Referee Mark Lyson and Peter Fury both didnt hear the bell (P. Fury interview)

Fully Loaded · May 29, 2026

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Lyson was ready to step in once Usyk unloaded that first barrage before the bell. He had his mind made up after the brutal knockdown and the wobbly walk to the corner from Rico. Reasonable stoppage. The outcry comes from the underdog almost doing the unthinkable.
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CrossT · May 29, 2026

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Geriatric ref is an idiot. Should be an age limit for refs.

fencik45 · May 29, 2026

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Peter flew back with ref Mark Lyson in the same plane and they had a conversation.

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Starts on the right spot. Peter still thinks the stoppage was wrong, poining out Rico s outstanding recover abilities which he proved over and over again in kickboxing against Badr Hari, Levi Rigters and Jamal Ben Saddik.

At 10.50 minutes, Peter stated Lyson told him he didnt hear the bell, and Peter said he didnt hear it either.

If Lyson really didnt hear the bell (and it makes sense since Peter didnt hear it too), then I change my opinion about it. I thought Lyson clearly heard it and still stopped the fight.
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It was a **** stoppage. Odds are Verhoeven gets ko'd in the final round, though. Even if he had managed to hold on, he loses the decision.

fencik45 · May 29, 2026

CrossT said: ↑

Geriatric ref is an idiot. Should be an age limit for refs.
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Yes. Far more important, there should be a mandatory retirement age of 65 for all judges and all elected officials.

rolzone · May 29, 2026

Just noticing that after the stoppage Rico needed the ropes to get to his corner. At least Dubois got up and strolled past Usyk like he didn’t know him

rolzone · May 29, 2026

fencik45 said: ↑

It was a **** stoppage. Odds are Verhoeven gets ko'd in the final round, though. Even if he had managed to hold on, he loses the decision.
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He gets dropped 3 times more and ref stops it anyway. He could not walk to his corner unaided

catchwtboxing · May 29, 2026

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Even if the ref didn’t give Rico time to put in his mouth piece Usyk still only had 9 seconds left to finish the fight. The ref stopped the timer for Rico to get his mouth guard. Usyk would not have knocked him out cold in 9 seconds even if Rico wasn’t allowed time to get his mouth guard.
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Recovery time. The same punches might have seriously hurt him.

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