If a fighter is knocked down and badly hurt, gets back up within 5 seconds but looks badly hurt, confused and isn't responding to the referee questions being asked if he's alright twice, and its literally 5 seconds away (The referee isn't aware of how much time is left) from winning the fight, is the referee justified in stopping the fight in the best interest of the hurt fighter or should he use a bit of discretion and let the fighter fight the last 2 seconds of the last round in a championship fight?
Meldric Taylor fought his heart, guts and soul out to try to be the Mexican legend Julio Cesar Chavez who had an unbelievable perfect 68-0 record at that point.
Taylor was clearly winning the whole fight with superior speed, quickness combo punches til the very last round til it went south for him and he got badly hurt by Chavez's blow to the face. The referee stopped the fight after Taylor didn't respond to his question if he's "alright" twice.This is a highlight clip round by round til the referee stopped the fight. If you're a fan of boxing I highly recommend to watch the whole epic fight.
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I might add Taylor can fight his butt off. Very good hand speed, feet movement and good chin.
Wow, what a finish! Taylor definitely had that on the cards, Chavez wasn’t really aggressive til he came out in the 9th, and he wasn’t effective with it til the 10th, based on what I saw in one run-through of these highlights. But I think Taylor gassed himself trying to finish him in the 12th, and just let himself get caught. I feel like the standing 8 count was questionable though, Chavez just maybe scored an improbable last second KO in front of a friendly crowd, who knows if Taylor even heard the ref’s “Are you on?” And that’s not just some ref, that’s Richard Steele, who also questionably ended the first Tyson-Ruddock fight. I saw that one live on pay per view, I was HYPE when the brawl between the entourages broke out, lmaohttps://www.youtube.com/embed/0Q0aOvlrgrkBut yeah, I don’t know, I’m used to seeing the whole routine of the ref grabbing their wrists and shaking them, making solid eye contact, etc. But I feel like he called Taylor out a little too quickly. He was definitely dazed but he was also winded from 12 rounds of boxing, I felt like he was getting his breath as much as his balance and was further disoriented by the roaring crowd. The ref should lock eyes with him first, he looked like he called it because he didn’t lock eyes with him quickly enough. In a situation like that, you gotta be real sure, that’s a title fight. 1-2 seconds longer and he could have made a decision I’d have believed in more. I can’t really say if he was fit to continue in time or not, I just don’t like the way the process of determining that was carried out.
This is why I love BKB. Rounded ring, 2 minute fights, no bullshit. Just full speed bare knuckle boxing with no reason to pace. yourself to save energy, and The ref really won't stop the fight unless you're bleeding into your own eyes so much that you can't see
I was under the impression that the ref can stop a fight at any time for any reason deemed needed.. But, I'm not that big a fight fan- they both looked beat (dropping their guard, etc.) at the end, regardless.
There’s only four seconds left the fight was over at that point by the time the other fighter try to finish the job But knock down was a little bit too late
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