Quote Originally Posted by beerjelly
Anyone seen this before? As happened tonight when Graham Eark fought Katsidis, Earl was taking a beating and his corner threw in the towel only for the ref Mickey Vann to throw it back out and let the fight continue. Seconds later Earl knocked Katsidis down. Ive never seen a ref do this before and just wondered if anyone had?
Also I couldnt help thinking what if the worst had happened and Earl was seriously hurt after the incident, how would Mickey Vann have felt then?
The ref did it the Erik Morales-Eddie Croft fight a couple of years ago. The corner threw it in the second round. The ref just picked it up and threw it back out. There's no rule that says a ref has to stop the fight if the corner throws in the towel. If he thinks the fighter can still continue, than he won't acknowledge the towel.