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Wow, his corner knew he was dead tired and sent him out to take nearly 60 power punches a round from a real power puncher like Kirkland, that's just sadistic.Quote:
Originally Posted by smashup
I feel bad for Tapia. Obviously he had a lot of pressure to go out there and perform in front of his home crowd and he took a fucking pounding.
Smoger wouldn't have stopped the Holocaust.
If Kirkland had punched Tapia's head clean off his body as long as the headless body was still throwing punches Smoger would have let the fight continue.
Missed this, anyone got a vid?
Yeah, and when he finally did stop it all he did was let Kirkland land another two flush bombs.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kirkland Laing
Boxing I think needs to take a que from MMA and try to get some younger, athletic refs in there. You got these tiny, fat old guys with their blunted reflexes trying to physically take control of two young beasts in the ring.
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Originally Posted by BeanflickerYeah, and when he finally did stop it all he did was let Kirkland land another two flush bombs.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kirkland Laing
Boxing I think needs to take a que from MMA and try to get some younger, athletic refs in there. You got these tiny, fat old guys with their blunted reflexes trying to physically take control of two young beasts in the ring.
Hit the nail right on the head. I got no beef with Smoger. He's a veteran and has performed well enough in many other fights, including championship fights. But he's short, old, and dumpy. Three things you shouldn't be when you're in there with big, heavy punchers.
Fuck Kirkland for hitting Tapia like that after he clearly knew the fight was over. His lazy outta shape ass had to sink that low to get the KO. Fuckin pathetic.
I like Kirkland and was rooting for him to destroy this kid, but he behaved like a classless cunt. It was clear his "5 weeks" with Ann Wolfe was all catch up work for not being in shape. He was slow, sluggish, lacked power and unbelievably easy to hit.
His strategy of letting the guy wear out beating his ass in the first round worked again. Lucky for him he was fighting Tapia and not Lara or Trout. Or Cotto. Or Canelo....
I don't think the last punch Kirkland landed was a cheap shot. He was already throwing the punch when Smoger came between them. I don't hold it against him.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hulk
Watch it again friend.Quote:
Originally Posted by Scott22I don't think the last punch Kirkland landed was a cheap shot. He was already throwing the punch when Smoger came between them. I don't hold it against him.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hulk
Corner men should protect there fighter,! Tapias bunch were a disgrace he was taking far to many
head shots, he was spent Tapia should dump them A holes.:mad:
Thaat was scary to watch. Failure to protect a guy on multiple fronts, that's been covered. I would have loved to see the ring doctor step in and tell Tapia's corner to shut the hell up.
They honored Eddie Hazzard a bit for his birthday on the telecast. He would have stopped that bout himself if he wasn't unjustly let go, he had done it before. Tired of passive commissions.
Havent watched it yet but saw a giff of the finish. It really did look like Smoger wanted him to get hurt, he had such a long look at Tapia, gave himself all the time in the world to stop it yet when he did fails to stop Kirkland landing a further two flush clumps. Insane.
I agree they were late, but I think it's easier said than done to go from complete kill mode to civilian mode in the span of a second.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hulk
It goes to my point though that it's not Kirkland's job to protect Tapia, it's the referees. If you look at the UFC fights, the referee is in there with authority to either get in between the fighters or physically grab a guy.
If they had a Herb Dean, Dan Mirgliotta, or Big John McCarthy in there, Kirkland doesn't land those extra shots.
I appreciate and respect Smoger's experience and knowledge, but that doesn't cut it alone IMO. You really need a younger, athletic guy with good reflexes. Someone who can really jump in there and assert himself physically.
Smoger is old, he's slow, and he was very tentative hesitant getting in between those guys.
I always liked Smoger as a referee until Murat vs Hopkins, where he allowed Hopkins to take control of the fight.
Now it seems Smoger can't make a decision by himself, if the ring doctor or a fighters corner will not stop the fight, neither will Smoger.
A referee has two primary concerns, protecting the fighters and enforcing the rules. Smoger has shown in Murat vs Hopkins and Tapia vs Kirkland that he can do neither.
Mr Smoger should retire or be retired, what he is supposed to do in the ring is too important to allow him to continue.