Raymond Ford Delivered!

That maybe you should watch and pay attention to a fight before taking such a strong stance on one side or the other on some controversy.

Ropes held him up, so it was a knockdown.

 

Watch it again.

Ford hurts him bad with the right hook. He follows up and drops him with his jab, but the ropes made him bounce into Ford and Ford gets him off him by throwing him to the canvas.

Ford goes on the attack, and Kholmatov starts running looking back over his shoulder. He stops running because he ran into the ropes. He didn't fall into the ropes like in the first KD, he ran into the ropes.

At that point the ref had no choice but to stop it since he was incapable of defending himself, was badly hurt, and had turned his back on Ford.

 

I know most had him losing but I thought Ford was landing some really sharp punches throughout the fight. I didn’t think the stoppage was bad either. I like Kholmatov but he was reacting horribly to every single clean shot. All that bungling around the ring was a testament to how hurt he was. One more punch could’ve had him out cold.

 

So what did you expect Steele to do, ask Taylor if he was okay for the THIRD time?

 

I kind of think it's a stretch to even say that Kholmatov was held up by the ropes. He was just galloping. He probably could've gone another twenty or thirty feet before either falling on his face or finding his legs if it were out in the open.

 

‘‘Twas an early stoppage that robbed the guy of the belt

 

Or saved him of his health

 

I was quite impressed with Ford, thought the stoppage came at a good time, neither early nor late. Kholmatov turned his back and ran to the ropes for safety, never a good sign.