I think the ref's in the UFC are a lot better as they seem to possess common sense, a trait too often missing in amongst boxing ref's.

I actually think the UFC ref's seem to make the correct call more often, stopping a serious beating sooner but crucially giving a guy every chance to fight back. I've not seen many fights in the UFC that I would say were stopped too early wheras in boxing it happens all the time.

What I like about the UFC ref's though is that they are more vocal and active in a fight when they need to be. If a fighter is getting tagged and not fighting back they will be right next to them shouting, 'You gotta show me something here kid' or words to that effect wheras in boxing they just seem to stop a fight with no warning or let a totally one sided beatdown occur without warning the fighter either way.

I guess it's a consistency thing. To be fair though, there are only 3 or 4 UFC ref's compared to probably a 100 or more boxing ref's so your bound to get a bigger shair of Lawrence Cole's in boxing than the UFC.