Fave Referees

[SweetPea]

When there's a really big fight, there are 2 refs who I feel completely comfortable with.

Kenny Bayless and Steve Smoger.

[GAME]

American refs are usually better in terms of competance with the exception of Joe Cortez. He messes up far too often these days.

In terms of British refs, Dave Paris stands out as a total loser. He does whatever it takes to please the house promoter. Fat,bald scum!

[Gandalf]

When there's a really big fight, there are 2 refs who I feel completely comfortable with.

Kenny Bayless and Steve Smoger.

They are usually spot on. I hope one of those two is doing the Hatton: Pac fight.

I totally agree with GAME too. Dave Paris is a disgrace, I still haven't got over that Khan fight. Dave Paris is the Joe Cortez of British boxing.

[Mark TKO]

Mills Lane will always be the daddy of boxing referees for me

been a pit pissed off with Cortez since Mayweather Hatton fight

[HattonTheHammer]

used to be mills lane, now its bayless or weeks.

The best refs are the ones you completely forget are in the ring with the 2 fighters and let the fight just flow.

As for the worst refs......

cortez, drakulich(sp?) and jay nady


oh and as for fatty parris.....


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[JazMerkin]

Don't think Cortez is that bad, it was just his actions in the Soto fight that took the piss. Still NO ONE is as bad as Marlon B. Wright

The best are undoubtedly Kenny Bayless & Steve Smoger, although I always thought Richard Steele was good, got to hard a time for stoppin Taylor, but I always prefer a ref to err on the side of caution in that situation.

[the_PRODIGY]

I think some referees need psychiatric test every now and then. Some as they get older, has the tendency of being numb and insensitive and due to the cruel nature of boxing they had become somewhat of a sadist..you know..I am aware that they call the boxers warriors, modern gladiators but that doesn't mean they fight to death.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fpdeONftgaA

It sucks.

[HattonTheHammer]

I think some referees need psychiatric test every now and then. Some as they get older, has the tendency of being numb and insensitive and due to the cruel nature of boxing they had become somewhat of a sadist..you know..I am aware that they call the boxers warriors, modern gladiators but that doesn't mean they fight to death.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fpdeONftgaA

It sucks.

that sir does not suck

Boxing is a bloodthirst sport however much you like/dislike that, if theres a world title on the line a ref should give a fighter every possible opportunity to carry on unless in an extreme circumstance like if he was getting absoloutely tonked.

where would boxing be right now if we had over zealous refs every time....

Marquez-Pacquiao would of been over within 2 minutes
diego corrales would of been handsomely beaten 1st time around by castillo
vasquez-marquez would of been stopped several times over
eubank would of lost to watson
benn would of lost to mcclellan