George Groves....

[Conrad]

Regardles of it being one-sided, he was still ready to throw more punches. Obviously refs should err on the side of caution, but the fact it always seems to favour the young prospect in Britain means it's very frustrating. If I think of ref stoppages that have pissed me off in the last year, probably 80-90% have happened here, usually favouring the guy I'm supporting, but it doesn't change that it's a joke.

I have a mutual friend with a local fighter who recently lost to Frankie Gavin. The fighter in question was dicked around by Frank Warren from the start and up until 10 mins before the fight was led to believe he wasn't getting paid. Anyways...

From the outset Gavin was dominating and you could argue the fight was only going one way. Gavin eventually caught him off balance with a glancing shot and put him down. He got straight back up and took the standing 8 count, straight after which the ref says to him, "You've had enough mate, no point you carrying on" and then calls the fight off.

Admitedly he didn't protest all that much but this was just a payday for him so why risk carying on and getting hurt?

I'm not saying this is 100% true but it makes you wonder if the ref was 'influenced' by the promoter in some way, hence the early stoppage!

[JazMerkin]

Regardles of it being one-sided, he was still ready to throw more punches. Obviously refs should err on the side of caution, but the fact it always seems to favour the young prospect in Britain means it's very frustrating. If I think of ref stoppages that have pissed me off in the last year, probably 80-90% have happened here, usually favouring the guy I'm supporting, but it doesn't change that it's a joke.

I have a mutual friend with a local fighter who recently lost to Frankie Gavin. The fighter in question was dicked around by Frank Warren from the start and up until 10 mins before the fight was led to believe he wasn't getting paid. Anyways...

From the outset Gavin was dominating and you could argue the fight was only going one way. Gavin eventually caught him off balance with a glancing shot and put him down. He got straight back up and took the standing 8 count, straight after which the ref says to him, "You've had enough mate, no point you carrying on" and then calls the fight off.

Admitedly he didn't protest all that much but this was just a payday for him so why risk carying on and getting hurt?

I'm not saying this is 100% true but it makes you wonder if the ref was 'influenced' by the promoter in some way, hence the early stoppage!

Frankie Gavin has had a few, although I reckon Tyson Fury is the king of dodgy stoppages. One of my friends was ringside at the Murray-McAllister fight, with Fury fighting that fat German bloke Zeller on the undercard. Apparently as soon as Fury threw a few punches, Mick Hennessy stood up and started shouting at the ref 'you're supposed to fucking stop it now, I told you to stop it', upon which the ref did. My mate has no reason to lie about this because he's not a big boxing fan, he didn't know who any of these people were, he was just given a ticket by a guy he works with who couldn't make it. Very suspicious.