Thread: Why doesn't Steve Smoger get more high profile fights?

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.

Originally Posted by Violent Demise

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.

So the commissions/promoter prefer to hire regional refs rather than pay to fly in and accommodate those from a different part of the country?

Originally Posted by CFH

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?

For someone that complains about a lack of correct grammar exhibited on these boards - you've had a mare, son

VD is correct. It's a regional thing.

Originally Posted by Fenster

Originally Posted by CFH

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?

For someone that complains about a lack of correct grammar exhibited on these boards - you've had a mare, son

VD is correct. It's a regional thing.

When do I complain about grammar? I think I used it as an excuse to call HattontheHammer stupid once, but who among us wouldn't seize that kind of opportunity?

Originally Posted by CFH

Originally Posted by Fenster

Originally Posted by CFH

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?

For someone that complains about a lack of correct grammar exhibited on these boards - you've had a mare, son

VD is correct. It's a regional thing.

When do I complain about grammar? I think I used it as an excuse to call HattontheHammer stupid once, but who among us wouldn't seize that kind of opportunity?

I for one never needed an excuse

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.

Originally Posted by amat

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.

He's the best in the game, for me.

only fight i can remember that i think Smoger did a pretty poor job in was Trinidad/Hopkins

Originally Posted by ElTerribleMorales

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

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.

Originally Posted by generalbulldog

CFH is wrong. Dave Parris is arguably the best ref in the fight game.

Ricky?

Originally Posted by ElTerribleMorales

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

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.

Originally Posted by Violent Demise

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.

I had no clue that happens