Joe Cortez is a disgrace

and Kirkland had been downed x3 from a non puncher who was no doubt brought in to lose.
No probs with the stoppage and i am no fan of Cortez but this fight was not goin' past the opening round

 

Make Márquez - Pacquiao an exception, not the rule.

I'd say 80% - 90% of fights where a fighter gets KD 3 times in a round get stopped by the ref. Stop arguing.

If you keep bringing up Márquez - Pacquiao I'll flood you with hundreds of examples of the opposite.

 

Cortez sucks, but in this case I think the stoppage was ok

 

You mean if he DQ'd Pac for a serious illegal blow when Marquez was clearly down according to boxing rules? :think

 

I can understand why Cortez stopped this. But then again, he let William Joppy punch a helpless, defenseless fat old Roberto Duran from one ringpost to another for a full 2 minutes before stopping it. Duran took about a 50 unanswered power punches there and only his terrific beard kept him on his wobbly legs. Maybe it was the criticism Cortez got back then that made him get more cautious now.

 

LOL the guy got legitimately knocked down 3 times in about a minute. To me, that's a stoppage

 

Good stopage! Kirkland would have been drop again and again!

 

Cortez IS a disgrace but not due to this fight

 

Dude, can you read? It is an exception because it is! If about 80 - 90% of fights are stopped after 3 KD in one round (even if the rule is not in effect) Márquez's fight is an exception!

Man, you must be very butthurt or must have lost a lot of money.

 

Oh, and yes, Kirkland had the chance to prove he was a deer in the headlights.

 

cuz he is Juan Manuel Márquez therefore he gets a second chance

 

If it was the other guy that was knocked down 3 time in the same fashion, would you guys say the samething that the fight shouldn't be stopped?

 

Boom Boom is hurt, if Ishida had been knocked down 3 times, Boom Boom would be praising Cortéz. :deal