how good would Gerald McClellan have been if the Benn fight had been stopped in 1st?

They were tied up, it wasnt as if McClellan was hammering at him and the referee oddly stepped in. I think what the refs problem was was that when he tried to separate them McClellan rushed right back in trying to brush past the ref, and the ref pushed him back, it looked like he was trying to tell him not to tie up. I know this is a matter of opinion, but thats what it looked like to me.

 

by who?

 

You see fighters being physical thrown off their opponent by the ref all the time. Calzaghe was almost thrown on his arse by the ref during the Hopkins fight. This is acceptable if a boxer is trying to ignore the referee.

By the end of round 2 it was clear the fight should never have been stopped. Although Benn should have been penalised for those rabbit punches to the back of the head IMO but at the time he was fighting on survival instinct, but as for the ref being responsible for GMs condition .. that's wrong.

If he was blinking throughout the bout and looked in trouble it was his corners duty to retire him on the stool. Corners have to be tougher than that, we know it's hard for a courageous fighter to throw in the towel but sometimes you have to forget about pride. We don't think bad of Duran or Tsyzu for knowing when to chuck it.