Quote Originally Posted by means2184
fighting so hard he EARNED the right to stand and take those last 3 seconds of punishment

it was a ridiculas stoppage i think Steele had money on the fight ....(reichard is a great ref if it wasnt for that fight)

Thats a terrible statement means....

He fought so hard he deserved to (take another 3 shots that could have possibly ruined him for life, or even worse)

Time is of no key when a fighters life is on the line, 99% he probably would of been ok, but in the refs mind theres 1% chance he wont be, he had no choice, Chavez could have fired 3 major shots in that time, and what could of happened, is not bear thinking about, because if he didnt we could all be sitting here today saying, should the ref have stopped the fight.....and that would have been far worse......