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it was a good stoppage, the guy should have been disqualified rounds ago
Watch the result be changed to a NC!

Kirkland will run from a rematch, he knows he got lucky!!!
I don't see how it could be changed. On what grounds? It wasn't the popular call but it was the right one. Rules are rules. Corner enters the ring. Fighter get DQ'ed. It's pretty clear. Molina clearly got hit and went down before the bell. Which means the round continues until he takes his mandatory 8. When his corner came in, I knew he had cost him the fight.

It was unclear.
  1. The time-keeper should not have rung the bell until the count had been completed. A round isn't finished until that point. The bell usually is the signal that the corner can enter the ring.
  2. The ref didn't put them in neutral corners after the knock down. They went back to their own corners. Was the round done? This added to the confusion.
  3. Representatives from the Texas Boxing Commission should have attempted to prevent Molina's team from entering the ring.
  4. Molina wasn't dq'd immediately. The ref hesitated. He ordered Molina's team out of the ring at count 4, and then continued the count. It appeared Eric Gomez from Golden Boy was the first to mention that Molina should be dq'd for the infraction.
Source: Saturday Night Boxing

Why hasn't Gale Van Hoy retired? He needs to retire NOW. Certainly, the clinching was excessive, but the fact is teh ref didn't deduct a point. Therefore, there is no way in hell, Molina didn't win almost every single round. I had him winning 8 of 10, I think. Gale Van Hoy had Kirkland up. It's laughable in all honesty. This is the same ref who had Paulie Malignaggi losing to Juan Diaz in their first fight.

How bad is the Texas Commission? In a span of three months, they have (1) "forgot" to administer drug tests to Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. and Marcos Antonio Rubio, (2) ruled the Cloud versus Campillo fight for Cloud, and (3) now this disqualification. This is more than bad luck; this is ineptitude, or frankly, worse.