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i actually think the stoppage was premature
The only thing the stoppage was premature of was the impending KO
No, I gotta agree! The ref should realise this was a big "marketed" fight, he should have given Audley the chance to weather the storm or be knocked out.

Audley fought like an amature but the ref treated it like an amature fight, jumping in just because one of them started throwing punches!

Ok there are refs that are very biased but there must be promoters who shiit themselves when they know certain refs are looking after their fighters. If that ref had been in with Benn and McClellan, that fight wouldnt be the classic it is, Benn would have been stopped in the first. Audley may not have got out of the round but instead of knowing we are left wondering.
Yeah, it's obvious Audley was just about to get going when for no apparent reason the ref stepped in

I hate that I will wonder till I get to my grave 'could Audley have made it out of the round & become the Heavyweight champion of the world??'
he would never have won dude, we all know that

but if that was the attitude then the ref may have stopped it right at the start