Bute-Andrade, Chavez-Taylor revisited. This is why ref's should continue their count.

The referee in the Bute-Andrade ruined a great comeback by Andrade. Congrats to both fighters. Bute is a poor man's Calzaghe, and Andrade is a poor man's Margarito lol. They gave us a good fight, but the wrong guy won. I couldn't help but feel for Andrade who came across as very likeable and sincere in the post fight interview as did Bute. This fight deserves a rematch because I don't see Bute as champion or winner of this fight.

Lucian Bute should have a loss on his record, and here's why. Andrade did go to the wrong corner, but a ref should not stop his count EVER. The ref should've directed Andrade to the neutral corner BEFORE he even started his count. But we'll get to that. Nady did this when Judah went down, and then went down again. Nady counted to 4, and stopped the fight. What the !@#$!#$ was Nady thinking stopping his count. You count to 8, make an observation of the fighter and then stop the fight. Judah was up well before 10, and never got the chance to finish or let Kostya finish him.

J.C Chavez was losing to Mel Taylor and dropped Taylor with a big right. Mel finds the strength to get up and earns the right to be finished in a major unification fight, and Steele asks Taylor if he is ok, after Taylor has been through a war, he says nothing, but he does get up from the knockdown, and Steele stops the fight instead of letting it go.

Now we have Andrade who knew he was behind, attacking Bute from pilar to post. I saw Andrade's body shots weakening Bute, and after the knockdown, what I saw was one of the worst decisions I ever saw by a ref. The ref started his count, and then stopped his count, and THEN continued his count again lol. If anything, he should've told Andrade to go to the neutral corner BEFORE he even started counting. Instead, he counted to six I believe, stopped his count...kept screaming at andrade to get to the neutral corner, and then continued his count. Ref's should not stop their count ever unless they are stopping the fight. This is why there is controversey when you don't count to 8. A damn shame.

 

Exactly, there was no time on the clock. Now, had the ref directed Andrade to the neutral corner before he started his count, counted to 8, and had a good look at Bute, he might've had to make a big decision, let him go or stop the fight. Bute did get up well before 10. Question is was he visibly able to continue???

 

Naw, we don't need Smoger. He just jumped in and stopped the Pav-Taylor fight, and issued no count. Champions/fighters deserve better than that even if there is no standing 8 count. J.T was not stuck on the ropes.

 

Had the ref told Andrade to go to the neutral corner, and then started his count, he could've looked into Bute's eyes and made a decision rather than appear as if he gave Bute time to recover. The ref doesn't know how much time there is. Bute looked done, but he did get up.

 

Smoger is a good ref, I just thought he made a quick decision and should've counted to 8. Fighters deserve that respect after training months for a fight.

 

J.T may have been toast, but J.T deserved a count which is my point. In the Bute-Andrade fight, the ref not knowing how much time was on the clock might've counted to 8, looked in Bute's eyes and either let them go, or stopped the fight. I doubt it lol, but you never know.

 

Good post. I believe Bute was up befoe 8, but we don have to see what the count was by the guy outside the ring. I think the showtime crew issued there own count and were surprised Bute was up before 10. Good post though!:good