Best referees in the history of boxing?

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  1. Richard M Murrieta

    Richard M Murrieta Now Deceased 2/4/25 Full Member

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    Best referees in the history of boxing?
     
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    Mills lane
     
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  3. Richard M Murrieta

    Richard M Murrieta Now Deceased 2/4/25 Full Member

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    I did like him, Let's Get It On. That was a great line that I will never forget.
     
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    Arthur Mercante Sr
     
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  5. Richard M Murrieta

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    Arthur Mercante Sr and Larry Hazzard Sr.
     
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    I always liked Steve Smoger. He stayed the hell out of the way.
     
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    Took a vicious chair shot to the dome
     
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    scartissue Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Harry Gibbs, Dick Young, Arthur Mercante Sr. and Mills Lane
     
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    Mitch Halpern (RIP) was good.
    Agreed on Mills Lane. No B.S. with him.
    Wasn't Smoger the referee who kept telling Lou Savarese to get up between numbers? "Six! Get up! Seven! C'mon, get up! Eight!"
     
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  10. George Crowcroft

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    No Tony Perez? ;)
     
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    Steve Smoger is the GOAT.

    I dont remember any big mistake he made in a fight not only that but the number of great fights he was involved is ridiculous.
     
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    Your winking guy says it all. I watched a video recently, something like "When boxing referees lose control," and Perez was a referee who kept letting fights go on too long. Cooney-Norton and Mercer-Morrison were named.
     
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    I always liked Frank Cappuccino.
     
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    In the scorecard thread Scar complained multiple times about Perez, I agreed with his takes on (iirc) Canizales vs Chandler and Tatsuyoshi vs Richardson. I was making a little joke.

    Either way, I agree that Perez is a terrible ref. Let's fight go on too long, is a constant unnecessary annoyance, and is often in the way.
     
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    Lest not forget JJ Walcott ( 2nd Clay,Liston OMG )
     
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