Was Roy Jones Jr lucky he never fought Michael Nunn ?

[Fenster]

You know what annoys me about the G-Man v Benn fight? The tragedy could have been avoided had the rules been followed by the book!

When a fighter is knocked from the ring the rules state that he must return UNAIDED to the ring apron within the ten count if it is deemed a knockdown which when G-Man knocked Benn through the ropes it was. But if you watch there are numerous people helping Benn back to his feet and therefore he should have been DQ'd.

I know this is not the point of this thread but everytime I think of that fight I cant help but think about this!

You need to watch the fight again. What you currently believe is utter bollocks.

Noone really helped Benn back into the ring, and if a fighter is knocked outside the ropes I believe he has 20 seconds to make the count, not 10. There was definetly no contraversy on the count. HOWEVER, the way the ref handled the next couple minutes of action was disgraceful homecooking and Benn easily may have not made it out of the round otherwise imo. He was still extremely hurt for the next minute or so after the KD, and the ref clearly broke the action for far to long in several instances. Of course it happens in boxing, the outcome of this fight just makes people more bitter about it imo.

I think that's the case.

People/fans are complaining about poor, inept reffing every other fight.. with a tradegy occurring the focus on the ref multiplies, obviously.