Richard Steele deserves a shout. His refeering in a serious shoot out between Zarate and Zamora was exemplary, and I agree wholeheartedly with his decision to wave off Meldrick Taylor.
I named my favourites in an earlier post ,but one of the worst must be . ERNESTO MAGANA, for his criminal dereliction of responsibility in allowing the Duran v Moore slaughter to continue . A disgrace.
Geez, I don't know...there were a lot of good refs and I find it hard to seperate them sometimes. I would possibly go for Mills Lane, but for me he got a little too full of himself after a while. Sometimes he thought he was the show. Richard Steele was an excellent ref, and until his controversial stoppages in the Chavez v Taylor and Tyson v Ruddock bouts, was generally regarded as the best ref around.
Mills Lane despite the silly gimmicks and ego probably was on the way to being the best, until he blew his biggest call, and did not throw out Tyson the first time he bit Holyfield... Although far from perfect I think Richard Steele is arguably up there. Probably Mercante Snr was the best, but sadly he went on that bit too long, and stained his reputation slightly. If Larry Hazard had just stuck to being just a referee, the sport would of benefited greatly.