The stoppage of Jono last night

Murray was Romanov..............hmmmmm I think Romanov would take that.

 

Dreadful stoppage, and McKenzie talking absolute bollocks about a compassionate act from the ref because Thaxton was going to be stopped at some point.

Since when should a ref stop a fight based on what he thinks is bound to happen? Corrales looked gone after the first KD in his first fight with Castillo, should the ref just wave it off?

Or when Haye was dropped by Mormeck perhaps the ref should have decided he was bound to get stopped at some point so step in.

Bull**** stoppage.

 

It was definitely a premature stoppage.

The ref obviously decided before going into the ring that since this was Thaxton's last fight, any sign of Murray walking away with it and he'd step in to stop Thaxton taking a beating.

It was a British Title fight at the end of the day and Thaxton had'nt even touched the canvas before the stoppage!

Not sure what John Rawling was playing at either - seemed to have an agenda afterwards where he would'nt even listen to or acknowledge anybody else's point of view on the stoppage? Bizzare!

 

Perfectly acceptable stoppage. Thaxton looked like an old man in the ring. His reactions were sluggish and it definitely saved him from a brutal knockout. There was only one way the fight was going and the referee was correct to step in.

Yeah it is a brutal sport, but there is nothing wrong with showing compassion for an ageing warrior like Thaxton, who has taken far too much punishment already. These fighters have lives outside the ring,

 

I think that if it had been a 4/6 rounder and that if Jono had been a jorneyman or afrobum then the stoppage would have been correct but in a British title fight between two very good fighters the ref should have let the fight progress. I knw it is bad seeing an old fighter take abit of a beating but Thaxton was not in a load of truble and would have maybe survived the round and fought on, with his punch he still could have won too.