Scott's Camp protesting loss!

Good post. Scott gave up.

 

Looks like Malik's bailout plan worked- quit in a way where not everyone will think he quit, that way his reputation doesn't take nearly as much of a hit. The dude was fading, and Chisora was well on his way to winning that fight. It was either a covert quit job, or the worst case of situational awareness in boxing history. Let's not rewrite this like Scott was somehow schooling Chisora and needed to be robbed, which seems to be the implication.

Not surprisingly, there's still a group of people that will swear somehow Scott's been wronged in all this. The only people who got screwed were the fans who paid good money to see a nice boxer vs puncher matchup between heavyweight fringe contenders.

 

So you're saying the referee was probably in on it with the controversial stoppage making his quitjob seem like a legit referee screwup. Or Scott knew the referee would count him out too early, so no one could see he actaully quit. :blood

 

That's not what I'm saying at all. What I'm saying is that it's common boxer knowledge that, if you have the physical ability to, you flat out don't wait until you hear 9 to get up.

Scott didn't make a move to get up until after 9. Given that he does have some boxing skill, I highly doubt he'd make it as far as he did in his career without knowing that.

The rule states that you have to be entirely up (not on the way up) before the ref hits 10. Given that Scott waited until after 9 to begin getting up when he could've started at 7 or 8, what other conclusion is there to draw? It was either a sly quit job, or terrible awareness of the situation. Either way, he's on the hook for a loss. Better luck next time to him.

 

To overturn this would be to overturn every bad British stoppage ever. Which is just about every British stoppage ever.