Worst referee jobs done ever?

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  1. MagnaNasakki

    MagnaNasakki Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    I'm not looking for single calls you disagreed with. Richard Steele in Chavez-Taylor I just doesn't count here.


    What ref's have made consistent, awful calls that either ruined or stole fights?
    I'm putting together a presentation, so if you have video or articles, I'd sure appreciate it.
     
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  2. slip&counter

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    Arthur Mercante Jr. Horrible ref.
     
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  3. Brickhaus

    Brickhaus Packs the house Full Member

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    I Cant go back too far, but the Williams-Airich ref was the worst I've ever seen, and it's not close. That includes fights like Ottke-Reid and Coggi-Gonzalez I.
     
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  4. MagnaNasakki

    MagnaNasakki Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    God, that was disraceful, wasn't it? A one minute round, too...Talk about a paid official, speaking of the bell ringer!
     
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  5. ianwigley

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    Joe Cortez - Hatton - Mayweather (I'm not a Mayweather lover, by the way). The guy ruined the fight.

    Mares fight 1 ref deserves a shout, the one with a million low blows.

    Lots of stuff Micky Vann did....
     
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  6. WhataRock

    WhataRock Loyal Member Full Member

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    That was just a pisstake...Coggi-Gonzalez held the belt for me for many years but I think that may take the prize now.
     
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  7. lufcrazy

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    Definitely the fight williams had over in poland or germany. He was getting points taken off every round for landing punches. Disgraceful stuff.

    Also in a more classical sense there's the walcott- dixie kid fight were the ref had bet on kid.
     
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  8. sweet_scientist

    sweet_scientist Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Any fight with Jay Nady and post-2000 Joe Cortez.
     
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  9. lufcrazy

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    The first mares-agbeko fights is one of the worst i've ever seen.

    I can't find it now but there was a really bad fight I saw on youtube where fighter a really kicked the **** out of fighter b dropping him maybe 6 times and the ref kept breaking it up and helping him up and sending fighter a to a neutral corner giving recovery time, a couple of rounds like this and fighter a had punched himself out and fighter b landed a couple of shots in the row and the ref stopped the fight. Terrible.

    Another bad one is from women's boxing holmes v matthyse I think it was. Complete failure by the referee to protect the fighter.
     
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  10. Dave's Top Ten

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    Arthur Mercante Jr Ruddock - Dokes
     
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  11. Longhhorn71

    Longhhorn71 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Ruby Goldstein in Griffith-Paret III.

    I saw that one live on home tV.
     
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  12. slip&counter

    slip&counter Gimme some X's and O's Full Member

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    [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rKE9jPXbHYE[/ame]

    [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r10UhTO9JaI[/ame]

    [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uehFuWEkI-Q[/ame]
     
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  13. Thread Stealer

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    Coggi-Gonzalez 1 is the most corrupt ever.

    Gainer-Norwood is the most incompetent I've ever seen.
     
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  14. Ali4life

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    Nigel Been vs Gerald Mcclellen
     
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  15. Drew101

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    Mercante Jr's handling of Cotto-Foreman was disgraceful.
     
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