That was a really bad stoppage

I'd have waived it off after the first knockdown. Khan got a good 15 seconds or so and he still was wobbling around and had no idea where he was...that's the kind of move that winds up with guys getting killed or winding up like McClellan.

Bayless didn't end it too soon, he ended it too late.

 

Freddie Roach said it was a good stoppage. He almost didn't let Amir come out for the 4th round.

 

I didn't see that. What makes you say that about Roach and the 4th?

 

fight shouldve been over after the first kd were kenny bayless gave amir con 19 seconds from the knockdown to when con got on his feet

 

To say this is a bad stoppage seems a bit crazy.

Khan, first of all is a tough kid, I never thought he would make it back up the first time he went down, you can't question how brave he was to keep trying.

However, his legs were gone, completely. His shots weren't bothering Garcia when he had legs, no way they were going to bother him without legs. Garcia was fresh and his punches were hurting Khan even early, although he lost the first two rounds, his punches hurt.

Bayless let the fight go on long enough, nobody knows for sure, but I feel if Khan had come out of that corner one more time they would have been taking him out on a stretcher a few minutes later. As it is he took so much damage he shouldn't fight again for 9 months at least.

 

-But the fighter's trainer, Freddie Roach, does not disagree with the stoppage. He felt the referee, Kenny Bayless, made the right decision."I think it was a good stoppage. He never really recovered from the first knockdown. The referee did the right thing," Roach said.
"Amir never got his legs back after the first knockdown. I almost didn't let him go out for the next round."

 

Cool thanks.

 

Even Freddie Roach disagrees with you

 

khan went down from a punch that wasn't that hard. if he continued, i could've been ugly

 

Good stoppage, the ref cam showed Khan's eyes weren't right