Quote Originally Posted by amat
Quote Originally Posted by SweetPea
Nady is one of the best referees in boxing. If you ref enough big fights, you're bound to make a mistake or make a controversial call at some point. It's just the law of averages.

Anyone who thinks Nady sucks, I'd be interested to see them list the refs who they think are clearly better.

Kudos to whoever mentioned Vic Drakulich as a horrible referee. I remember Larry Merchant was almost ready to jump into the ring and punch Vic during the first Mayweather-Castillo fight.
Drakulich kept breaking the fighters and telling them to "Calm Down". Merchant started screaming, "Calm Down? Calm Down? It's a FIGHT for crying out loud!!"
That was classic. But I don't think I've seen to much more of Drakulich. Joe Cappucino was a great ref who was responsible for a lot of those classic New England wars because he knew how to ref two inside fighters. Excellent referee.
Are you thinking of Frank Cappucino? He ref'd Gatti-Ward I, among many other New England and NY fights. One thing I loved about Frank is that whenever he needed to yell at Gatti for a low blow, he would call him "Arthur." So whenever Gatti did something illegal, you'd hear Frank yell, "Knock it off Arthur!!!"