The worst ref ever is the ref who was banned for life (rightfully) for the travesty that was Juan Coggi-Eder Gonzalez 1. The most humorously incompetent ref job ever was Paul Sita during Freddie Norwood-Derrick Gainer. Hilarious.
I can only imagine the ref saw him punched out with one eye completely shut and then taking a vicious shot snapping his chin up violently. That was a huge shot and the ref was facing him so it is possible he made a decent call. If he said exactly that after the fight I may buy it but who the hell knows. Just trying to understand why or what he saw, playing devils advocate.