Quote Originally Posted by Sovereign
yeah it was a S*** stoppage, but lets be honest it wasn't like we lost out on a competetive fight because of it. Peter Manfredo shouldn't have even been in the ring with Joe Calzaghe, he was totally outclassed and out of his depth. The ref has the right to call off a fight when its that one-sided. He could've called it off after 30 seconds for all I care, these sorts of ritual beatings shouldn't be sanctioned.
You have to give the fighters a chance to fight. You never know, espeically if Calzaghe had a broken hand. Ali got pounded mercilessly for 6 rounds by the hardest puncher who has ever lived, and went on to win the fight. You just never know...Manfredo was not hurt, so who knows what the outcome could have been. It was 2.5 rounds, and Calzaghe landed like 50-60 punches. Was not a "ritual beating" to that point.