Quote Originally Posted by Spicoli View Post

I can respect that dude,big time.I personally do believe they were different circumstances but at the end of the day two shit calls that leave a nasty taste in the fans mouth and results that should place two refs in the unemployment line.These two have been and will be favs of mine but I believe Nate did try to massage the circumstances even after ref clearly ruled it a punch...in error...twice.Checking the jumbo tron and only then going off.Sat night there was zero ruling,nattas,nothing and Montiel continued fighting on.He said nearly nothing in the corner while Dr checked him over,no politicing,bardering,ranting and unlike Nates fight the cut was the only factor in Dr stopping the fight between rounds.Nate cut had nothing to do with it.

We can agree,officials in both cases lacking.No one wants a cloud hanging over them like this,win or loss and its the fighters that have to shoulder the effects of crap calls while the very same officials rinse and repeat,getting ready for the next week.
I also think they're different circumstances, the difference being a doctor ruled that Campbell could in all likelihood lost the use of his left eye had he fought on & it was clearly a headbutt to all who saw it at the time. I believe he had to check the jumbo-tron just to see how his eye looked because he couldn't see out of it. He's a guy who's earned a degree of respect as a warrior for how he's fought over the years.

I thought Montiel looked lost in the 3rd when he turned away from Valdez & started shouting at the ref about a foul, which I watched back & couldn't see. He didn't look unhappy at the fight ending, most likely because it was made clear to him he wouldn't be taking a loss, hence why he was so calm in the corner. It was a boxing version of a do-over basically. I see someone being unable to see because of a headbutt as the same as a cut. The point is this cut clearly came from a punch & somehow Montiel has escaped without a loss. I'm pretty sure his own corner hurried the doctor in as well. It all just stinks of corruption & Top Rank's money to me. Yes, Montiel will beat him up next time, but it doesn't make what happened on Saturday any less wrong or unfair.