Quote Originally Posted by montsegur1234 View Post
A few points:

- Interesting fact: Marlon B. Wright, the referee for the fight, is a personal friend of Howard Grant's (Montreal native), Andrade's trainer.

- The fight result is very controversial in Montreal. On Montreal Talk Radio, a majority of listeners say Andrade was robbed. A caller said it was the most egregious boxing outcome he ever saw.

- A boxer must go to the neutral corner when his opponent is on the ground as result of a punch. He told Andrade to go to the neutral corner three times.
I really don't think for a second that the fight was fixed or that the ref favoured one fighter over the other.

I just think it was a very unique high pressure situation and the ref didn't handle it well.

To be honest I really don't know the rulings well enough to know if the ref acted wrongly or not according to the letter of the law either.

I mean I know that the regulations state that when a fighter is knocked down the other fighter MUST immediately go to the furthest neutral corner and that he MUST remain there until the referee resumes the fight.

Now Andrade clearly wasn't right up against the ropes in the neutral corner and if he was walking towards to the center of the ring, which it seems he was to be completely fair to the referee, I guess the ref felt he had to tell him to move back.

It may have been one of those cases where the ref acted in poor judgement but in his defense this was a pretty freak circumstance and I imagine all three of them in the ring were pretty shocked by what was going on.

I mean if Andrade had just gone immediately to a neutral corner and not moved the ref wouldn't have told him to move back.

So yes I do think it was harsh, but ultimately Andrade to a degree was responsible as he did move from the corner, even if only by a little amount.

Just one of those things I guess.

I hope they have a rematch though, I think both fighters will feel like they need some redemption after that.