Quote Originally Posted by holmcall View Post
This happened when Jessie James Leijia fought Micky Ward. It happened when Leijia fought Camacho Jr. And it happened with Robert Gurrero on a couple of occasions I believe. Referee Laurence Cole was suspended when he tried to make it happen with JMM against Jimrex Jaco. It’s not all that unusual because a win is a win and as Al Bravverman once said, there is no such thing as a bad win.
I agree with you and I like the reason behind the rule. Fights should not be decided by "accidental" head butts. If the rule was not in place, the head butt would be a major weapon.
To be fair to the referee, he was asking the doctor to look at the cut. He was looking for some help to decide to stop the fight, in my opinion.
All that BS aside, I never saw a real clash of heads. The referee saw it, both the fighters seemed to agree it was a head butt, but I never saw the one that caused the cut.