Sechew Powell? Early stoppage?

[Mr. Cosell]

Here's the deal about the early stoppage: Yes, it was early, but it made absolutely no difference. Powell obviously didn't take the kid seriously, he'd done next to nothing offensively the entire fight and had been taking heavy shots for the few rounds leading up to the stoppage. Powell was going to lose that fight no matter what. Had it been allowed to go, I'm sure Latimore would have stopped him in the next round or two legitimately, and if not, he would have damn sure won on points. Sechew has nothing to bitch about, he brought the loss on himself by not preparing and taking his opponent way too lightly.

[Spicoli]

This Is one that I have little problem with the stoppage,Powell has himself to blame as well as an "opponent" In Latimore that put it on him consistently with activity and accuracy...pretty nice contested fight early on & throughout....Latimore had him on the ropes and really blunted him with a looong right hand,and bent response....Powell has skills but just went through the motions when pressed

[LEGION]

I'm sure Powell will argue it was too early; but maybe he should have been fighting instead of trying to reinvent Ali's rope-a-dope. Guy wasn't doing anything but taking shots. His own fault.

[killersheep]

I can think of three times that Powell tried to open up on Latimore (the only three times Powell did anything that fight) and guess what Latimore fired back everytime. I don't think I've seen anyone catch Powell so clean except maybe Ouma. So yes the stoppage was early for those of us watching at home, but consider what the ref saw...........Powell caught clean and looked rocked (whether or not he was faking it doesn't matter) Latimore caught Powell with a soft jab and Powell fell back into the ropes, Latimore then proceeded to snap Powell's head back with an uppercut.
Powell did seem relatively unable to defend himself, so from the point of view of the ref it probably wasn't as bad of a stoppage as it was made out to be.

[OumaFan]

Maybe, but he was getting his ass kicked so I wasn't that up in arms.

[Mar]

....reguardless of everything powell earned that loss, how he got it may be in question but i actually think he'll be better and have learned a lesson from this.