What are the biggest mistakes by boxing refs in the history of the sport?

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  1. porkypara

    porkypara Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Liston Ali always comes to mind.
     
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  2. AREA 53

    AREA 53 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Joey Curtis comes to mind as a bit too quick to rule out champ Weaver in the first Dokes fight.

    Cant remember his name, but the Ref, along with the Corner, who let Davey Moore Take a Shellacking from Duran
     
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  3. Mind Reader

    Mind Reader J-U-ICE Full Member

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    Anyone feel like the ref messed up in Benn vs. G-man in the first round? Probably not one of the biggest mistakes in history, but given what happened later in the fight, makes it pretty heavy.
     
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    leocouture Chinchecker KILLA!!!!!! G Full Member

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    how can anyone forget this **** boy


    Richard steele

    taylor vs chavez
     
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  5. Collie

    Collie Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Edit: Oops, wrong thread, sorry
     
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  6. Curtis Lowe

    Curtis Lowe Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Those were the first two I thought of.
     
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    iceman71 WBC SILVER Champion Full Member

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    rand neuman stopping the tyson vs williams fight after 1 knockdown in 90 seconds. heavyweight championship of the world and the guy gets knocked down, gets up asks if he is ok then stops it. pathetic
     
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  8. D_Andrade

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    Jay Nadys criminally early stoppage in the Judah fight comes straight to mind at least he hasn't had a relevant fight since! One of the most crooked refs in the game!
     
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  9. ChimpMyRide

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    Joe Cortez disqualifying Humberto Soto was pretty egregious.
     
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    Taylor didn't respond to the ref, he had already gotten extra time. (He went down at 17 seconds, the ref stopped the fight at 4 seconds)
    13 seconds and he couldn't respond to the ref wether he was ok or not therefore the ref had to stop the fight.
     
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  11. BagsWithDust

    BagsWithDust Well-Known Member Full Member

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    that was pretty stupid,

    what about what joe cortez was doing during the ortiz-mayweather fight. that guy was like staring off into space
     
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    Also taylor didn't take his gloves out the ropes, he wasn't standing by himself
     
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  13. bigbootyboxing

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    Refs stopping lewis fight against Mccall
     
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  14. prelude

    prelude Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    The ref that didn't DQ Mayweather for the Judah vs Mayweather fight when Roger jumped in.
     
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  15. mgdb26

    mgdb26 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    A similar instance where the ref waited WAY to long to step in was Arthur Mercante Jr. in the Whitaker/Hurtado fight. Hurtado was clearly out on his feet and Whitaker was whaling away with lefts. Mercante waited until Hurtado fell through the ropes to stop it.

    Go to the 8:00 mark.
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