Quote Originally Posted by marbleheadmaui View Post
The great fiction of this fight is that Douglas got a "long count." First off, ref's counts are rarely ten seconds, they are instead ten counts. Second the fighter's job is to follow the ref's count, whatever it is. Third, Buster pretty clearly could have gotten up 6-7 seconds (by a clock) after he got dropped. Lastly, the Douglas count was 14 seconds. But guess what Tyson's count was? The same 14 seconds.

As for Tyson not being "mentally prepared?" As irrelevant as Dempsey's mental condition before Tunney, Ray Leonard's before Duran or Robinson's before Turpin. Part of the game. The guy who handles the outside pressures better as an edge.

Still shocking to see.
In amateur boxing the count is based on seconds. When a fighter gets dropped the time keeper starts a timer, the ref looks to the timekeeper to get where the count is and carries it on. I think youll find it is supposed to be actually 10 seconds, otherwise whats stopping Steven Hawkins becoming a tef and giving a 2 minute 10 count

Its all to do with incompetant refs or a time keeper not doing his job.