Tyson v Ruddock 1 - a fair stoppage?

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A standing 8 Count would have been appropriate.

 

I did see the entire fight. Like I said, in an attempt to avoid giving Tyson too much credit - people give Ruddock too much credit. Round 6 was a good one for Razor - he did stun Tyson. That was the best he could do. Most of the fight was a one sided beating though and for this reason alone people don't count the Ruddock fights as an example where Tyson overcame adversity and fought back well when hit hard. That fight was not close - it was competitive but not close - Tyson was winning handily and would have have continued to do so if not get the KO in round 7.

 

Stoppage was a bit too quick IMO, but isnt that what they had a rematch for?

 

As I mentioned on another thread, Hagler never spoke to Steele again after the Leonard fight-plus Steele looked after Hearns in his fights

 

Richard had to make a call.

Looking back Razor had been in similar trouble and come back to make Mike question his own heart, In the instance of which we speak Steele saw Tyson land flush on several occasions and Razor sagged lifelessly for a breif moment before straightening himself up, by then Steele had waved it off..

If you can't convince to the referee that you are fine then there are grounds for a stoppage.. But in hindsight even Steele would probably say it could have gone a little longer..

Richard was a compassionate referee, and i beleive he thought Ruddock was in grave danger.. Maybee if it had gone on a few minutes longer Tyson may have slammed him over or even out.. Its a great debate..

The rematch was a good little fight though....

 

Ruddocks recuperation powers were amazing.

 

Yeah, that's right.

Tyson was actually lined up to fight Renaldo Snipes after Ruddock, but the controversy over this stoppage and public demand created the rematch.

And Ruddock did better in the rematch than I think he was ever gonna do in the first fight if Steele had let it go on.

So as bad as this stoppage was, it was completely compensated by the rematch.
Tyson proved his superiority, erased any doubts. And Ruddock got to perform even better than he had in the 1st match.
The wrong has been righted.

 

To all intents and purposes, you are right about that...Ruddock fought better in the second fight, and lasted the distance, so that fight kinda made him look even better than the first one. It is a better, more contested fight than the first.

 

Premature, yes. Horrible, no.

Ruddock was about to get blasted out of there flailing against the ropes where Tyson would've pinned him and finished him. Then again, Ruddock came back from incredible beatings by Tyson. 5 more seconds and Steele stops it convincingly and Tyson goes straight for Holyfield (after Snipes). Ruddock bounces back and might even gain confidence with the loss.

 

Ruddock showed in the rematch Tyson wasn't going to blast him out of there. I wonder if a lighter Ruddock would have done better in the later rounds in their first fight if Steele hadn't had prematurely stopped it.

 

Premature stoppaget