Protest to be filed regarding Vazquez/Marquez fight

[Diane]

I doubt this will do any good.

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[Deanrw]

That knockdown was legit and they are going to protest that also? The only alternative the ref had to that would have been to stop it.

[Julius Rain]

theres nothing to protest, accept it gary or try for a forth fight. this could be like sugar ray and jake lamotta 5 fights for the heck of it.

[:::PSL:::]

The ref did a good job. Not great, but good enough. As Al Bernstein puts it, it's really hard to avoid controversy on a great fight like that.

[ono]

I doubt this will do any good.

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Without trying to sound arsy, you've sorta ruined some of the excitement for a lot of european fans who didn't get to see the fight live by pretty much declaring who won in the thread title.

[RP33]

Without trying to sound arsy, you've sorta ruined some of the excitement for a lot of european fans who didn't get to see the fight live by pretty much declaring who won in the thread title.

yep, happens after every major fight.. i have to completely avoid coming to the site or going to espn.com until i have watched the fight.. so yeah, next time i wouldn't even log in if i were you.

[Diane]

Sorry, I changed it.

Happy now?

[:::PSL:::]

Without trying to sound arsy, you've sorta ruined some of the excitement for a lot of european fans who didn't get to see the fight live by pretty much declaring who won in the thread title.

Sorry bro, but this is a boxing forum. It's kinda hard to avoid that. A lot of members here expects updated news and articles.

[Rican]

All this protest business means that the Marquez camp is probably going to try to lure the Vazquez camp into another fight. The protest I had was that those three low blow warnings were bogus. They were not low at all, though definitely at the belt. I am not blaming the referee because he did warn Marquez. But perhaps he could have looked mor closely.

[BoomBoom]

The ref did a good job imo. If he didnt give him a count in the 12th he could have been stopped. The ref made the right call that it was a knockdown. Clearly the ropes were holding him up. As for the low blows though some were borderline, he had fair warning.

[The Boxer]

The ref did an excellent job. He lets the guys fights and only took a point off after several low blows.

[bikersk]

The ref did a good job. The point deduction for the low blow was wrong b/c it wasn't low and that's what cost Marquez the fight. However the ref didn't stop the fight in the last round when many others would have. In their second fight Marquez claimed that the ref stopped it too early, so it's a bit of a damned if you do damned if you don't situation in someways. The protest will go no-where. Both guys agreed to another fight straight after anyway didn't they?

[ono]

Sorry bro, but this is a boxing forum. It's kinda hard to avoid that. A lot of members here expects updated news and articles.

It's easy to avoid it.....put spoilers in the thread title.

I understand it's a boxing forum.....that's why i logged on yesterday morning to try and see if the fight had been put on.

[ono]

Sorry, I changed it.

Happy now?

Better late than never i suppose

[bzkfn]

What will filing a protest do? This is more a pride thing because Marquez knows if he hadn't gone down he'd have a draw, and on top of that if he hadn't had a point deducted he'd have won. The guy is frustrated at being the guy that will be remembered for coming second in one of the best trilogies ever. If this lures Vazquez into a 4th fight, then I'm ok with that as I could watch these guys fight all day.