Cotto-Clottey Referee

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  1. lucatoni08

    lucatoni08 Active Member Full Member

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    Just watching a re-run of the Cotto-Clottey fight on setanta now and have to say the level of refereeing was brilliant. The ref didn't buckle under any pressure nor did he fall for any of Clotteys antics in the last round.
    I loved his quote in the twelfth after Clottey complains about the low blow.

    "suck it up.. Fight like a champion"...Quality:good

    Great refereeing, and I think he should get a lot of credit as referees seem to get a hard time from fight fans..
     
    lucatoni08, Jun 15, 2009
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  2. Ricky369

    Ricky369 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Agree!
     
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  3. Vantage_West

    Vantage_West ヒップホップ·プロデューサー Full Member

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    do you feel if clottey didnt do any football tactics that the ref would of warned cotto a bit more...yah semme?
     
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  4. rikanlink

    rikanlink Broward Boy Full Member

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    co-sign, clottey was doing anything he could to get a point taken away from cotto
     
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  5. Capitan

    Capitan Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Thats a sign of a good job from a referee is that he is not the talking point.

    You are right he did an excellent job.
     
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  6. lucatoni08

    lucatoni08 Active Member Full Member

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    Well probably not, there wasnt much for the referee to warn cotto about. It was hardly the dirtiest fight ever, and i'm a total neutral regarding the two fighters...
     
    lucatoni08, Jun 15, 2009
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  7. MemoCan

    MemoCan *****49ers Express***** Full Member

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    co-signed-pretty darn good ref
     
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  8. thesham01

    thesham01 Undisputed Champion Full Member

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    ref handle the incidents very well, a lesser ref and the fight would of have been decided by a poor ref decision
     
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  9. LHL

    LHL Captain Freedom Full Member

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    Arthur Mercante Jr is his name according to Boxrec. I thought he was brilliant
     
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  10. Hatesrats

    Hatesrats "I'm NOT Suprised..." Full Member

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    Mercante Jr. son of a legend.
    Defo one of the better East Coast based ref's.
     
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  11. Ricky369

    Ricky369 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Well, what did you expect??? Merchante Jr. was born with boxing in his veins
     
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  12. Scar

    Scar VIP Member Full Member

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    The referee did a great job especially in a dirty/messy fight like that.
     
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  13. wooz

    wooz Active Member Full Member

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    I dont know.. in Judah fight after those hard lowblows he kept saying to Zab to suck it up too and should have deducted more points from Cotto. This is a sport which has rules you have to follow.
     
    wooz, Jun 15, 2009
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  14. Bodysnatcher

    Bodysnatcher Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    edit
     
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  15. the_what

    the_what Bolo Punch KO Full Member

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    I liked his reaction after Cotto hit him on the back of the head in the 12th round. It was like a little kid after his mom told him he wasnt getting him any candy.
     
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