Picture Perfect Royal Storm

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It so appears that Weeks is corrupt and not a good referee for sure!

 

Oh for sure cause no Ref can be so inept,he’s a corrupt piece of work that one.

 

Just watched round 5 of the fight. Juarez did stumble when he got up. It looks like he got up too fast and should have went to a knee first then stood at the count of 8. Maybe, he would have been more stable and weathered the storm. He looked fine after a couple of seconds, but by then it was too late and Weeks had called it off.

Just an impression from watching one round, but Bogdoe looked fast and kind of like Chris Eubank Sr the way he moved.

 

Looks like Weeks is just putting in his job application for the Joshua/Parker fight, lol. Hearn can now import a neutral ref for his British stoppage.

 

Eh...

that highlight doesn't show Juarez's knees buckling after he rises; maybe Weeks could have given him the full eight count, but given how hard that kd was- and the fact that it was the second heavy KD Juarez had suffered, it wasn't really that bad of a call. If anything, he would have been within his rights to stop the bout as soon as Juarez hit the canvas.

 

What is everyone's problem with Tony Weeks again? I remember him ranking among the less problematic of the prominent refs, now all of a sudden I blink and there's been a sea change and he's getting shat upon left and right.

 

The highlight doesn't show him stumbling sideways when he stands but this footage of round five does. 2 minutes 12 seconds in.

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It's not bad, but it was enough to conclude that he was impaired. Looked like he was up at the count of 4. If he had taken 8 he'd probably have cleared his head; since he looks fine a second after Weeks grabs him. He wasn't hurt bad, but he was definitely floored and wobbled. Not the worst stoppage and well within the guidelines.

They are still pissed that Weeks botched Kovalev vs Ward 2. All it takes is one bad screw up to ruin a reputation. It might get better but for now the wounds are still fresh.

 

"Operating within the guidelines" as they're known now in this modern age slams the door shut on many potential classics that we'll never see because referees now almost exclusively err on the side of caution. Well within their "guidelines". A fighter can't rally, can't show a substantial amount of heart or grit, or perseverance if every time someone is hurt a fight is stopped... Yes, there are guidelines, but they're called fighters for a reason.

Maybe I'm ****ing deluded or watching the wrong sport.

 

But it also prevents many potential tragedies. Jaurez had already been hurt badly on one previous occasion, and looked worse off this time around. Maybe you give him the benefit of the doubt, but there have been times where doing that can put the fighter in peril. The guidelines are there for a reason.

 

It's similar to Andy Lee's KO shot against Carl Daniels, literally the perfect time and storm of events to occur. He throws the hook at the exact same time Juarez draws his guard down and slips it right in between hands. Almost the perfect shot.

 

I'm not so much angry about it as a little dissapointed. I really believe Juarez is one of those throwback action fighters who can do things like routinely, somehow, bounce back in epic slug fests., even from multiple knockdowns.

It's like not seeing a fellow action fighter like Orlando Salido being given every chance. You know what they're capable of, and want to see them given a chance to exercise their particular set of skills, Mexican as they might be. When he was stopped recently (Salido) he was given every chance and I didn't feel like he had anything left to give when the fight was stopped, so to say. I felt like Juarez was game and able, and made his decision as a fighter by rising. He deserved at least a chance.

 

CJ will do fine, he is equipped to carve out a career as road-warrior action hero tv mainstay. He may rack up a ton of losses but look at Orlando Salido or Mickey Roman ...their long and winding paths still led them into a televised main event against each other that was among the most anticipated boxing events of the 4th quarter of 2017 and popped up on many end of year FOTY lists.

Guys like that can afford the occasional tough break or bump in the road because it never diminishes their value in the eyes of event promoters or fans.

 

Dogboe meanwhile, should never be referred to as "picture-perfect". There is nothing photogenic about that phrenological disaster of a dome.

 

Hell of a chin on Juarez.Most would have been cold KO'ed by that shot