Tony Perez

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  1. Thread Stealer

    Thread Stealer Loyal Member Full Member

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    Is it just me remembering a few fights of his long career, or is this guy a totally incompetent ref?

    Everytime I see that he's reffing a fight, he's doing something like standing there while a guy is getting pummelled and everyone else is screaming or thinking "stop the fight", not doing anything about 100+ clinches, or not happening to notice that something might a be a tad wrong with someone's gloves when it looks like this:

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  2. KOTF

    KOTF Bingooo Full Member

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    The guy reffed the Ruiz fight didn't he? Wasn't he also the ref for the Jones-Griffin I fight as well?
     
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  3. GPater11093

    GPater11093 Barry Full Member

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    Tony Perez

    in the words of Alexis Arguello

    'Dat Moron'
     
    GPater11093, Aug 25, 2009
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  4. Mr Butt

    Mr Butt Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    did`nt he do the second frazier/ali fight and just warn ali about 130 times for various things and do sod all and so ruined any chance of frazier being able to work
     
    Mr Butt, Aug 25, 2009
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  5. My2Sense

    My2Sense Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Yep. But that's the least of the **** he's done.

    Here's a "highlight" collection that someone at CBZ made:

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    My2Sense Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    I like the pic of Cooney-Norton. A nice wide shot, and yet Tony is nowhere in the frame. Is he even in the ring??
     
    My2Sense, Aug 25, 2009
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  7. Mr Butt

    Mr Butt Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    how did he continue to get big fights after the cooney norton fight
     
    Mr Butt, Aug 26, 2009
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  8. frankenfrank

    frankenfrank Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    do you expect him to be faster than a peak roy jones ?
     
    frankenfrank, Aug 27, 2009
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  9. Stevie G

    Stevie G Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    He also thought he heard the bell too early,just after Ali shook up Frazier with a right hand in the second round.
     
    Stevie G, Aug 27, 2009
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