Raymond Ford Delivered!

That was a good stoppage, he staggered around the ring and turned his back.

 

It was more then that dawgie,
Ford was about to get wiped out & KO’d himself in the 1st 4-5 rounds.

Ford made adjustments, dug deep & turned it around … literally turned his opponent around.
I supposed the ref could have neglected his job or let him go till he knocked him spark out.

But ,
Truthfully he was done
Chin cracked, back turned, arse exposed & getting hit flush with every shot.

it was unfortunate but it’s part of boxing part of life.

 

Running into the ropes must be normal to the other posters on here lol I agree!

 

This tko reminded me of john Mugabi vs Duane Thomas.....never show you,re back when hurt

 

I read the thread before I watched it and was expecting something really egregious like him not being hurt at all or they're being a knockdown and a pause and the ref taking time to examine him. He was staggered stumbled across the ring had his stomach to the ropes with his head either on or under the rope and he was getting hit I don't know how you don't stop that fight

 

Don’t turn your back when you’re hurt. It’s asking to be stopped.

 

It was a fine stoppage. You can't turn your back and fall into the ropes like that. An example where the referee did not get there in time was Gvozdyk/Stevenson, as Stevenson has stumbled into the ropes defenseless and took one more shot he didn't need to take. Can't blame the referee from wanting to prevent a punch like that.

Mind you, Kholmatov was going to lose on the official cards anyway. *That* is the real source of controversy.

 

Referee actually did him a favor by not calling the first KD. Not his fault K would not hold.

Besides, the judges already had it in the bag for Ford. The scoring once again is the problem, not the referee.

 

To be fair, the one delivering was the referee.

 

You watched it but didn't pay enough attention to know whether his head was tangled in the ropes or not?

 

No it was not. The only reason he was standing was that the ropes held him. That's techincally a KD and he should have been counted 8. Since there were only 7 seconds left, he was directly robbed.

The referee should never referee again, what he did is quite disgusting to watch, tbh.

 

What´s crazy is that had the knockdown been called, he would have made it to the final bell.