Referee s that are associated With Certain Fighters /Fights?

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  1. Fergy

    Fergy Walking Dead Full Member

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    I'm sure there's loads of examples of fighters or fights that have a link with certain Refs.
    Top of me head.. Joe Louis and Arthur Donavon
    Richard Steele and Chavez /Meldrick Taylor.
     
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    Fights where the Ref became a big part of the story, rather than just fading into the background, as they often do?

    I'd say Jay Nady in the Tszyu-Judah fight

    Walcott for Ali-Liston 2
     
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    Nice one. Jersey Joe big part of that fight, tho I'm sure he d have rather not been.
     
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    Barney Felix associated with Muhammad Ali vs Sonny Liston I on Feb 25 1964, Arthur Mercante associated with Ingemar Johansson vs Floyd Patterson II on June 20 1960 and Fight Of The Century, Muhammad Ali vs Joe Frazier I on March 8 1971.
     
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    Good info as per, Richard
    Did Barney have any other big fights? I
    dont recall his name popping up much.
     
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    I don't think that Barney Felix refereed any other big matches, I could be wrong.
     
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    Ok bud.
     
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    I remember the HBO crew trying to make ref Jose Guadalupe Garcia the story when house fighter Lennox Lewis was stopped by Oliver McCall in their first fight. To pretty much sum up what Lampley/Merchant/Clancy were saying: The WBC's referee, who they'd never heard of, made one on the strangest stoppages they'd ever seen.

    Not sure if their efforts to make that ref the story in that fight stuck or not in the minds of most fans. For me, not sure I'd call it a great stoppage, but I've seen FAR worse. Lewis was very wobbly when that fight was waved off.

    Richard Steele in Tyson/Ruddock 1 is another notable one.
     
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    Carlos Padilla rose to fame with the Thrilla in Manila, I’m pretty sure, and rode that to being a high-profile ref for major fights including Leonard-Duran I.
     
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    Barney Felix refereed absolute top-notch talent from 1941 until 1974. What I don’t see on his record though, is much in the way of title fights. In fact, the only other one I saw was the 1950 heavyweight title fight between Ezzard Charles and Freddie Beshore.
     
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    scartissue Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    For Richard Steele I was sure you were going to say Chavez v Taylor
     
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    Wyatt Earp for the Tom Sharkey vs Bob Fitz fight
     
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    Jack Dougherty refereed two of Jack Dempsey's title fights, Miske and Gibbons. Former roommates, Dougherty let Jack get away with some nasty business in both bouts.
     
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    @Fergy already mentioned it, so I was left with the scraps...
     
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    Al Rothenberg seemed to be Pernell Whittaker’s traveling companion/personal referee
     
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