Slips which should have been ruled knockdowns?

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  1. dmt

    dmt Hardest hitting hw ever Full Member

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    examples where ref ruled a fighter being knocked down a slip or didn't rule anything which should have been ruled knockdowns?

    IMO Briggs vs Lewis. Only ropes held up Lewis and i think it could have been ruled a knockdown.

    Sanders vs Vitali should have been a knockdown too.
     
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    SwarmingSlugger Active Member Full Member

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  3. ManassaMahler

    ManassaMahler Member Full Member

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    At least two or three points in Lacy vs Calzaghe.
     
  4. Brian1980

    Brian1980 New Member Full Member

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    I recall Vitali going down after being stunned by Sanders. It maybe have been a trip due to the southpaw stance but I’d have to watch it again.

    Didn’t Bowe go down after getting tagged by Hide and it was ruled a slip?

    Lewis briefly touched the canvas against Akinwande from a punch/push high on the head.
     
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  5. George Crowcroft

    George Crowcroft He Who Saw The Deep Full Member

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    There's a big one during the mid rounds of the FOTC. Frazier battered a wounded Ali around the ring the whole round and Ali slipped off a punch while wobbled and it was ruled a slip not a KD. I still had that round 10-8 from what I remember, but it'd be a certainty if that KD was counted.
     
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  6. Bulldog24

    Bulldog24 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Eubank vs Collins in the second round of their first fight. Clear clean knockdown. All three judges scored that round 10-9 Collins, when it really should’ve been 10-8 Eubank (which would’ve actually won him the fight..).
     
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  8. Woller1

    Woller1 Member Full Member

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    Honestly - that would have given THREE points for ONE knock down ?!
     
  9. Usyk is the best

    Usyk is the best Active Member Full Member

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    Ruiz dropping Valuev in round 2 or 3 of their rematch was ruled as a slip, it should have been scored as knockdown
     
  10. Dynamicpuncher

    Dynamicpuncher Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Barrera vs Marquez was one of the worst ones IMO.
     
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  11. drenlou

    drenlou VIP Member

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    If that KD in the first was scored correctly for Provodnikov, he would have gotten a draw out of it.

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  12. scartissue

    scartissue Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Check this out. Robin Blake v Tony Baltazar in the 8th round. Check out this at 9:07. How was that not called a knockdown?

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  13. scartissue

    scartissue Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    The fact that Bradley fell over and could barely stand made a mockery of the ref's call.
     
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  14. Seamus

    Seamus Proud Kulak Full Member

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    If ruled correctly it would have been a KO as Tim went down twice from the same punch.
     
  15. greynotsoold

    greynotsoold Boxing Addict

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    I was at the Rafael Ruelas v Freddie Pendleton fight and Ruelas fought his heart out. He went down twice in the first round and came back strong but I thought that he got the benefit of a couple later on that could have been called knockdowns and weren't. That would have changed the result of the fight.
    Oddly, I have never watched video of the fight, even though I thought it was a good fight. And I probably should, now that my memory is shot and I am, at best, functionally senile.
     
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