Quote Originally Posted by The Rookie Fan
Quote Originally Posted by BoomBoom
The referee is not the timekeeper. It was an unfortunate stoppage, but not a bad one.
This is the hart of the argument right there. Time is not the issue if we are going to judge Richard Steel's call. He said it himself, it is not his job to look at the clock. If you think it was a bad call because you felt Taylor could continue fighting (and I mean fighting not just stand without assistance) than I have no problem with that, though I can't see how you could be in a better possition to make that judgement than Steel was.

However, if you think it was a bad call bassed only on the fact that there were 2 secconds left than IMO your argument is irrelavent to the discussion. You can't say Steel made a bad call and base it on something that Steel had no control, knowledge or responsability over.

Your telling me Richard Steele who has ref'd hundreds of fights doesnt have the feel for how long a round is In that clip he even says Chavez started to come on in the last 25 seconds. If he didnt know that round was almost over he shouldnt be refereeing a championship fight!