What a farce. Les Fear, you are an absolute disgrace. As soon as Dib hit with the late late blow I was calling for a point off in the least. I was sure he was going to do the count and turn around and give Yamaguchi 5 minutes at least. Hey Les, when you get home tonight put on Roy Jones Jr-Montell Griffen I and take it in. Two fights you had tonight that were broadcast and you screwed them both up. Christ, we wait a generation for fta boxing and look what happens first up. Its hard to defend the sport when this sort of **** happens.
Shows u based on this why the sport will be kept away from free to air TV....handled very poorly by Les Fear who i feel should see a ban just as much as Billy Dib after their dispicable displays. Old man ref Brian McMahon who is prob half blind & deaf :yep would have still done a better job than joke Les Fear.
Sad but true. :-( and whoever said it earlier, hats off, Billy Dib really is a poor man's Daniel LaRusso.
I still haven't seen any footage so I will give Dib a break because I have seen the better side of him.......a fighter in his position needs to make every post a winner....you get totally pumped for this and the adrenalin and fright flight response replaces your better judgement
What suprises me is that Dib was the main draw on there first card. Sakio or Tim bell would have been better for the first card. Dib bit a guy on Fox a few years back and now this crap.
Haha all you guys can suck it.. Dib was kneed in the head.. haven't heard any of you mention that.. when he was knocked down after being hit on the back of the head he was punched twice, haven't heard any of you mention that.. The guy was wrestling Billy, grappling even tried to lift him.. None of you have mentioned that.. All a bunch of haters. In saying that, Dib did hit him after he went down but it all happened in the space of a second.. try throwing a combination and stopping midway through it.The referee should have let Yamaguchi recover during the 1 minute break.. And what do you expect Dib to do when he sees his opponent rush at him once the ref called it off, just stand there? Bahaha you guys would do the exact same thing..
Yamaguchi would have every right to be upset....if he could't continue after being struck while on the canvas at the very least it should have been called a no contest. The ref was a disgrace....so to the commentators. Rusty wanted to say it, even asked for an opinion in a round about way from the other commentators. None had the balls to call it as it was seen by the viewing public. Special comments man from in the corner proved that his best work in boxing is in the corner.....from what little action was seen in the first round Dib was dropped with an overhand right, was stunned and counted...Johny get the deconcorub somebody needs thier shoulder rubbed in the rooms. It could not be possible that the Dibb victory will be upheld as legitimate. There would be every chance that Superbox will be pulled from free to air tv.....
Well, I've just watched the aftermath a few times and will say straight after the fight Yamaguchi did push the ref before ****** Footit raced in to seperate them. Then Dib comes across, pushes Yamaguchi, pushes Footit then pulls Yamaguchi down. Why that was necessary I don't know. As for the knee in the head, it happened as Dib slipped while Yamaguchi was advancing, hardly an intentional thing. I had to laugh as on the broadcast you can hear 'watch out for his knee', um, heres a hint, try not to fall over. Yamaguchis kd of Dib was fair and I will give credit to Fear for calling it. Was actually a three punch combo and I will concede there was a hint of a shot while Dib is down but you can't make it out from the camera angle (I'm going through it frame by frame). Dib did a bit of wrestling and clinching of his own. Nice forearm push in Yamaguchis face against the ropes. Dib was guilty of holding Yamaguchis head down with elbow a few times. Dibs blow to Yamaguchi after the kd was way late and not even close to being part of a combination. After the kd he pulls back his right and loads up for another punch but stops as Yamaguchi is on all fours. Heres some pics; This content is protected The knockdown punch This content is protected Dib loads up the right... This content is protected Pulls the punch This content is protected Loads the left This content is protected "Excuse me Mr Yamaguchi, I forgot to give you this" This content is protected Ouch
The Aftermath; This content is protected Fear stops it, Yamaguchi can't believe it and pushes Fear away This content is protected J u s t i n Footit comes in and seperates Yamaguchi from the ref This content is protected Yamaguchi is walking (not running towards Dib) hands akimbo to say whats up with that? This content is protected Dib...well I have no idea what Dib is thinking here while in the foreground Footit is trying to explain to Fear what the rest of the country just saw. This content is protected Dib gets pushy with Yamaguchi This content is protected Shows Footit who won This content is protected And has a push for him as well This content is protected Yamaguchi has come back to say whassup ule? This content is protected Its not a waltz... This content is protected but a fling to the floor.
Terrible call by the ref. Billy is an awful sportsman and its lucky this s free cos i'd never pay to see him.