Katsidis vs earl

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I think he showed enough balls in the fight. He knew he wasn't gonna win. He took a a terrible beating.

Micky Vann (the ref) throwing the towel out the ring, followed by Earl staggering Katsidis, made it utterly memorable, but really just prolonged the absolute shellacking Earl got.

Earls trainer, Johnny Eames, refused to train him any more after that fight. Earls next two fights ended with him being sparked in 1.

Good job Katsidis didn't get even longer with him.

I loved that bit by the ref at the time.. But with hindsight especially it was an incredibly poor move, he should really have been penalized heavily in some fashion. A good trainer knows their fighter better than anyone and throwing in the towel should always stop the fight then and there. Possibly the ref felt that Earl still had some kind of prayer, but he more likely sided with the crowds(and his own) wish to see some more bloodshed rather than Earl's safety, which is quite appaling. It strikes me Earl or his trainer couldve easily taken the fool to court had they wanted to.

[Andre]

I think he showed enough balls in the fight. He knew he wasn't gonna win. He took a a terrible beating.

Micky Vann (the ref) throwing the towel out the ring, followed by Earl staggering Katsidis, made it utterly memorable, but really just prolonged the absolute shellacking Earl got.

Earls trainer, Johnny Eames, refused to train him any more after that fight. Earls next two fights ended with him being sparked in 1.

Good job Katsidis didn't get even longer with him.

I loved that bit by the ref at the time.. But with hindsight especially it was an incredibly poor move, he should really have been penalized heavily in some fashion. A good trainer knows their fighter better than anyone and throwing in the towel should always stop the fight then and there. Possibly the ref felt that Earl still had some kind of prayer, but he more likely sided with the crowds(and his own) wish to see some more bloodshed rather than Earl's safety, which is quite appaling. It strikes me Earl or his trainer couldve easily taken the fool to court had they wanted to.

Yeah that Ref overriding the corner did end up the larger question on the night.

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It's really not even a question, just completely out of line imo. Would be like a referee not allowing a timeout in a playoff game or something because he felt that someone was about to score, what the hell was he there for.