Strange ending to the Donaire fight.

[Spicoli]

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.

I don't know that it had. He needs to stick to a classroom if he is learning or needing his hand held on the fly like that. Not his first rodeo and def not the first that he looked uncertain and aloof in. The guy is horrible

Is it a refs place to concern himself with who wins or loses

[generalbulldog]

Just saw the fight in it's entirety. Probably should have been called a ND when the butt happened, and more than likely Donaire milked it, knowing what's going to happened. The ref was pretty incompetent, no doubt and I can see why some people are upset.

However, 1 thing about boxing fans I've learned over the years from the internet is that they have a bad habit of calling fighters they don't like cowards and pussies. Sure Donaire milked it under the rules, but for some reason, I can never call any guy that fights for a living a coward, no matter how much I disliked the fighter.