Manfredo was protecting himself he was taking most of them on his gloves and then when he started ducking under the punches and was'nt getting hit the ref stopped it.He had'nt been down or anything Joes barrage of punches were only pitter patter look how much punishment Graham Earl was taking his corner threw in the towel ref threw it back out at a lot of points in that fight Earl was taking massive punches on the ropes but it was a world title fight same as the Calzaghe fight so Manfredo deserved more time i thought he was just starting to do more and perhaps by round 4 or 5 could have had a bit of a rythem im not saying he was ever going to win but deserved longer the booing him in and out of the ring and booing his national anthem was a discrace