Exactly, his was a case of Paulie not having enough firepower to keep Ricky off him. Nothing surprising about this fight...I would critisize the stoppage, but Buddy knows his fighter and knows he had no way of winning though the timing seemed a bit off.
On another note I do have to say that the British commentators were just as byass as the American commentators it was frustrating to listen to. Three of them even sounded like Lampley, Kellerman, and Letterman with accents.