Diego Chaves got what he deserved

[Silkeyjoe]

Just watched the replay on boxnation. Ref was god awful. I cant see what the DQ was for? THe DDT Chaves gave Rios could have warranted it but the clinch at the end didnt seem to have much in it?

[Gandalf]

I respectfully disagree, Hulk. It was a dirty, but fun fight and the referee lost his head completely. The first point was taken prematurely and after that Dracula was all over the place. There were only five minutes to go and apparently Chaves was up on 2 cards. He saved Rios there and that doesn't sit right with me.

[IamInuit]

That is the worst hack job by a ref I think I've ever seen. It was actually worse then Cortez in Mayweather/Hatton. The entire HBO crew couldn't believe what was happening. Show me the infractions that deserved point deductions thrice and then show me where either man should have been disqualified? I'm not even going to argue this any further. There is no evidence. Saying they both fought dirty is not evidence and that was tame compared to hundreds of fights over the years. Those three point deductions were disgusting and uncalled for. The stopping of the fight was insane. There was not even an infraction then. When its up on youtube I expect proof time stamped for each deduction with warnings and then the death blow that justifies the disqualification. If you cant justify the two previous deductions against Chaves then you cant justify the disqualification. What makes this even more preposterous is that there was no final foul to act on the other imaginary two. Rios crying about being thumbed prior to the dq. How does one thumb with thumb-less gloves? He pushed Rios away from a head lock.

[Rantcatrat]

It shouldn't have been stopped. Rios is looking more and more limited as he goes higher in weight. He bodied guys earlier in his career at 135. At 147, he's not having the same effect and he looks slow and one dimensional. He's a dead man walking.

[IamInuit]

They should have tanked the whole fight on a technical call and made it a no contest not punish the visitor.

[ykdadamaja]

It shouldn't have been stopped. Rios is looking more and more limited as he goes higher in weight. He bodied guys earlier in his career at 135. At 147, he's not having the same effect and he looks slow and one dimensional. He's a dead man walking.

This is what I feel ticked Drakulich off: Chaves didn't need to resort to such nonsense in the fight. If he had stuck to boxing, he was winning the clean exchanges. He had the fight to win.

Drakulich probably sensed, as we did, that this fight was on a slow roll to becoming a fiasco. It didn't look too safe after the fight was called either- I was thinking a brawl would ensure, or something really dreadful.

Drakulich saw the air in the room, during the fight and saw the extent to which Chaves was trying to take it- knowing full well Rios is the kind of fighter that becomes frustrated too and responds to stuff like that- and tried to deflate some of this before it escalated and we all had a fight we really didn't want to see.

Drakulich, even though the fight could have been better, averted a near disaster.

[IamInuit]

My Lord. Leave the subjectivity at the door. This is boxing not tiddly winks ffs. Why not just change the sport and wrap every fighter in bubble wrap. People who called that travesty a fair call might want to choose another sport to watch.

[Spicoli]

The ref let this devolve into a quintessential clusterfuck of a mess and lost control. I think both fighters were equally to blame...he 'warned' Rios about eight times and there was no clear authority figure in there but rather a scattered lil ol' lady waving a broom around trying to break up drunk uncles in the backyard. He tried to play catch up at the end and repair missed calls, half hearted "hey knock it offs" and lack of official clear warnings and called DQ because he had walked himself into irrelevance and made it personal.

[holmcall]

Yes, Chaves is a sneaky cunt