Quote Originally Posted by GodofBoxing View Post
I'd give him a 4 out of 10. He gave him a full 5 min to recuparate energery for a non-existent low blow and what is more Hopkins tried the same thing again. It took cortez like 10-15 secs to make him turn around and fight after blatently acting as if he was hit on the back of his head.
If a fighter takes a low blow, he is entitled to a full 5 minutes to recuparate if he needs it.... It is generally not up to the ref to decide whether someone is acting or not... He went down, he stayed down, he got up and looked in pain.. The ref in the meaning of safety, should asume his nut got squashed by the cup or something, and needs the recovery time...
I wouldn't say it was a poor job at refereeing... And it was one small part of a whole fight... And it didn't have a huge impact on anything...
A referee can't know where a fighters balls are in relation to their cup at all times, so he gave Hopkins the benefit... That is fair enough by most people's standards...