Leigh Wood vs. Mauricio Lara Acosta & Dalton Smith vs. Billy Allington RBR.

Remember Steve Davies, I think it was, ignoring the towel, Ritson v Ponce, I think.

 

He was done. He saw Lara take nukes to the body and walk straight through it. Then got his brain rattled. Man was done and he doesn't have the talent to beat Lara.

 

Throw a double card of Wood vs Warrington, Luis Alberto Lopez vs Mauricio Lara, winners meet down the line. Your welcome Eddie Hearn

 

I think he knew his fighter was gone.

 

Wood was the champ as well. In front of his own crowd. Iffy

 

It still is your day Professor, mine as well.

 

Ref gave Wood plenty of time. It was 10 count. More instruction to make sure he is OK. While giving the instruction to raise hand towel come in. Let the fight continue. If he isn't protecting himself or can't get that clinch right away then throw in towel. You can still throw in the towel. See what ref does and see how he reacts. I just don't agree with this corner.

I was about to post BS on long count and extra time given by ref

 

Ordinarily I'd agree with you & perhaps scumbag isn't the right word, but to me it is honestly feasible that Davidson saw the chance to be praised for being a caring cornerman & that prospect was of more value to him than giving Wood every chance of winning the fight.

If I'd read another poster say the above about any other trainer throwing in the towel, I'd say they were clutching at straws. But this is Ben Davidson. If Wood, or any other world level fighter, is stupid enough to go with Davidson as their head trainer again, they deserve all they'll get.

 

His legs were under him better than CEJ's vs Smith and he got the chance to see if he could ride out the storm. I take your point and I know you're questioning the stoppage too - and maybe scumbag is a tad harsh - but a cornerman is paid to make good calls under pressure. Towel in hand and eyes glued to the next phase of action after the ref called 'box on', and throwing it if legs buckled or there was a lack of strength to tie up Lara would be fine.

It also hadn't been all one-way traffic. What if that was Lara going all-in? So yeah maybe not a scumbag trainer but an ex-trainer for sure...

 

Not a fan of the chauvinist and misogynist language but in spirit I agree.

 

As many have posted, Lara was eating many clean punches too. He wasn't looking to good until he out hooked Wood.

We will never know.