I just rewatched the Wilder/Ortiz fight...

and i can't help myself but the seventh round...

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...Wilder was absolutely DONE. He couldn't even stand, had to clinch the whole time after getting clipped and the ref did nothing. Ortiz was landing bombs there with no punches coming back for almost 45 seconds. I have seen TKOs for less. Especially the last 20 seconds of the round were a demolition job, this is unreal **** we didn't see a TKO there. Wilder was definitely out on his feet, hardly throwing any punches, just trying to give some hugs to Ortiz. How the ref didn't stop the fight is beyond me.

Credits to Wilder for coming back from this point but still i think he was protected there. It's also very strange that the ref is looking after him at the beginning of the eight round not immediately after the seventh round when he was completly destroyed and hammered. This has the touch of "We give him the time between the rounds + some extra time at the beginning of the eigth round to recover..." this + the not given stoppage before has a bitter taste.

 

What's the exact rule? You can quote?

It makes no sense to give fighter a extra time and fighter b not.

And the timing is strange.

Wilder was already standing up and want to continue and then the ref put him back in his corner...

For me it did not look like protocol.

 

I am not questioning the rule. The rule is okay, logic and solid. But the implementation in that case is quite odd.
1. Wilder was already going into the middle of the ring to continue to fight
2. Ortiz did not receive such a "treatment" after getting knocked down couple of rounds before
3. It was very "spontanous" from all parties to give him the extra time otherwise Wilder would have knew it but he didn't so he went to continue to fight.