Quote Originally Posted by match View Post
It's funny how people try to blame Richard Steele for Meldrick losing when in fact it doesn't even come to that if Taylor's idiot cornerman Lou Duva doesn't tell him he needs to go out and win the 12th round. As for Taylor being 'distracted' by Duva coming into the ring that's laughable. A fighter who's looking around after being decked is a fighter who's out of it. Had Duva not climbed up he would have said he was distracted by a ring card girl or someone walking by the ring. You have no excuse for not answering a ref other than being in la la land. It's not Richard Steele's job to hold a fighter by the hand and walk him to the finish line, it's a fighter's job to finish the fight. Sad as it was it was the right decision. Now Tyson-Ruddock I, that's a different story.
Not that different, just another snap decision by Steele. It's funny though, for a brief moment in that fight Ruddock fell back against the ropes and looked like he closed his eyes as if he was out on his feet. Not sure what that was about, he snapped out of it very quickly, but not quickly enough for Steele I guess.