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

With 7 seconds left he could have made it out of the round by holding/clinching and getting that 60 second break between rounds. Thing is he wasn't given the opportunity to do that, when I watch it over it still seems like a bad stoppage to me.

 

On second watch it was a bit quicke but the outcome would have been the same the same Lara hits way harder

 

Looking at the ending, the corner blew it. The ref was still accessing whether Wood could continue. That was going to eat up another 3 or 4 seconds. Lara was also being a dumb ass and not staying in a natural corner. The ref would burn up another 3 seconds getting him to neutral corner before letting them fight. Wood probably had a good 4 seconds left in rnd had corner not thrown in towel. 1 minute to recover with ice and splash of cold water .

 

Yeah that's another thing as well, Lara wasn't in the neutral corner like he was supposed to be. Ref should have made him get back in the neutral corner which probably wouldn't have made the corner panic the way that they did.

 

Was the right decision

 

If Woodpecker was okay to continue, he should have spat his mouthpiece out & gone for the 27 second break.

The British ref looked eager to pull something but Woody wasn't giving him much to work with.

Seeing the towel come in was a little surprising at the time but you have to back the corner to know their own fighter. Too often you see the opposite scenario - the towel not coming in when it should.

 

Davison did the right thing. Lara beat Wood terribly, Davison probably saved Wood's life.

 

He didnt tell lara anything because he was checking wood. He hadnt seen lara, the corner didnt even let the referee to finish checking wood. After checking wood the referee would have 100% sure sent lara to his corner, buying at least 3 seconds (at the very very least).

That towel was a total **** up, no matter how you see it.

 

I hear you and we can have different opinions but Wood himself is exonerating Davidson being honest to admit he was done. I think this vindicates the decision. I have watched again and again and I really think it was the correct decision. If Wood himself says he was done who are we to argue with it.

 

The corner panicked when they saw Lara behind the ref, they should have at least waited to see if the Ref instructs Lara to go back to the neutral corner, before throwing the towel.

 

Noted but Wood himself is admitting and telling Froch that he was done and that Davidson made the correct decision. If the fighter and trainer agree he is done then I don’t think we can in good conscience argue with it.