Was bey - molina stopped too early?

Nah. Bey was only there to get hurt. He was out and (barely) on his feet.

 

Nah, it was a perfect stoppage. Bey had no complaints, he was sitting on his stool minutes after getting stopped still out of it. "Where am I?" "What happened?" "Wait!? What?!....****!" Was basically his reaction. He was done.

 

If you're unable to defend yourself with bombs shipping like coal, it doesn't matter if you were pitching a shutout until then and only have a few seconds to "hang on" until the final bell.

The ref is correct to save you, even at 2:59 and even if you are still on your feet, if you are in his judgment not behaving like someone who is consciously protecting himself.

Chavez vs. Taylor I; Froch vs. Taylor etc.

 

This fight was nothing like Chavez/Taylor or Froch/Taylor respectively...in the case of Mickey Bey versus John Molina, Mick was never floored or even hurt up until the minute and a half mark of the final round.

 

Bad stoppage!! This is a scenario in which a standing eight count would have been appropriate. It's very hard for me to comprehend how a referee can accurately assess whether or not a fighter should be allowed to continue by merely watching from the outside.

A ref should be able to stop the action and award the attacking fighter with an extra point while using the eight count to properly assess whether or not a fighter is capable advancing the action. Referees who don't let the drama unfold in the ring are watering down the sport.

With conservative refs like Draculich, we will never see another Gatti/Ward or Corrales/Castillo ever again.

 

Why an 8 count though? Isn't that a bit unfair when it's the last round and 1 minute to go? You stop, give the man an 8 count, ask him how he's doing, and it takes 15-25 seconds away from the action. Maybe in 20 seconds the man recovers a bit, and manages to last the final 40 seconds.
If the ropes held him up, if he goes down, etc you can give the man an 8 count, but to stop it in the heat of the man going to finish him.. Your giving that fighter an unfair chance to recover.

If he wants to take a knee (like Cotto for instance), etc up to him.

I do understand what your saying though and we many times don't get to see those great brawls these days, which kind of sucks. I had no issue with this stoppage though. Bey was out on his feet if I've ever seen anybody, but boxers know what they sign up for. I'm glad I never heard Bey complain about the stoppage, but many guys would have.. Somebody like Khan lol. In those instances I want them to restart the fight and it doens't stop until the sore loser leaves on a stretcher.

 

Just watched it holy **** he was out on his feet the corner shoulda thrown the towel in, few more shots he coulda died

 

Yeah, well, call me crazy, but in boxing I see corruption everywhere.

 

Bad thing about the fight is Bey would have won if he had just taken a knee. He could have gone down twice. Even a 10-7 round would not have been enough to give the fight to Molina. Bey screwed up cost himself a fight he had already won.