

Well last he was Shiit simple as that....

[lefty]

As much as I detest the stoppage, I wouldn't read too much into that post.

The other person was being friendly with him and he may have liked it just to show his appreciation. I think he's stopped fights too early in the past, so I believe the early stoppage just reflected a tendency to call things off quickly.

To be honest that's what the impression from it was. It just seemed like friendly touch. I just posted it as it's floating about all over twitter apparantly.

[jonp]

No matter what you thought about the stoppage to say anything like that about howard is bollox.One of the best refs about and a honest man as well

Well last he was Shiit simple as that....

Fair enough and iv actualy complined about a result before but hes still the ref id want in with one of my fighters over anybody else.
Has any body else got a totally spotless and perfect working record?

[THEBUTCH]

I cringed when i saw Foster was the ref, simply because he stops fights too soon and this was no exception.

[the truth]

He's a shit ref imo, overrated to death

[hurlock]

Need to get him pictured going in the bookies
He may of liked the comment because it said he was smart.

[bodyactive]

No matter what you thought about the stoppage to say anything like that about howard is bollox. One of the best refs about and a honest man as well

Then the sport is really f--ked!

as been for a while if u ask me.

[Counter-puncher]

No matter what you thought about the stoppage to say anything like that about howard is bollox.One of the best refs about and a honest man as well

Well last he was Shiit simple as that....

Fair enough and iv actualy complined about a result before but hes still the ref id want in with one of my fighters over anybody else.
Has any body else got a totally spotless and perfect working record?

good post, Jon. i'll take your word over a lot of the other stuff being posted, any day

[Clint Magnum]

Every other day someone is calling for a ref's head.
Either the majority of refs are useless or..could it be because the job of a pro ref is way harder when in the ring than it looks outside?
How else do you explain the same "crap refs" comments which persist for decades. Is it not more likely its much harder than it looks and that they're humans not robots.
There's a huge difference between knowing the path and walking the path.

[JC]

Every other day someone is calling for a ref's head.
Either the majority of refs are useless or..could it be because the job of a pro ref is way harder when in the ring than it looks outside?
How else do you explain the same "crap refs" comments which persist for decades. Is it not more likely its much harder than it looks and that they're humans not robots.
There's a huge difference between knowing the path and walking the path.

I agree being a ref is harder than people think and that they often come in for unfair criticism.

But in answer to the bolded part I think it's because most complaints are about refs favouring the home fighter rather than strictly incompetence. And I do think that is an issue particularly in UK/Europe. It's a lot rarer to see uproar about a home fighter being stopped too early.

[Callowland]

Although this stoppage was premature, Groves may come back even better. It is not the first early one I have seen.

The Board does get rid of crap refs?

[Floatlikeabutterfly]

No matter what you thought about the stoppage to say anything like that about howard is bollox.One of the best refs about and a honest man as well

X2 Well said Jon, no matter if anyone thinks it was stopped early, Howard made an honest decision!

[hurlock]

I didn't know the standing 8 existed unless you jumped up from a knockdown. It says if the ropes hold you up or stop you falling so if foster thought this was the case why did he play froch the advantage?

[stevek3lly]

Anyone who thinks Foster is dodgy needs to get their heads sorted. I like everyone else thinks he stopped the fight too soon, but he was only doing what he thought was the right thing to do at the end of the day he is the sole person in there with the fighters health in their mind. Bad judgement nothing else, he is only human FFS.

[the truth]

He's is dodgy!!!! , look at froch fight! There's others aswell!!

[Clint Magnum]

He's is dodgy!!!! , look at froch fight! There's others aswell!!

He's dodgy?
Enlighten me, out of the near NINE hundred fights in the last six years where Foster has been the sole referee, including British, Euro & World title fights, how many of those hundreds of fights was he shown to be "dodgy".

[tear up]

On the night of the Froch groves fight I thought it was stopped early on watchin it again over twice the decision was the right one either that round or the next he was out of there and groves only was jumpin about as he realised it hAd been stopped but groves in my eye in the next world champ

[bodyactive]

ppl need to get off howards case hes the best ref in britain and made a decision what he was closest to the action and thats final. Groves will reach his goal for sure just a bit more time thats all

[Spud]

I think Howard Foster is a top man and a top referee. I honestly think the sh*t and abuse he is taking is disgusting.

Bang out of order.

Have people never made a mistake in their lives?