Fabio Wardley vs. Justis Huni & Pierce O'Leary vs. Liam Dillon - Round by Round.

should have given Huni the chance to fight on

 

The other judge is from New Zealand, not Australia. Basically a neutral judge as we have a bit of a rivalry with both AUS and UK lol

I think the stoppage was controversial. Would have played our differently in Saudi.

 

Why was Huni and his team so OK with it?

 

His whole team must be mild mannered too.

 

Absence of Brit warriors just makes the Brit warrior heart grow fonder, squire.

It also gives us time to truly reflect and appreciate how brilliant the Brit fighters are...not too easy to do when we're in the actual midst of British fighters ruling the whole evenings card.

I dare say we may be a tad spoiled, squire.

 

Genuine question, even if they did protest what would you expect to happen?

It's ultimately pointless. I don't think I've ever seen a result overturned even in the most controversial fights.

 

Never wait till the count of 9 to try and get up.

 

Also based on today's showing Usyk better not get even a flash knockdown against Dubios...

 

You're missing the point.

If you think you've been wronged in the biggest fight of your career, and experience an unfair outcome that will damage your prospects going forward, you dont go " Oh well, fair enough....better man won"

The point is Huni knew it was a fair stoppage.

 

Yeah when I saw at the beginning that it's a british ref for a british fighter that pulls the crowds I instantly thought of @Serge who often remarks how the us have so many hometown refs and the english don't. I assume in general it is still true and I like that the issue is being adressed at all (though I don't care who does it, it's bs either way).

But the count felt quite quick to me and when rising before 10 huni surely should have gotten the chance to prove he is ready to box on, winning almost every round and defending very well under pressure after being hit earlier in the fight. Also wardley's stamina was pretty low at that point.

I don't know what the average count length is and maybe it only seemed quick to me. I rewinded it and it was ten seconds so I can't really complain. But as others said, I wonder if it would have been the same the other way round. I have seen so many instances where fighters were made to go on when they should not have and took unnecessary shots (there being the home fighter becomes a disadvantage when you take additional punches and still lose). So now in this case I expected huni to be able to go on. Also afterwards there really weren't a lot of signs of damage.

But I must say both fighters were quite likeable after the fight. Especially huni, so graceous in defeat. You don't often see something like this after suddenly losing a fight you were winning clearly a few moments earlier. I mean this would have meant the world for his career and he is able to just let it go. That was the strongest accomplishment to me on that night.

 

For me Huni’s stock rose with that fight, even in defeat.
He also showed exactly how to beat Wardley (until he didn’t).