Benn vs McClellan

I said that was the Ref's bad, I didn't say that part was Benn's fault. It was incompetent Ref none the less, and Benn should've lost from either being counted out, or from the rules stating that if a fighter is knocked out of the ring, it's over. He was knocked out of the ring last I checked.

 

fair enough

 

I was right, just as you said, he was out of the ring, by my count for 11 seconds. Last I checked, that is EXACTLY as I said. You're from the UK, that tells me all I need to know about your bias on this matter. Yes, 100%, Benn threw more rabbit punches than most fight, and more of those punches without being warned or DQ'd. As I said, there's a challenge waiting for you if you disagree.

 

Annoys the hell out of me when people refer to Benn taking just over 10 secs to get into the ring after being knocked through the ropes and out of the ring and that the fight should have been stopped then. The rules state you are allowed 20 seconds if that happens. End of.

 

the rules and regulations are not on your side - they stipulate that a boxer is allowed 20secs after being knocked out of the ring. Your argument is invalid.

 

In fact, let me spell out the 20 second rule for you, from the British Boxing Board of Control's rules:

3.32 Should a Boxer go down to the floor as the result of a legitimate blow, the Timekeeper shall count off the seconds strictly in accordance with his watch. The opponent shall retire immediately to the furthest neutral corner and neither Boxer shall resume boxing until ordered to do so by the Referee.

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(b) when a Boxer is on one foot or both feet and at the same time any other part of his body is touching the floor of the boxing ring; or
(c) when a Boxer is supported on the ropes of the boxing ring and, in the opinion of the Referee, is unable to defend himself; or
(d) when a Boxer is in the act of rising
and in all of the above cases, a Boxer shall be considered to be down until he has regained his feet within the boxing ring and is in a position and a condition to defend himself.

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The Referee shall not permit a Boxer to continue boxing, if in his opinion he is able to do so, until the expiration of 8 seconds following the knock down.

 

So two is all you have? This should be very easy to beat then. I'll give you a little more time to come up with more. I'll review the ones mentioned.

 

Do you accept that more fights happen with less rabbit punches and warnings than what occurred that night?

 

Indeed he did...but the 20 second rule further negates any question of him being counted out. There's just too many myopic idiots on this board at times!

 

It was a huge upset.

If someone had told me before the fight that one of the two would suffer career ending injuries, I would have assumed it would be Benn.

Benn didn't have a great chin and was the naturally smaller of the two.

I thought McClellan would win by early to mid rounds KO or TKO.

One factor in the outcome was that McClellan hadn't had to go past 5 rounds in a long, long time. He had no plan B if he didn't get a guy out of there early.

 

Karma for dogfighting. Benn was a beast