should referees just let the fight continue on a close 10 count?

Jack wanted it to be over so he counted a bit faster towards the end but it didn't matter.

 

Gotta weigh the Pros & Cons:

Say Fighter A knocks down Fighter B, Fighter B gets up as your scenario suggests at the count of 10, he would be the loser....

but what reprecussions would the Athletic Commision, Promoter & Referee incur if Fighter B gets up and either:
A) Gets knocked out & suffers a major injury or death. Or
B) What if Fighter B gets up and KO's Fighter A.

Its a double edge sword: Catch 22 type situation

 

Many/most close ten counts involve a fighter that really wants a way out without looking like a quitter. I think you'd still see plenty of guys pushing their luck enough to just lose so they can pretend they got jobbed later.

 

I think yes, they definitely should.
It's not a punch more than ruins your career when you've taken 10000.

And if they stop the fight, no matter how hurt and outclassed the opponent is, if they stop it while they are standing there's always a fishy premature stoppage suspect.

Let a fighter finish his job. 12 rounds of beating are way worse than 15 seconds of it.

 

This is also very true :-(

 

Donair stood up did not face the ref and walked in the opposite direction. when the ref went to grab donair he fell against the ropes. He was done. Good call ref. Boxing is brutal enough we dont need fighters damaged for life.

 

That's the whole point of a 10 count. 10 counts and you're out.. so no.

 

As a general rule I think if you can't count to 10 properly, you ARE too hurt.

 

I'm with you if there basically up in time let them fight call it if he's in trouble then

 

Fighters shouldnt take the risk of leaving it until 9 or 10 to get up, if they do its their own fault. If they are able to and want to continue they should be up by 8

 

If a fighter cannot seriously time a ten count properly, then they are probably either ******ed or are more seriously hurt/stunned than it looks like and it's probably fair to stop the fight. I mean seriously is counting to 10 really that hard? If at that time you don't have the mental faculties of a 2-3 year child should you really be allowed to continue?

 

This. I mean, the referee even had the decency to count in Spanish

 

The count is never meant to actually be 10 scientifically covered seconds. There’s time between the fall and the 1, always. This is the misconception that gave us the Tyson-Douglas "controversy." What we are supposed to get is a consistent count, where the distance between 1 and 2 is the same as the one between 9 and 10. Weiss fails here, although we do generally agree, in a fight that was never meant to be a fight…fair enough.

 

Good point.

I understand the frustration from the OP, though. I don't like seeing a guy pop up at 10 and act like he can continue only to have it waived off, but they either a) know what they're doing and it's no accident they waited that long, or b) like you said, are legitimately more hurt than they appear.

As such, I don't know if extending the grace period by a half second to after 10 from exactly 10 is going to fix either of those. As long as guys aren't getting 15-20 seconds thanks to a slow count, I'm o.k. with it.