Quote Originally Posted by SEANIE
Quote Originally Posted by BubbleBox
Yes he has got a point, but whats done is done. It's not gonna change. Move on!

No referee starts the count straight away. I reckon you could go back and question most counts nowadays.
As soon as a boxer goes down the time keeper starts a count. Once the ref sends a boxer to a neutral corner he checks with (or should) the time keeper and continues the time keepers count. Example boxer A gets knocked down the ref sends him to a neutral corner and the time keeper could have reached the count of 5 so the refs next point of action is to say 6 to boxer B not to start the count at 1.
My point is that counts are always disputable. You could question so many of them nowadays!