I disagree, he could of won that fight, boxing is a brutal sport and has no time for nice people inside the ring. Sure be nice and kind outside of it, but you don't think he was slightly stupid for doing that?
It was an unsatisfactory ending... I feel like we were cheated out of the real ending. Great fight though, good clash of styles where they both had success. Would like to see it all again when Rogan's had a bit of a rest.
u cant seriously want to see fighters fighting on risking long term damage when the eye was as fuked as that
Look Rogans eye was a mess and it was a good stoppage but it shouldnt have happened. Sexton was badly hurt and Rogan asked the referee to stop[ the fight the fight should have been stopped before that terrible refereeing Sexton was in trouble. Rogan my hat goes off to you as it takes balls to do that but boxings boxing and nice guys never win
There were def. issues with the reffing thoughout the fight but I don't think you can criticise the actual stoppage. The eye was ****ed, even if he'd had let Rogan finish the last 20 seconds of the round it still would have been stopped before the next round started.
You cant take nothing away from sexton thou, he fought a good fight and was dominating in the early rounds.
Gaz, I never watched it but do you not believe Rogan could have finished it in those 20 seconds ? If so then surely it was terrible reffing, why not just let him try and finish it ?
in my eyes teh fight should have been stopped when the right hand landed that backed Sexton onto the ropes. The eye stopppage was fair but it was poor refereeing throughout actually terrible refereeing Sexton could have got hurt and i mean hurt. I like Dave Parris as a referee but if he cant stop a fight when a fighter is in trouble hes not doing his job but hopefully this was a 1 off. I did think Parris would be the wrong ref for this fight as he is abit too strict and i think this was a fight taht should have been left to flow
The ref was a joke though, Dave Paris pisses me off, even in the Khan-Barrera fight he waits right 4 rounds to check with the doctor, Rogan gets swelling in the 6th i think and is almost instantly sent to the doctor, hes a *****. But i think a rematch would be a huge domestic battle, i hope FW makes it after a few months, it would sell and this time Rogan would go for the kill without slowing down. But WHAT A FIGHT, Martin Rogan ALWAYS gives good fights, his fight with Skelton was absolute war, miles better than the world title fights at HW, and this was too, i was on the edge of my seat. Good performance and heart by both of them.
Sexton fought a great fight, but he was totally gone. He said he was still composed but I don't buy that for a second. The stoppage was the correct decision but all the decisions leading up to that leave a lot to be desired.
Rogan had the chance to finish it, but he was looking at the ref to stop it without doing anything, giving Sexton time to recover.