Peterson-Mathysse premature stoppage?

Just as Smoger mistook all those knockdowns and power punches ragdolling him around the ring for a sign that Pederson was, well, getting knocked down and ragdolled around the ring.

He should have just looked in his puppydog eyes and ket him keep going.

 

:deal if he stopped there it still would not be premature, let alone later stoppage!

 

no.

hes lucky smoger let him continue after the 2nd KD. he wasnt moving good when he got up

the 3rd KD didnt even land properly and he still fell down

 

Unless it's about Barrera,I don't often disagree with Divac but IB's comment about Smoger echoes exactly what I was thinking when I watched the stoppage.
In fact,I'm sure it crossed my mind that Peterson was allowed to carry on because it was Smoger.

 

No. PEDerson was being raped. There is no "too soon" when stopping a ****.

 

Smoger could have stopped it after the first knockdown in the 3rd when he tried to get up and rolled on the canvas

 

I never understand why people post crap like this,he is a fighter and fighters fight for a living

 

You know a fighter is hurt badly when there is a delayed reaction to a punch. Peterson took about 1-2 seconds to actually feel the damage from the hook that grazed his forehead and caused the first knockdown.

 

:rofl This is desperate, at best.

 

Smoger could have stopped it after the first knockdown in round 3. PEDerson was on unsteady legs when he got up.

 

Exactly.

It's not the ref's job to decide how the fight has been going, only the condition of the fighter at that exact moment.

Not giving him the eight count was Smoger saying "I don't think you can win, based on the first three rounds, so even though you're up I'm going to protect you by not giving you a chance to recover, even though the rules dictate that I should."

Complete BS.

 

Smoger goes to seminars where they discuss all sorts of things boxing related. He said he allowed Pavlik to continue against Taylor because he knew it was an equilibrium shot and Kelly could recover from that based on what he had learned in a seminar. He was giving Pederson a chance to recover and he went down again because he wasn't able to defend himself properly. Game over.

 

The 2nd nock down, from the monster hook. I recall Peterson trying to get up and stumbles. Smoger was looking at stopping it at that point but let him continue. Gave Peterson a very long time in the corner before saying fight. Which didn't last long before another hook sent him to the canvas. Smoger is not a ref that stops fight premature.