The referee blocked Inoue from going after Donaire after the liver shot and I have to say what the **** was that? and the referee did a huge slow count and the time keeper also had no idea what he was doing. Donaire was on the ground for 12 seconds. Seriously what a joke.
It was very quick, delayed and unexpected. The guys in RBR were confused as well as me. It was forgivable IMO, and was obviously the right call in retrospect.
time should have started when nonito turned his back to the fight. at that time, the time keeper should have started a count while the ref sent inoue to a neutral corner, insuring nonito is out of danger, then picked up the count, wherever it may be at that time, from the time keeper. i havent really checked the replays, but the time did seem long, which is unfair to inoue.
The ref isn't beholden to any exact count of ten by-the-computer seconds. Everything about the custom of refs giving a ten count and checking the fighters' condition boils down to each individual referee's subjective judgment.
my comment was more to how its suppose to work, and why each party is given each responsibility, and how those responsibilities are suppose to work together, and for what purpose.
The ref doesn't have to take any cues from the timekeeper, that's a misconception. He can if he wants to, but if the ref wants to say down is up and the sky is purple and the count starts 5 seconds earlier or later than what the timekeeper says, or if his "seconds" are really half a second or two 'real' seconds each - it doesn't matter. All's as it should be. The ref is the sole authority and his prime directive is to keep the fight going until either fighter can not, in his estimation, intelligently defend himself. That's how it's "supposed to work". Any other interpretation of the rules is mistaken.
the ref doesnt HAVE to do any of those things, but those things are in place so that the ref CAN do them, because its the most efficient design for what you want to accomplish, which is the protection of the fighters in an even, practiced, and fair way.
Yep. I'm just clarifying more for the posters that inevitably chime in, during confusing moments as these, with "the ref did xyz wrong!" - as the rules give the ref latitude to do what he wants, ergo there is really no "wrong", even if he doesn't follow the guidelines and use provided resources.
