frank cappucino is the best ref ever. who can forget, during ward-gatti I: "you dont fight with your head, Arthur." Frank called him 'Arthur' all night...
Thank god it's not Eddie Cotton, because I would have to stuff cotton in my ears just to prevent hearing his annoying, panic stricken, repetative warnings, almost always unfairly hurled at one fighter. He is a biased ref. who unintentionally chooses to obsess about one illicit aspect of the fight, missing just about every other contraband. His refing can be characterized as very uneven.
His purple gloves look straight up pimp though. :hat And he's in some of the best boxing highlight reels.. Maskaev knocking Rahman out of the ring, Golota unloading the three punch combo to Bowe's balls, etc..
I like Smoger and he should do a good job . The best for me is Kenny Bayless , never seems to make a bad call and is usually anonymous(often the sign of a good ref) . Imagine if Nady or Cotton had reffed Castillo v Corrales I , we'd have missed out on such a great fight and Tony Weeks really deserves credit for the way he let them go that night without needlessly stopping and breaking like Nady would have inevitably done .
Yeah Smoger is great. Just remember Mosley- Forest I, other ref would have stoped the fight, but thanks to Smoger, Mosley was allowed to continue and he hold his own for the rest of the fight.
No love for Mills Lane, eh? He was rather forceful but also allowed the fighters to do their jobs. Dickey Steele sucks!
Smoger and Cappucino are by far the best refs if you like action fights. They dont stop fights too quickly ever. Not sure if Frank is still refing, but some of these other guys should take a page out of Smogers book, hes the best. He was always known as Double S on Tuesday Night Fights.
Smoger did the Miranda fight. I don't really care for him, but he will let them fight. That could be bad for JT.
Sometimes smogger lets guys take way too much punishment, don't forget a guy died the other day as a result of a fight, I do think smogger might get trigger happy tonight because of it, there is nothing worse than watching a guy out on his feet taking unnecessary punishment.
Slow down read the thread. I don't care for him, not because he lets them fight, but for his decision making skills, at times. I've seen him make some bad calls.