Would the fight have been stopped on cuts if DeGale was ahead?

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  1. macho_grande

    macho_grande "I'll never get over" Full Member

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    I was talking to some boxing fans in work about the fight, & they asked me why the fight wasnt stopped due to Groves cut.

    It got me thinking, had DeGale been clearly ahead going down the stretch. Do people think the fight might have been stopped?

    The referee announced the headbutt as accidental, thus any stoppage would have gone to the cards. With the fight being so tight, & with Warren cleary worried that DeGale was losing. I understand exactly why it wasn't stopped.

    Thoughts? (this is a rubbish thread isn't it? Lol)
     
    macho_grande, May 24, 2011
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  2. GazOC

    GazOC Guest Star for Team Taff Full Member

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    its a bit of a reach IMHO...
     
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  3. HMSTempleGarden

    HMSTempleGarden Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    nah, I thought Watt was right when he mentioned the cuts stopping the fight at that stage would have been a piece of nonsense.

    you need to remember both were champions and it was a unification fight and Groves deserved the respect to go on, the cuts weren't serious.
     
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  4. TheDon

    TheDon KO Artist Full Member

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    It IS a reach, but look at the farces in recent Khan and Cleverly fights, where ridiculously early stoppages favoured the house fighters.
     
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  5. bailey

    bailey Loyal Member Full Member

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    I wondered the same thing.
    Remember when Barrera was cut in the Khan fight and couldnt see with a terrible cut, yet the fight was allowed to go on past 4 completed rounds when it should have been stopped, yet in the Cleverly fight before Groves/DeGale, Cleverlys opponent had a cut that to me didnt look as bad as Barreras and the fight was stopped
     
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  6. GazOC

    GazOC Guest Star for Team Taff Full Member

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    So Warren pays off the referee and doctor but doesn't bother to bribe the judges? The guy is an amateur.....
     
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  7. RF22

    RF22 Member Full Member

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    All a bit nonesense to me, the fight was clearly not going to be stopped on that none dangerous cut in the last 2 rounds and who's to say the ref knew who was in front
     
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  8. rockandrollstar

    rockandrollstar Active Member Full Member

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    Mick The Rub was the cutman, thats why he didn't stop it
     
    rockandrollstar, May 24, 2011
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