Danny Garcia vs. Amir Khan Saturday night fight thread

[BIG H]

I think the fight should've been stopped after the 1st Knockdown, but at the point where it was stopped I think he should've let him continue. "Are you Ok?" "I'm OK, I'm OK!"
He was in better shape after the 3rd KD than the 1st two.

You must have missed the camera shot of his eyes when he was claiming to be OK after the third one. Completely out of it. It was a good stoppage. He didn't argue about it at all afterward.

He did mate

[shza]

I think the fight should've been stopped after the 1st Knockdown, but at the point where it was stopped I think he should've let him continue. "Are you Ok?" "I'm OK, I'm OK!"
He was in better shape after the 3rd KD than the 1st two.

You must have missed the camera shot of his eyes when he was claiming to be OK after the third one. Completely out of it. It was a good stoppage. He didn't argue about it at all afterward.

He did mate

Not in the HBO interview. "It just wasn't my night."

[Howlin Mad Missy]

I think the fight should've been stopped after the 1st Knockdown, but at the point where it was stopped I think he should've let him continue. "Are you Ok?" "I'm OK, I'm OK!"
He was in better shape after the 3rd KD than the 1st two.

You must have missed the camera shot of his eyes when he was claiming to be OK after the third one. Completely out of it. It was a good stoppage. He didn't argue about it at all afterward.

He did mate

Not in the HBO interview. "It just wasn't my night."

he said he can't understand why the ref stopped it and his legs were fine

next time when the ref doesn't give him 15 second counts to recover, including a standing 8 (which if he also hadn't done) he would have been sparked out clean.

He went over last time from a glancing blow - which I assume is one of the reasons it got stopped. If he went over from a clean shot he would not have made the count.

Danny Garcia Talks To EsNews Post Fight

[Howlin Mad Missy]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...&v=qlo_64522wc

You can all shut up about the stoppage now

Freddy Roach saying it was a good stoppage & Khan never fully recovered from the first shot.

[shza]

Freddie Roach: Hopefully Danny Garcia will come fight Amir Khan in England - YouTube

You can all shut up about the stoppage now

Freddy Roach saying it was a good stoppage & Khan never fully recovered from the first shot.

Hey, a good stoppage is what I said from the get-go.

I do agree with Big H that Bayless *could* have actually stopped it after the first knockdown but with 15 seconds left in the round -- Khan was clearly struggling just to stay standing at that point. But given the timing, I thought it was the right move to let him try and make it to the bell and see what a minute's rest would do. He actually got up reasonably quickly and well from the second knockdown and looked more lucid then than before. It wasn't until after they re-engaged that I could tell his legs were *definitely* out for good, and then after the third knockdown, his eyes were completely glazed and dilated -- he looked borderline out on his feet -- and was in danger of being seriously injured.

I thought Bayless made exactly the right calls, as usual. #1 ref in the game.