Quote Originally Posted by Spicoli View Post
What killed me was Donaire referring to the ref saying it was bad in about the 2nd but Donaire insisting ( saying he did) he had to continue, no I can go on etc. and after his strongest round and securing a KD it was all changed. A ref should not need to 'look' for help from other officials, hang over the rope discussing it prior to making a decision on stopping it...that was not the Doctor he was having a conference with from what I saw.
The decision had been made at that point. The referee was asking some procedural questions. I assume he wanted to make damn sure Donaire was not going to lose by accidental head butt.