how a referee can screw up a fighter's career

he was up at the count of 10...that's the requirement. he wasn't falling all over himself. there was no threat that he would be immediately KO'd. there was no stop-worthiness to this fight.

 

OK, at least you're objective enough to acknowledge that the ref had some issues....i'm not saying algieri would have won. i'm saying that when you're in the 4th round and you're down 4 points it's different from being down 7 points. f you're algieri and you feel like you're not getting a break from the ref and as a result you're facing a huge deficit, you fight differently....algieri's plan was to outbox pac and sweep the last half of the fight. you know, the half that matters more. but he was put in a situation where he had to KO pac or hurt him seriously which changed his whole strategy...all because the ref can't tell a slip or a push from a KD and boxing doesn't use instant replay to adjudicate these things.

 

woulda, shoulda....nobody knows what woulda happened if the ref hadn't called the first three KDs. it's possible algieri outboxes pacman and wins a decision. this is one of the reasons why boxing has rematches.

 

the difference between being down 9 points after the 6th round and being down 6 points is that with a 9 point deficit you can't win except by KO or by mutliple KD. with 6 points, you can at least get a draw if you just win the last 6 rounds...so, your strategy is completely different. that's why boxing needs refs with good judgement or at least instant replay.