So I just watched Wardley vs Parker. That stoppage was terrible

Yeah that's probably the key thing here.

It's not called a "British" stoppage, because Britain is a place where fights get prematurely stopped a lot, it's called a "British" stoppage because it favours the British fighter 99 times out of a 100.

Actually, I cannot recall off the top of my head a soft/early stoppage that was against a British fighter anytime in my puff - nearest there would be in all-British dust ups where it's probably more accurate to be termed a "Warren Stoppage" or a "Hearn Stoppage"

 

Reset button? I don't think that's how it works
What he threw was poor and weak and could be argued wasn't enough to show any signs of real retaliation

You can't just say "oh look he threw something" and start the evaluation again

That deadly

 

How does Fury/Wilder 1 apply to what I'm saying ?

Parker had taken a beating in the previous round where he was saved by the bell.

He hadn't recovered and Wardley carried on the onslaught with Parker not landing a single punch back.

That is not remotely the same situation as Fury/Wilder 1.

Fury hadn't taken a beating from Wilder outside of the flash knockdown in the 9th round. Fury was in control of the fight until Wilder scored a spectacular knockdown in the 12th round out of nowhere so again that's a different scenario.

A referee looks at the overall punishment a fighter has taken and they make a judgment call. So the referee seeing Parker taking alot of punishment in rounds 10 and 11 with Parker also not being able to land any punches in return in the 11th round for a long period. Parker wasn't giving the referee much to work with so the stoppage was definitely legitimate in my eyes.

 

I mean, that is how it works. The time to stop the fight obviously would have been when he wasn't answering back. Even then, he was showing good defense, and the rule is, "defend yourself at all times."

 

we will just have to agree to disagree on that

In theory you are saying that a boxer can take 5 say hard blows to the head, be on the verge on being stopped only to throw something in vain back and then a ref should start the thought process again
What if the same boxer after throwing a poor attempt at defending himself then takes another 5 blows to the head and so on and so on?

 

Froch vs Groves I. Both British, sure, but still counts. If it's about helping the British fighter, he wouldn't have helped either.

 

Thing is, if you're a 'professional' top fighter and you go to the UK to fight a prospect, and you also have Howard as ref, you should at least know what everyone on this forum knows. Your 'professional' team should also be fully aware of the risks of a 'premature' stoppage.

Before the fight you should have a little meeting with the corner where you are reminded not to stand stationary taking volleys of unanswered punches, especially from a fighter considered a power puncher. If you do that you are either an utter fool with zero awareness of the context or you were too concussed to do any different. I bet it's mostly number two here though.

And as for the premature stoppages, some are due to corruption/bias, but there is also the fact that brain damage to fighters has happened over there or involving UK fighters, so it's going to make them cautious and 'world class' teams should be aware of it. For example that Nick guy who upset Ryder and ended up having brain bleeds and quitting boxing. Or the guy Groves made handicapped. In both those cases the damaged fighter wasn't getting KO'd or KD'd, they were just taking a lot of punches in fights that weren't stopped.

Parker got beat up in this fight, that's why he got stopped by the ref, even if it could have gone on. They should rematch though because I'd like to see Parker properly KO'd by Fabio so the hype can finally end because apparently it's still clinging on.

 

Have a look at Frank grinning ear to ear at the press conference after the fight and check his reaction whenever someone asks him about the stoppage being premature; that tells you all you need to know.

 

Tend to agree with you, Shrap.

Very sad