HBO, Fire Lennox.

I think Bayless was pretty surprised.

McGirt probably felt that Paulie was holding constantly because he was ready to be taken out and did his man a favour (in his opinion).

To me the only time he looked badly shaken was in the 2nd - and perhaps the 3rd. From then on Ricky seemed happy to let the schooling carry on and win on points.

 

The curse of Buddy McGirt continue. Altough I think he sucks at trainning, his stopage earn my respect. Takes balls to make that call even if your own fighter will object. Paulie had no chance of winning, and looked like was getting rocked by unanwsered shots.

 

Well, another serious injury or death in a big match in the US would go a long way to getting the sport banned or even more limited. Don't like 12 rounds? How would you like to see pro fights more like amatuer fights? That fight was over long before the towel came in anyhow. He did the long term viability of the sport a big favor.

 

It's already been said but Malignaggi was told by McGirt to start fighting because he didnt want to see anymore grabbing.

Malignaggi didnt listen or try. Where was his aggression?
He was hardly toughing it out like a man was he?

It got stopped because he let it.

 

I have no problem with the stoppage.

The fact is, Paulie was pathetic, he had one hand to defend himself, and he was hugging, not fighting. When a fighter has surrendered like that and refuses to even attemp an effective offence the fight just becomes a joke and should rightly be waved off.

Did yall hear Lou Dibella say that if Paulie's corner didn't stop it, he would have?
Paulies promoter was going to stop it!

 

People say Calzaghe/Lacy should have been stop sooner. Calzaghe not really a puncher, Hatton hit's harder then him. Paulie had less chances to win then Lacy. This is the same situation, where a boxer is taking too much unnecessaery punishment. Good job Buddy, for wanting his boxer to be able to fight another day.

 

Paulie is the local guy for us but I think you are sooo wrong here. Fight should have been stopped two rounds sooner IMO

 

This sort of thinking is EXACTLY what is wrong with modern referees, and modern boxing fans. The job is to stop the fight when the fighter hits the canvas and can't get up.

 

lennox is getting better at commentating, he still is boring and monotone but he sometimes has some good insight. He pointed out some flaws paulie had with his defense and dropping his left hand which was good.

 

There's no end of examples in the history of boxing, where a fighter needs protecting from there own courage. I don't want to see anyone get seriously hurt.

 

Up until this post I thought you were a rather intelligent poster who just happened to hate Lewis, now I think you're just a plain idiot.

This is a sport where fighters put their lives on the line. But these fighters, who fight solely for YOUR ENTERTAINMENT, also have families. They're somebody's son and perhaps someone's dad.

Are you a father?

Do you care about the children of these fighters who are basically alive but no longer with us? Are you prepared to look after than individual for the rest of their lives once their ENTERTAINMENT value has diminished?

You really have to re-think this. Every knock out is potentially life threatening and the latest science on this is that the damage accumulates with each concussion. But of course none of that matters as long as you're entertained.

Now if it's a competitive fight, I can somewhat understand that logic as fighting is fighting and we want to see who wins. But if a fight in uncompetitive and one fighter is hanging on for dear life and the only issue is whether or not he'll survive, why would anyone what to see him continue until he's KO'd. That's just sadistic.

 

I downloaded the fight with HBO coverage and I enjoyed Lennox's analysis of proceedings.

He's got a lot better from the first I heard him, when he sounded like a stuttering ******. He does not sound completely natural yet, but he's improving and I like to get some analysis from somebody thats been in the game recently.

 

You don't know that, but the point is to stop it before he gets seriously hurt. Damage is cumulative through out a career and you don't know until the end if it was too much or not.

 

I think his insight makes up for any other perceived short comings he may have. We generally cut the 'color' commentator some slack unless he is just REALLY awful. I prefer him over Steward though. Lennox isn't out trying to prove how savvy he is. He just tells it like he sees it as a former champ.