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Re: referees.....and counts
Posted: 07 Sep 2008, 11:16
by Asterix
rhino222 wrote:im not wanting to harp on about things but i was disgusted at the referee last night. if it had been prescott who was put down like that then there is no way he would hav ebeen allowed to carry on, and rightly so. the referee was so influenced by his paymaster, that he potentially put amir khans health at risk by letting him take even more of a beating when he was in no fit state to do so. compare last night to the premature stoppage (imo) of fewkes the night before.
there is just no consistency in these officials. khan was gone, it was plain to see, so why let him get separated from his senses, just to save yourself from abuse from the promoter...
disgusting !!!!!!!! :x
I agree completely about the refereeing for the Khan fight, but don't use the Fewkes fight as an argument as the towel came in to stop that fight.
Re: referees.....and counts
Posted: 07 Sep 2008, 11:26
by liamlion
MightyWarrior wrote:liamlion wrote:MightyWarrior wrote:...I don't think Khan was anyway close to being injured there...
Are you serious??
Did you not see the massive right hands that Prescott threw (which just failed to land) as Khan was falling on the 1st and 2nd knockdown?
Khan was lucky not to have been sparked unconscious, especially after he got up after the first Knockdown.
I'll say it again - has a fighter ever been seriously injured in the first round of a fight?
If not, why do you reckon that is?
So just to confirm, youre saying that Amir Khan was not in danger of suffering serious injury against Prescott (a massively accurate and destructive puncher) because the fight was only in the first round??
And youre basing this conclusion, not on the facts of what was actually taking place in the ring (e.g Prescott was teeing off on a badly disorientated Khan - whose legs had gone and who was unable to properly defend himself) but instead on the fact that you are not aware that a boxer has suffered serious injury in the first round of a fight??
Youre having a laugh, arent ya?
Re: referees.....and counts
Posted: 07 Sep 2008, 12:39
by MightyWarrior
Liam I'll leave it like this - boxers do not get seriousy injured when losing in the the first round. Check back 100 years, it never happens. Why is that?
1/ they are not exhausted
2/ they haven't taken a sustained beating
3/ they're usualy chinny.
It's the ones who have great chins that end up injured, and always later in the fight.
Boxers who have chins made of the finest china, take a few whacks and it's goodnight sweet prince. Then wake up non the wiser
Re: referees.....and counts
Posted: 07 Sep 2008, 12:48
by hitman_hatton1
MightyWarrior wrote:Boxers who have chins made of the finest china, take a few whacks and it's goodnight sweet prince. Then wake up non the wiser
where am i.
let me at him.
Re: referees.....and counts
Posted: 07 Sep 2008, 12:58
by Exoddus
IMO it should have been stopped. I'm glad it didn't though, like someone said. The bull shit that would have came out of Khans and Warrens mouth would have been infuriating.
Re: referees.....and counts
Posted: 07 Sep 2008, 13:30
by jamesmcdonnell
boxrec wrote:Horse wrote:Kilburn wrote:I was okay with the stoppage. Rightly or wrongly I felt that, given the profile of the fight, the second knockdown had to happen. It provided complete closure to the event. Without that the post-fight would have been an absolute farce and we'd be listening to all kinds of ongoing bullshit right now.
It was a brutal finish but we've seen dozens of ref stoppages worse than that.
I agree completely.
I also agree the referee did ok. If the 2nd knockdown didn't happen, Khans people would have complained.
No matter how bad Khan does, theres always some excuse. To Khans fans- He lost fair and square. Face it.
An utter irrelevance, the referee is there to adjudicate in the best interests of fairness, and above all, the fighters' health. He is not there to pander to the grievances of the fighter, his family, the promoter, the tv network or the fans.
O'Connor allowed a man who couldn't even stand up without reeling around the ring continue to participate in a sport where punches to the head are the norm.
Yes, Khan's family cannot complain at all, but O Connor should never have allowed Khan to continue, especially given his prediliction for early stoppages in other high profile fights.
Re: referees.....and counts
Posted: 07 Sep 2008, 13:31
by jamesmcdonnell
MightyWarrior wrote:Liam I'll leave it like this - boxers do not get seriousy injured when losing in the the first round. Check back 100 years, it never happens. Why is that?
1/ they are not exhausted
2/ they haven't taken a sustained beating
3/ they're usualy chinny.
It's the ones who have great chins that end up injured, and always later in the fight.
Boxers who have chins made of the finest china, take a few whacks and it's goodnight sweet prince. Then wake up non the wiser
That actually rhymes.