Fights That Would Or Would Not Have Been Stopped Had The Roles Been Reversed?

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  1. TipNom

    TipNom Active Member Full Member

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    Having just watched the fight of the century (Askren V Paul) I thought to myself, "if Paul had been the one who went down like that, no way does the referee stop the fight".
    What are some examples of a stoppage where you think the fight would have continued or been stopped had the roles been swapped? A recent example is Vargas V Benn and Okolie V Glowacki
     
  2. Jel

    Jel Obsessive list maker Full Member

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    A lot of fights in the UK.
     
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  4. thistle

    thistle Boxing Addict Full Member

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    a History of it, sometimes it was hard to watch, because it was just killing the game/sport...

    it is also in line with a very damning British Attitude, which is "it doesn't matter how you got there, or who you short changed to get here, it only matters that you are here...

    Win at any cost, no matter the way and the worst part of this is the attitude and the complete arrogance & denial of anything foul...

    I love Britain and I love many, many of it's people and places, but Our British Attitude and Mentality is disgusting...

    and there has been many, many a Brit who Moved to Other Countries and realised they had to Drop it, because it just doesn't fly with people that are Open, Nice and just so easy going people, happy to know you people who don't automatically dismiss people or insult people in general.

    it is really strange and sad. my Dad used to say, "you can't tell people back home anything"... meaning, not that they don't listen, they simply don't care nor want too hear it.

    anyway, that was the long way round to recognising the corruption in British Boxing.
     
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    Showstopper97 The Icon Full Member

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    Tank vs Gamboa
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