He's one of, if not the, best ref in the game, yet it seems like douchebags like Lawrence Cole and Joe Cortez get a disproportionate amount of high profile fights? What gives?
Can anyone remember the last championship fight Smoger reffed?
He's one of, if not the, best ref in the game, yet it seems like douchebags like Lawrence Cole and Joe Cortez get a disproportionate amount of high profile fights? What gives?
Can anyone remember the last championship fight Smoger reffed?
IMO Smoger and Kenny Bayless are the two top refs around today, Weeks used to be high up on my list but lately he's been a bit flaky, and well don't get me started with Cortez, Cole, Nady, and Mercante Jr, they all are garbage
Smoger is an east coast referee. He'll do the big fights in Atlantic City or New York. But not the west coast ones. Which is why you don't seem him in fights that take place in Vegas or Los Angeles.
Grammer is overrated. Fuct. And Smoger walks on clouds compared to Cortez.
Yea the states handle the refs and that's why you don't see him much. To be honest, I haven't seen him ref a title fight in a while. Pavlik-Taylor is the last one I can remember Johnson-Cloud too actually, I remember being pleased with that and he did a great job.
only fight i can remember that i think Smoger did a pretty poor job in was Trinidad/Hopkins
I agree with you. Nobody can argue that Bayless isn't a class act referee but Smoger is very underrated as well. These guys need to stay out of the way and referee when there's issues. Nobody is paying to see the referee, Bayless and Smoger seem to understand that fact. Cortez, Cole, and Nady seem like they are all attention hogging douchebags in and out of the ring.
CFH is wrong. Dave Parris is arguably the best ref in the fight game.
Bayless is THE best ref in boxing. Smoger IMO is the closest to him. Cortez is just awful. I don't know how he keeps getting work in high profile fights. I don't remember the last fight he reffed where I didn't think he messed up.
I had no clue that happens
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