(Thomas Hauser) "An Appaling End to Foreman-Cotto

A lot of the **** in this article is a lie. He DID consult the doctor. The doctor came up on the ring apron when he got up. The first slip was dismissed and Foreman still danced around. The 2nd slip was the bad one that was caused by a wet floor. That's when he rolled on the floor a bit grimmacing in pain. And that's when he got up and Mercante told him to walk it off and the he'll give him 5 minutes and the doctor came up on the apron to check out the situation. And it continued. The doctors then gave a better diagnosis when he made it to the final bell.

 

NO excuses, this guy (Mercante jr.) should be taken off the canvas permanently. What r we waiting 4? Another tragedy?? The guy has a VERY BAD record that includes 1 fatality. There is ppl in jail doing time for less than what this ******* has done!!:ban

 

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Dude, you dreamed this incident. There was no doctor coming in
wake up!

 

LOL, Yuri was never in the same league as Cotto, Mayweather, Pac, or any other elite fighter. Really, he had no business being in the same ring as Cotto, so his having a bad leg from an old "bicycle" accident really is a mute point. If his leg gave out in the match, it gave out even before the match.
The only reason the match was made was becasue it was in New York, Yuri The Bum is a rabbi, and New York is filled with Khazars who run the New York fight scene, and dream of seeing a Khazar champion. Not going to happen. Khazars cannot fight as well as they steal and Yuri Foreman proves that fact exceedingly well.

 

Old school? Name me 3 fights from 1900 to 1950 where the corner's towel wasn't accepted and the fight wasn't stopped.

Going out on your shield is one thing, but if the corner stops it, the fights over. What Mercante did? They didn't even pull that **** back when 50 round fights with smaller gloves took place.

 

I'm appalled that Hauser finds it appalling.

 

Don't bother with remarks like this. He probably didn't read the article, too long for his attention span and is just a keyboard warrior.

 

I think it was one of the worst referee acts of pure stupidity from beginning to end I ever saw. How this guy was appointed after being responsible for a former ring death and so many other travesties cannot be intelligently explained. I also have been in boxing a long time and know many former comm members and some there now. The Mercantes did in fact arrange for some very questionable and objectionable things done to the man mentioned in this thread behind his back, just to take assignments away.

Very justifiable anger at it as was his prediction a fighter would finally be killed through Mercante Junior's negligence. It has been listed in court papers that are devastating in the scope of what was done to the other referee for telling the truth.

In essence they are assigning the worst referee with a history of a ring death and one of the best all around boxing people is blackballed.

The recent Hauser article on the NYSAC explanation covering for Mercante Junior is appalling. Absolute complete and total lies to the public. Bottom line it was a person acting like a maniac instead of a referee.

That Whitiker-Huertado fight is reason enough never to referee again.

From what I knew from former NYSAC comm members and a few there now, the anger is more than justified and then some. Total political revenge for telling the truth.
Shameful.

 

Quality article. Never was any doubt of Hausers writing skills, he just too often takes a side when its unacceptable. Here he discusses an important issue and no problem taking a side, the fighters health side that is. I dont agree with everything, but agree with most of it and it was a quality read.

Hauser is spot on here.

 

Hauser is the best boxing beat writer today.Although I don't entirely agree with his conclusions,I thoroughly enjoyed the article.:good

 

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:think

 

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