Fights getting Stopped to Early by the referee

**Hornfinger** · 07-26-2010 12:01 PM

Originally Posted by Mar

Originally Posted by magee

Calzaghe v Peter Manfredo Jr. Not that it would have changed the outcome, just that I thought the ref came in to early. Felt for Manfredo, it was a big night for him.

....i agree as well. Wow i almost even forgot about that one. Talk about not even getting a shot.

I think it was a little early, but come on. Peter was on the ropes getting hit with a barrage of shots and not throwing anything back. That's just asking for a stoppage.

That fight shouldn't have been made in the first place though. Manfredo wasn't in the same league.

**Syntax Error** · 03-07-2012 03:10 PM

I thought Tyson -v- Ruddock 1 was stopped too early.

OK, Ruddock was never going to win, but when it was stopped, he wasn't out on his feet & had actually been relatively competitive up to that point.

**Master** · 03-07-2012 08:14 PM

Originally Posted by Syntax Error

I thought Tyson -v- Ruddock 1 was stopped too early.

OK, Ruddock was never going to win, but when it was stopped, he was out on his feet & had actually been relatively competitive up to that point.

That was Richard Steel who was criticised for stopping the Chavez v Taylor fight too. Remember the Ring headline “Did Richard Steal my fight” (or something like that).