So I just watched Wardley vs Parker. That stoppage was terrible

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  1. NewChallenger

    NewChallenger Member Full Member

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    Wardley was pretty much gassed after the 4th round and was a heavy bag for the next few. Wardley lands somethng in the 10th and fires a combination.

    Then I watch the 11th and I just go......Why was he stopped? None of those punches really hit him. Wardley was flaily away and you could see Joseph actively doding them. He is turtling up,not because he is hurt, but because there is no point in trying to counter someone who is flailing away.

    I think that the main reason Joseph blocked and dodged all that, was because Joseph knew that Wardley was gonna gas,so he just rope-a-doped. From Wardleys entire barrage, I only counted 3 punches that landed.
     
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  2. Wizbit1013

    Wizbit1013 Drama go, and don't come back Full Member

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    Parker got beat up for the final minute of the tenth and it carried on in the 11th
    Context is key here imo, it wasn't the first period Parker was getting unloaded on with little reply

    It could have possibly gone another 10 seconds but Parker knows the game and he did literally nothing to give the ref a reason to let it carry on
     
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    the problem is, none of it really connected. stopping a fight when someone is flailng away at your guard and is missing and you can see the fighter is dodging and punches are missing, it is not really a good grounds for stopping it.

    In my opinion, Parker actually hurt Wadley WAAAAAY worse in the fight prior to this,because unlike Wadleys punches which landed on his gloves or missed, Parker was constantly conencting on his face. Wadley did nothing from 4-9 and just kept getting hit and did nothing. In any cause ,he should have been waved off.

    I dont feel a fighter shouldl be stopped for blocking and not punching back if you see most if not any of the punches actively does conenct
     
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  4. Ike

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    It seemed like a premature stop to me.
     
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  5. Rollin

    Rollin Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Ye.
     
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  6. Wizbit1013

    Wizbit1013 Drama go, and don't come back Full Member

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    Sorry but from what I saw plenty connected
    Sure alot didn't but I saw more than 3 punches connect during that period I mentioned

    Parkers own fault
    And Wardley Always fires back when hurt so limits a refs reason to think about stopping a fight

    Parker also got punched in the face plenty during the rounds you mention
    Just look at his face after the fight in interviews
     
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  7. Sandman_

    Sandman_ Undisputed Full Member

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    Parker wasn't throwing back. I was thinking 'British stoppage incoming' for about 30 seconds before it happened. So was the ref.
     
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  9. Kiwi_in_America

    Kiwi_in_America The Tuaminator Full Member

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    It was bad

    Really need a rematch

    Hopefully it will happen
     
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  10. FrankinDallas

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    Definition of "Howard Foster stoppage ". And "Brit stoppage".

    Partly Parkers fault for not grabbing and holding on or taking a knee, but mostly due to Foster's habit of stopping fights too early. If Foster did it a couple times then we wouldn't be talking about it. But he's known for quick stoppages; he should trademark the term.
     
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  11. Serge

    Serge Ginger Dracula Staff Member

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    Let's not forget Howard Foster allowed Josh Warrington to endure a nasty beating vs Maurico Lara in their first fight. Warrington suffered a burst eardrum in round 4 shortly before being dropped and then proceeded to eat a sickening amount of bombs from a noted banger in the subsequent 5 rounds until he waved it off. Warrington's legs didn't seem right for the remainder of the fight after he suffered the burst eardrum and was dropped for the first time. He also suffered a broken jaw in that fight

    Foster also waved Dubois vs Lerena off at the bell when Dubois hurt and dropped Lerena instead of giving him a chance to return to his corner and try and recover. This is after Dubois had touched down x 3 in round 1 and suffered a torn ACL and his legs didn't seem right too
     
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    But the fight wasn't stopped in the 10th when Parker was getting whooped. At the time of the stoppage, Parker just got done throwing a combo, went to the ropes, ducked some punches then the ref came in and stopped it. Wardley missed the last 3-4 punches. Bad stoppage.
     
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  13. Dynamicpuncher

    Dynamicpuncher Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Pretty much this.

    Parker had took a beating in the 10th round.

    And in the 11th round Parker took a 40 second onslaught from Wardley without Parker landing a single punch back.

    Nothing wrong with the stoppage Parker should've held on or took knee but he was obviously too buzzed or hurt and couldn't do either good stoppage IMO.
     
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  14. Dynamicpuncher

    Dynamicpuncher Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Wardley landed over 20+ punches in that 40 second onslaught so you're clearly wrong as the link below shows.

    https://www.reddit.com/r/Boxing/s/SiRVZNTJsB

    Parker didn't do anything and that's the reason why he was stopped.

    You're saying he had a plan in his head to make Wardley gas out.

    But i see a fighter that was hurt/buzzed and didn't hold or take a knee for 40 seconds so clearly he was hurt enough.

    And just before the stoppage Parker went back towards the ropes and looked in bad shape.

    All these people complaining about the stoppage or that it's a "British stoppage" make me laugh.

    So a fighter takes a beating in the previous round and then in the very next round takes 20+ unanswered punches for 40 seconds yet its a terrible stoppage ?

    Baffling.
     
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