Greatest ever referee !

guys like Mills Lane and Richard Steele.

 

Agreed. I think Benny was on borrowed time, and it's remarkable that he dropped Griff and nearly knocked him out. If Emile hadn't gotten up, Paret would have gotten killed eventually. Personally, I suspect the first punch which started the final sequence may have been the fatal shot. The fact remains that Goldstein did freeze though, startled by Griff's explosion.

In 1952, Goldstein wasn't able to finish Maxim-SRR. He wasn't quite the man George Siler was for Jeffries-Sharkey II and Gans-Nelson I. For a former top fighter, he had some surprising failings as a big time referee.

Gibbs himself was criticized for not stepping in and stopping Bonecrusher-Bruno before Frank crumbled down for the count. Personally, I agreed with him letting that particular action play out. Gibbs is a big enough part of boxing history that he should have been in the IBHOF years ago. It remains a bad oversight on their part.

 

There are far fewer good to great ones than average to poor ones.
If forced to pick just one great one - I think I'd lean towards Arthur Donovan...

Old skool but still cool :rasta

 

Gibbs took no **** ,I sat next to him a couple of times, in between him officiating bouts , he was straight, and true, and didn't look for popularity.

 

Donovan gave Tommy Farr precisely ONE ROUND against Louis, I call that a bad night.