Taureno Johnson was ROBBED vs Curtis Stevens.

[FinitoElDinamita]

Just to say I started a thread to state that....

Rematch in order. No way the ref can do that to a fighter that was on his way to victory. Johnson never even went down. Utter BS.

Johnson should protest and get a No Contest ruling. That was utter BS.

Corruption at it's finest!!!

Unfortunately, he is going to have to live with it.
The referees decision to stop that fight, under those circumstances, will not be changed.
I agree the stoppage was too quick,
but that's boxing.

That ref should never ref a match ever again.... that was worse than Froch Groves. Much worse.

Taking bombs against the ropes without throwing anything back is no different than a knockout..

Stoppage was legit imo. Johnson's inexperience cost him ultimaltely..

[p4pking]

I suppose Castillo shouldn't have been stopped against Corrales either

I didn't think it was that bad, Stevens pulled it out of the fire no doubt and was taking a beating until then, but he landed some finishers. If a fighter is truly out on the ropes with punches incoming, you can never call it a bad stoppage imo. If a ref hesitates in those spots you can end up with a Mercer-Morrison type finish.

[ykdadamaja]

He should have been given a standing 8....

[Rantcatrat]

He should have been given a standing 8....

There is no standing 8. At first, I thought it was a tad early too, but then I thought about it and if there's one thing about Stevens it's that he can punch and Johnson was on the ropes not blocking punches from a big puncher. So perhaps it was a tad early, but I'm not all that mad about it, if that makes sense.

[FinitoElDinamita]

Seriously im sick of hearing about standing 8 counts. There is no such thing.

It's a common excuse fighters and their fans make to justify a loss..

[Tam Seddon]

It would have been a brutal KO if it carried on. Johnson was in a lot of trouble, such a good fight though I rewatched it the other day because it had that much good action in it.