SRL vs Kevin Howard.First time Leonard had ever been down,and was it an early stop!?

Sure, the stoppage was quick in round 9, but Leonard was in control and gonna get Howard outta there by then... Leonard was rusty early on, yet getting sharper as the fight moved on... Howard was tuff / game, but that was it....

MR.BILL

 

I have always thought this was stopped prematurely...this kind of stoppage rarely seems to happen to the house fighter...

 

I believe it is highly likely that the ref stopped the fight at the first opportunity he got because Leonard was the money fighter...my original question remains...why do these type of premature stoppages never happen to the house fighter? I'll leave you to work it out:good

 

Referee mindset is totally altered by perception.

To quote a buddy of mine who would know really, really well;

"When the local boy hurts his man, the thought is, 'Oh, it's over.' When he gets hurt, the thought is, 'I better give him every reasonable chance, or I'm gonna get lynched.'"

 

MN (how are you btw?)

Your friend's quote is pretty much a variation on the theme I was alluding to, no?

 

You were spot on, mate. Just illustrating to back you up :good

 

Cool - I'm glad you agree - if you hadn't I would have severly doubted myself!!!

 

The amount of sinister involved in referee's doing shady **** is often very, very overstated, but you are spot on when you suggest that these situations alter how they feel and look at a fight.

The hometown favorite, most often, doesn't even need the help of the promoter that they are reputed to receive. Human psychology is all the benefit they require.

 

Oh yes! There always has been and there always will be, as long as there is money in boxing...there will always be "the left hand side of the bill"...