Why did the referee stop the Ruiz Joshua fight when Anthony Joshua responded ”yeah”?

Usyk KO'd Joshua as well. Dude was still on his seat like 5 minutes after the final bell.

The Shell of Joshua had enough active nerve energy and muscle memory to bring itself back to the corner.

 

Johnson obviously didn't want any more

 

Well, AJ took a step forward and let go of the ropes only to step backward and rest his arms on the ropes again. He was nodding and replying in the affirmative while sinking back into the ringpost as Griffin was appearing to summon him forward.

In the third man's shoes, I expect I would've allowed Joshua a little longer to walk toward me, but how much time should he reasonably have been given before the plug was pulled? The longer the referee waits to see if he'll pull himself together and get out of the corner, the more farcically unfair on Ruiz it is. It's easy to see why Griffin waved it off.

 

Part of the referees job is to recognise when a fighter can’t competently defend himself or is taking a beating that may result in serious short or even long term consequences. Sometimes a fighters’ ego takes over and the ref, or their corner, has to make that decision for them.

 

Andy was landing the power punches, and Joshua had been down 4 times, and twice in that round alone. His "Yeah" did not convince the referee, who looked at the total situation and the general demeanor and actions of Joshua. I think, all things considered, it was a good stoppage.

 

Oh, you don't? So what's your take on the Wilder vs Ortiz 1 fight?

Remember, when Wilder was out on his feet barely holding himself up. He got the break between the round, and then a magic breather from the referee for a delayed 'review' from the PBC doctor.

"Plz ref, save our boi from da boogeyman"

 

The referee didn't stop it, Joshua quit. You aren't allowed to get up at 8 (after spitting out your mouth piece, again, at 2), turn your back, and slowly walk to the corner. When the referee says "get off the ropes. do you want to continue?" and you go BACK to the ropes, you have quit. The fight is over. When you're battered and can follow instruction from the referee but choose not to, you have quit and it's the responsibility of the ref to get you out of there.

 

Holy **** this is funny! And I like Joshua.

 

I didn't just post it to take the ****, although it's funny I also think it sums up what happened pretty well. US debut was, all of a sudden, versus some fat bloke he expected to blast out and not against the pantomime villain Miller who'd pressed some buttons. The motivation didn't translate to the new opponent - who cleverly played the nice guy act, defusing Joshua.

Then he's in an unexpected firefight and for the most part he tries his best to hang in there while his brain's in orbit. But after the final KD - the last act in a 'break out promotion' gone wrong from the get-go - I think he thought '**** this, had enough'. He just wanted to go home...

 

Fury gave up his manhood and king status when he started back on the drugs and ladies of the night again. He is back to being a beta male. A noble man of God would not do such antics.

 

I think it's wrong to say he quit. Rather, I think Joshua still wanted to continue but his body was shutting down at that point. The ref was reading mixed messages and chose to go with the obvious action of stopping the fight to save Joshua from himself. Had the fight continued Joshua would have gone back to trying to knock Ruiz out and likely taken another big knockdown that might have been more serious. A fighter on the verge of quitting wouldn't be attempting that. They'd be retreating and looking for an opportunity to take a knee, or have the corner throw the towel in, the way Wilder did in the first rematch. Actually, that's too hard on Wilder. Sometimes the spirit is willing but the survival instincts just kick in and override your conscious mind.

 

The bum quit.

 

^ This post is brutal.
But 100% accurate.

 

It worked for Doego Corrales. LOL

 

Because he was done and exhausted. He didn't want to continue. He was just 1 punch away from getting knocked out. Thus, he wanted to quit. And the ref granted his wish.