The top ten referees throughout boxing history.

The fighter taking the punishment isn't the only one affected either. Killing or seriously harming a fighter often causes long lasting trauma, and can seriously affect or even basically end people's careers.

A fighter may be willing to get killed in the ring to slightly improve their chance of winning, but their opponent might not be happy to be in a fight where they have such a chance to inflict so much damage on another person.

 

Sometimes we have to protect people against themselves. The more I think about it, the more I think a "let the fighter decide how much punishment he's willing to take" rule is not a viable option.

 

Goldstein was criticized for stopping the Robinson v Turpin rematch too early,the difference being ,if you err on the side of caution you potentially rob a fighter of his chance of winning and the fans of a correct result.If you leave it too late to stop a fight you potentially rob a fighter of his life, or leave the door open for him to incur lasting physical/mental damage.
Referees are human,they make mistakes,but like goalies, their mistakes are more readily apparent.I've seen Halpern .Nady,etc have good nights and a couple of not so good ones.One referee I'm not a fan of is Brit Ian John Lewis ,He was criminal in not stopping the Vitali v Briggs fight imo.
A fighter being hammered is not the the best judge of whether he should be rescued by the referee or not .eg Chuvalo v Foreman,Chuvalo thought Big George was getting tired, yeah right, another few big shots and Chuvalo maybe would not still be able to entertain us with his lucid conversation.

 

Just a theory, offensive minded tough guys who produce action landing fouls above belt during their attack are sometimes tolerated. But no one like low blows.

I've seen Golota bite, head butt, and throw low blows.

 

Zivic was never dsq'd!

 

Probably because Goldstein was his ref of choice I'm sure...…..

 

Forget the name, I know who you’re talking about he is great I love the slow mo replays where you can catch him smiling as a shot lands he loves his job more then women.

 

You don’t start living till you’re ready to die for something friend.

 

British National treasure, Sir Henry Cooper didn’t think so.

 

They reconciled late in life ,I met Harry a few times ,a very straight forward honourable man,decent amateur heavy in his time,and a POW,his autobiography is a good read.

 

Nobody can ban a sport.

 

No disrespect man, but all you shrinks are weird an out of touch with reality.