Quote Originally Posted by CFH View Post
Quote Originally Posted by awdleyfuturehalloffamer View Post
ibf championship rules state:

10. A boxer who has been knocked down cannot be saved by the bell in any round.

So it is the ref's sole discretion whether bute was fit to continue and we all know he was knocked out on his feet.
Those same rules also state that if a fighter is knocked down at the end of a round, the bell will ring to end the round once the fighters gloves clear the floor. As the KD occurred in the 12th round, the fight ended as soon as Bute's gloves cleared the canvas, whether or not he could continue at that point is irrelevant because the fight was over.
I completely agree with all you said in this post, in fact I agree with both of you, which means:
A boxer who has been knocked down cannot be saved by the bell in any round even in the last round if he doesn’t clear his gloves from the floor (rule #6 about knockdown from the IBF regulation)
but like you I feel my point (the fight would have been stopped before) stands.
I'm not a big Bute fan just because is from Qc. but I became a real boxing fan since I saw him against James Obede Toney even I watch boxing for longtime (see my profile);
and this is a good thing, a lot of people from Qc became boxing fans because of him.
The point is he disappoints because it seems he completely missed the lesson about inside fighting and I guess if boxing would playing on double like tennis, Kessler and his grandma’ would beat off Bute and Andrade (who seems he didn’t improves very much since he fought Mikkel).
I know it’s me who overreact now but I think it’s normal to be exigent with your favorites.
I want like you to see a rematch in a neutral location but I’m not very sure it will occur.