I'm going to have to disagree with pretty much everyone here.

I just watched the fight, and that kind of beating can have a very long lasting impact on a person. Tsurkan was taking flush power shots all night. It was clear relatively early on that he had NO chance to win. None, he landed his best shots and Angulo didn't even blink. The ref, ringside doctor, or the corner should have stopped the fight long before it inspired memories of fighters dying in the ring. It wasn't just Lampley either, every member of the HBO team was adamant that the fight should be stopped. Lampley has seen people die in the ring, and for what, pride (no pun intended)? Pride doesn't mean sweet fuck all when you're laying on a steel table in a morgue. Tsurkan took 400 punches, 296 of which were power shots and I didn't see too many glancing blows.

Not that it should matter, it sometimes does unfortunately, but it's not as if Tsurkan was an undefeated fighter or even one that had never been knocked out, speaking from a purely financial standpoint, a stoppage loss wasn't going to really hurt his career.

Hell, I wouldn't have been overly pissed off if Lampley had climbed in the ring to get the fight stopped.