Mate Parlov

Parlov had a coating of plastic skin above his eyes which made that fight a farce!

 

And Conteh was shafted in his 1st fight with Saad when Saad's corner used illegal Monsel's Solution to seal his cuts .

 

That was not a DQ offense. The cornermen were fined and had their licenses suspended, which is the appropriate remedy spelled out in the rules at the time.

As often and as well as Conteh used his head as a battering ram in his career, he’s got no room to complain about how cut men handled the damage he caused that way.

 

Remember Victor Galindez in his second fight with Mike Rossman in April 1979, they made Galindez wipe off that plastic skin that he had over his eyebrows prior to their fight. They should have made Mate Parlov do the same but he and John Conteh were fighting in Parlov's hometown of Yugoslavia with President Tito looking on.

 

It was for illegal use of the head Pat but these weren't egregious butts. I've seen John stray a lot further over the line. In his day, we treasured his ability to "Fight like an American".
Angelo Dundee was in Parlov's corner and may well have had an influence on the Ref.

 

As stated i thought the Parlov decision vs Conteh was fair and in no way was it a robbery, Conteh took too long to get going, and the two point deductions were just a bit too much for Conteh to comeback from.

If you want to talk about robberies then Conteh vs Burnett was definitely a robbery. Conteh down twice and lost atleast 7 out of the 10 rounds and somehow earnt a "draw". For me that's one of the worst decisions i've ever seen and it's not often talked about, but Burnett did often get shafted in alot of decisions the Leon Spinks one comes to mind.

 

So he didn’t use his head as egregiously in some other fights (were those mostly in the UK?) where he got away with it more, so he shouldn’t have been penalized.

I have only watched small portions of the fight so I don’t know, but I’m presuming he was warned or either he was blatant enough that the ref thought it worth deducting. I wouldn’t blame the opposite corner for John repeatedly using his head as a battering ram, which he did throughout his career.

 

The plastic skin was not removed ,I never suggested Parlov should be dsq'd.

Fat lot of good fining the seconds after the fight !
Do you suppose Parlov was unaware that they were painting layers of the stuff on his eyebrows?
You don't think the illegal protection should not have been removed before the fight was allowed to start?
Parlov isnt excused having illegal protection put on his face because Conteh was careless with his head in some fights.
If he was, what was there to prevent Holyfield's opponents doing the same?
It's up to the referee to enforce the rules whether it be illegal plastic skin, too much qrease ,Monsel's Solution being used, or careless use of the head.
You don't preempt the rules by applying illegal substances and excusing it by saying,"he's known to butt in fights"!

 

I didn't call it a robbery,I said Parlov being allowed to wear that plastic protection made the fight a farce and it did ,it gave him an unfair and illegal advantage.

 

I was there that night.Harry Gibbs was about the straightest Ref I know and he rarely gave draws.I though Burnett won the fight,but no way imo, did Burnett win 7 rds.

 

I thought Burnett clearly won the fight hands down not even close, if you look at Eyeonthering fans had Burnett winning 7 rounds aswell and that's with 2 knockdowns. Conteh looked shot especially his punch resistance and received a gift.

 

My post wasn't directed at you I meant in general to the people who see it as a gift/robbery. It was a close fight but Conteh lost too many of the early rounds, and with 2 point deductions I see no issue with Parlov winning a close decision.

 

I was talking about the MSM fight, not the Parlov fight — cornermen lost their licenses for using an unapproved coagulant.

What are they supposed to do … stop the fight and send the cut medicine to a lab and have the guys stand in neutral corners until the results are returned? MSM didn’t put Monsel’s into the cut. And the rules in that jurisdiction didn’t say ‘use of this results in a DQ,’ they said ‘use of this results in cutman losing his license.’ So the rules were enforced.

And you know what, Saad gave him a rematch. We saw how that turned out.

Likewise, the rules were enforced for Conteh’s billygoat act vs. Parlov — he was deducted points, not DQ’d.

 

Dec 2 1978, Mate Parlov lost his WBC Title to Marvin (Pops) Johnson TKO 10 in Sicily.

 

I haven't watched the fight for years so I'm not going to comment on who deserved the dec.