3 things wrong with that fight and all stem from the ref:

  1. The extraordinary amount of clinching going on and the lack of the ref warning about it. He warned Bute 2 times in the 11th and stated he would take a point but didn't.
  2. The slow count after the knockdown. It bought Bute time and ate up precious seconds.
  3. The ref's zeal at getting Andrade back into a neutral corner. I've seen in many fights after a knockdown where a fighter walks around to that degree. What Andrade did was not extraordinary and given the circumstances it wasn't a big deal.
That being said, I thought Bute put on a spectacular performance when he actually boxed, showing power and speed and I would like to see him a second time (without all the clinching). He had nowhere near the poise of Mikkel Kessler who fought pretty much the same fight except Kessler didn't tire out.