Ruiz Knockdowns Issue

They're called "timekeepers" and they're a normal part of boxing.

 

Pongsaklek Wonjongkam.

 

The words straws and clutching, spring to mind...:rofl

 

Fair enough.

I could understand all of this controversy thing if Ruiz had been "robbed" or if it had been a close fight and he had not been turning his back and Haye had maliciously thrown illegal blows.

Yes, Ruiz fought bravely and came to win but he was fairly comprehensively beaten.

He wasn't exactly squeaky clean himself. The bell usually signals the end of a round.

A little cool thinking is required.

 

When a fighter turns his back to his oppenent, it's up to the ref to warn them and or take a point away. Haye only fouled once, and that was the first time where he was looking to finish Ruiz off in the first round. That happens alot when a fighter is over eager. Sam Peter often times does it, seeing that his overhand right is his bread and butter.

I seen the other times, and those rabbit punches were a result of Ruiz turning his head/back to his oppenent. Haye was doing his job, and did what he had to do. Foreman did the same to Frazier and Hagler did the same to Hearns. A fighter shouldn't have to wait for his scared oppenent to turn around so he could throw a punch again. Thats just ******ed.

 

No: their job is to count how long someone has been down, regardless of whether or not they were knocked down, slipped or whatever. If the ref decides that there was a KD, he picks up the count from them.

 

This happens all the time. They start the count for the ref as the ref makes sure that the other boxer gets to his corner, ect... and then the ref picks up from where they left off. The ref has the option of waiving off the count and ruling it a slip or a foul if he so chooses.

 

:good Problem solved

 

Exactly.

 

I can only imagine that Ruiz was judged to have been KD'd by the first punch (the one where he was slumped over the ropes. he was actually given a standing count.) and that Haye was then Docked a point for the subsequent punch.