Refereeing and judging in the UK has become the worst in the world

[erics44]

Yeah but........ Defend yourself at all times.

Yea you should expect to be punched on the floor while the referee is counting.

He wasn't actually on the floor, it was during the count tho

Go to 6:40. Vera's knee is on the floor when Rocky hits him.

Yep I'll give you that

It was the punch after that that did the damage it seemed tho it seemed, that one was at the count of 3

Reckon the result should stand?

[Dark Lord Al]

It was all legit according to the retarded commentators .

[p4pking]

Vera was never going to win that fight, but if you take the sequence just in itself it was appalling. The punch that brought Vera down was almost a cuff/pull, and Fielding quite clearly cranked him on the ground, and without even getting a count Vera is hammered as soon as he got to his feet. That's the kind of thing you see in fights that are 100 years old ffs, I'll bet there are top fighters people on this forum could beat if Ian John Lewis were the referee!

[ryanman]

Vera was never going to win that fight, but if you take the sequence just in itself it was appalling. The punch that brought Vera down was almost a cuff/pull, and Fielding quite clearly cranked him on the ground, and without even getting a count Vera is hammered as soon as he got to his feet. That's the kind of thing you see in fights that are 100 years old ffs, I'll bet there are top fighters people on this forum could beat if Ian John Lewis were the referee!

Yeah I would just touch gloves really really hard and wait for IJL to bottle it and stop the fight.

[Dark Lord Al]

Vera was never going to win that fight, but if you take the sequence just in itself it was appalling. The punch that brought Vera down was almost a cuff/pull, and Fielding quite clearly cranked him on the ground, and without even getting a count Vera is hammered as soon as he got to his feet. That's the kind of thing you see in fights that are 100 years old ffs, I'll bet there are top fighters people on this forum could beat if Ian John Lewis were the referee!

Yeah I would just touch gloves really really hard and wait for IJL to bottle it and stop the fight.

Yes or he just feels there is going to be fisticuffs so he keeps them apart.

[Bill Paxtom]

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[IamInuit]

Get real you guys. Its not even close. I've been watching fights for a very long time and for every Howard Foster and Ian John Lewis there are 5 Santora's, Nady's, Cortez's, Coles, Russels, Reisses, Kelleys, Moras and Gonzalez's. Even Smoger is a hack now as its all gone to his head. He now simply plays the role he's been given by the media and forgets about his craft.


And the old well there are more high profile fights in the USA so naturally you are going to get more bad calls does not pass the litmus test. The reverse should actually be the case with all that experience then and hack jobs would be rare. And another thing, I have never seen a camera whore ref in the UK. On this continent many of these guys think they are the star. Its all about the celebrity. You would never see Cortez on an undercard but put him in a headliner and it looks like a threeway.

[bzkfn]

Yep I'll give you that

It was the punch after that that did the damage it seemed tho it seemed, that one was at the count of 3

Reckon the result should stand?

No. It should be a no contest IMO. BBBofC should do the right thing. We shouldn't be encouraging corruption.

Vera was punched on the floor, stood up to protest the illegal blow and was heavily knocked down for his troubles. That punch led to the stoppage and was the reason he was in no position to continue.