Harvey Dock screws Mike Perez

[holmcall]

What he did tonight was "atrocious." Mike punch was already being thrown when Dock said "break." To screw a guy in the last round like that with a questionable call is just plain wrong. And Max and Weisfeld be dammed.

[Gandalf]

I think a warning would have sufficed for that incident, but if I was officiating I would have docked Perez already for spoiling, holding, and leaning. One punch and then wading in huffing and puffing is not boxing and people deserve better. These are not 72 rounders anymore. Fight your 12, do it clean, and you've done your job. Perez didn't do his job.

[Ron Swanson]

What he did tonight was "atrocious." Mike punch was already being thrown when Dock said "break." To screw a guy in the last round like that with a questionable call is just plain wrong. And Max and Weisfeld be dammed.

If you looked at just the punch in a vacuum maybe it could have been let go. But it came after a clear and intentional butt. Which was preceded only moments before by a clear and intentional butt. Which was preceded by round after round of Perez using his head, pushing Jennings head down, holding and generally spoiling because he didn't want to box.

He deserved what he got. If he had the will to train he probably would have boxed circles around Jennings. But instead he did everything he could to avoid a boxing match.

[Hulk]

What he did tonight was "atrocious." Mike punch was already being thrown when Dock said "break." To screw a guy in the last round like that with a questionable call is just plain wrong. And Max and Weisfeld be dammed.

If you looked at just the punch in a vacuum maybe it could have been let go. But it came after a clear and intentional butt. Which was preceded only moments before by a clear and intentional butt. Which was preceded by round after round of Perez using his head, pushing Jennings head down, holding and generally spoiling because he didn't want to box.

He deserved what he got. If he had the will to train he probably would have boxed circles around Jennings. But instead he did everything he could to avoid a boxing match.

Precisely Watson.

Chubster blatantly head butt Jennings then threw a punch on the break, after being dirty all night.

He lost the fight outright IMO anyway as he did jack shit the second half of the fight or the last 1/3 of the fight.

[ykdadamaja]

The ref made up for all of those non-calls on the holding that Perez got away with. It was an atrocious foul and he deserved to be penalized- all things considered.

The ref has in his discretion to penalize a fighter when he/she feels that the foul flies in the face of the rules, blatantly and without regard or discretion. That headbutt and punch on the ropes when the ref said to break was a clear violation, slap in the face and worth the point deduction- as Perez had lost all composure and the foul was as a result of that loss of composure.

[Silkeyjoe]

All this fight tells us is Jennings really isnt that good.

[ykdadamaja]

All this fight tells us is Jennings really isnt that good.

No, it didn't. It told us that he was/is who we said he was- a top contender.

Perez is no slouch. There is a reason why Perez was rated as high as he was. Jennings just slightly separated himself from the rest of the competition- those ranked in the #3 spot in the HW division and below.

My HW rankings today, in the top 5 are:

Wlad- Champ
Pulev- 1 contender
Jennings- 2 contender
Wilder- 3 contender

And then everyone else is where you put them... you can put Perez somewhere between 4 and 7, depending on how much you like Fury, Takam, Arreola and the rest of the other top ten guys.

[holmcall]

All this fight tells us is Jennings really isnt that good.

Can you imagine Stiverne, Wilder or Klit against him?

[beenKOed]

All this fight tells us is Jennings really isnt that good.

And that Perez is devolving as a fighter! If Perez was in shape the fight would have been his easily. After 3 rounds I was thinking, Perez looks tired, is that possible? If you can't even bother to get in shape, you should get out of boxing! Forget the dirty fighting, that fat, out of shape turkey should have been DQed for trying to impersonate a fighter!
Honestly, I can't figure out how some of these guys think. Did Perez really think he was giving a good performance, that boxing fans thought the fight was exciting, or that the fans would want to see him fight again?
I'm not really defending Jennings, because he could have and should have done much better, but how can anyone look good against a fat, clinging leach like Perez?
Some of us thought this might be the fight of the night. Man, how can we be so wrong about some fighters?!
Maybe Perez has a medical problem? I know for sure that he is not improving. It really was a pathetic performance. Do you reckon the Abdusalamov fight could be his problem?