Foster predicted on facebook that Froch would win in the 9th round!!

[Colinc]

It does Look dodgy abit now iv watched it back , good link ,,, also looks dodgy when froch says " I had a job to do tonight and so did the referee" in the interveiw

[erics44]

It does Look dodgy abit now iv watched it back , good link ,,, also looks dodgy when froch says " I had a job to do tonight and so did the referee" in the interveiw

ha, are you on acid?

[Colinc]

Lol painkillers n beer , its not quite LSD but it probly messes with ur head a bit

[Colinc]

The dodgy thing here really is the stoppage in round 9 and the Facebook prediction/like by the ref.. It's very unprofessional and a silly thing thing to do. It can show he wasnt impartial and makes a bad decistion look premeditated, but it's the bookies who get hit the hardest in corruption and they usually catch on with suspicious betting pattons pretty shapish

[Fenster]

The dodgy thing here really is the stoppage in round 9 and the Facebook prediction/like by the ref.. It's very unprofessional and a silly thing thing to do. It can show he wasnt impartial and makes a bad decistion look premeditated, but it's the bookies who get hit the hardest in corruption and they usually catch on with suspicious betting pattons pretty shapish

I don't think anything dodgy happened but I agree that an official giving an opinion before a fight they're involved in is stupidly naive and unprofessional.

[ross]

The dodgy thing here really is the stoppage in round 9 and the Facebook prediction/like by the ref.. It's very unprofessional and a silly thing thing to do. It can show he wasnt impartial and makes a bad decistion look premeditated, but it's the bookies who get hit the hardest in corruption and they usually catch on with suspicious betting pattons pretty shapish

I don't think anything dodgy happened but I agree that an official giving an opinion before a fight they're involved in is stupidly naive and unprofessional.

Yep, same as judges, have to be impartial.

Just like how they rotated refs for Hattons WBU title defences so it didn't look dodgy.....

[smashup]

Id love to hear Howards thoughts on Froch v Groves and everything you have listed that seems very dodgy ;-)
And lets not fuck around here , in the UK alone there have been shockers lately ... one after another.

[Kirkland Laing]

The rationale that we got from Foster and the head guy from the BBBC was that it's better that Groves took one punch too few than one punch too many. So how come that didn't apply a few weeks ago during Cleverly versus Kovalev when the ref carried Cleverley back to his own corner?

The worst thing was that if Groves had made it through to the end he would have been robbed on the cards anyway.

[Fenster]

Kovalev should have been disqualified against Cleverly for whacking him twice when he was on the deck. Joe Cortez wouldn't have stood for that. Ask Humberto Soto.

Bellew didn't get a gift against Chilemba. Burns-Beltran was about judges. Shock! The nine count was explained by the BBBofC rules.

When exactly did boxing not have controversy every single week? Before we couldn't witness virtually every fight this stuff only happened in Germany (). You need a knockout to get a draw in Italy.

[Dropanuke]

The rationale that we got from Foster and the head guy from the BBBC was that it's better that Groves took one punch too few than one punch too many. So how come that didn't apply a few weeks ago during Cleverly versus Kovalev when the ref carried Cleverley back to his own corner?


The worst thing was that if Groves had made it through to the end he would have been robbed on the cards anyway.

Because cleverly is know for taking punishment at the time.

[smashup]

When you really think about it Boxing is so so easy to fix,
More so than loads of other high profile sports.
A ref can play god and with one wave of his hands determine the winner or be told to heavily favour one fighter.
Its so easy in Boxing to stack the odds heavily against one fighter and leave him in a position where he has to get a KO to win.
We know Germany is bad for it and have seen loads of shocking decisions.
Amazes me that some people think I can't, won't or doesn't happy here in the UK.
Just look at some of the decisions in the UK this year for proof , its not fuckiñg rocket science people

[Memphis]

Everyone knows it happens everywhere. Alright your casual might think things are all 50/50 down the middle but so would I watching horse racing.

[Fenster]

I'm sure all you lunatics are right and it's deffo dodgy.

However, all I see is Foster putting his ear to Froch's mouth so he can hear his responce - to which I assume was "are you OK?" Rob McCracken does the same exact same thing 20 seconds later when Froch sits down in the corner. There's 20,000 people screaming.

By the way - Adam Booth never did end up in Groves corner.

[ross]

I'm sure all you lunatics are right and it's deffo dodgy.

However, all I see is Foster putting his ear to Froch's mouth so he can hear his responce - to which I assume was "are you OK?" Rob McCracken does the same exact same thing 20 seconds later when Froch sits down in the corner. There's 20,000 people screaming.

By the way - Adam Booth never did end up in Groves corner.

Yes but the reason it looks odd is that the refs job is to see if the fighters ok and that he can respond properly to the refs instructions. If the refs has asked him "are you ok" what does that tell you that the ref had to put his ear to Frochs mouth? Why couldnt Froch nod like other fighters do if its in a loud atmosphere?

[Fenster]

Foster is looking in his eyes whilst doing the count. He asks him "are you alright?" He split second turns his ear to Froch's mouth. Froch's lips are clearly moving which means he was answering the question - "Yes I'm alright"

Is it not common for a ref to ask that?

Mountains out of molehills. But that's just me. You conspiracy merchants are always on the ball.