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My take. I like the sound of that. Not that I have the right to coin such a common expression but it will serve as the template for my new post fight review that should run after every fight of relative relevance. World championship Boxing returned to the international air waves last night and while only one of the four fighters deserved to be on the boxing ’s preeminent program I will still attempt to raise and answer questions that came to and from my mind as the night progressed(and regressed)
1. What in the world was the ref doing during the undercard contest???
This question is so tough to answer because with all of my being I can’t fathom how a ref so inept, so aloof, could be given a fight on an HBO stage. The reason for this hiccup by the fights organizers could be many things friends. It could be the clandestine CT athletic commission. We know nothing about them and its not as if they have a track record to speak of so perhaps its to much to expect them to deliver an acceptable world class ref. Here is what I saw
-Angulo(god bless him) beat yorgey into the ground in the second round. Literally into the canvas. Yorgey fell to TWO knees. He did not “take” a knee. He was brought to his knees by perfectly timed crisp clean shots. Upon arriving at the canvas(and bottom ropes) the ref initially made the correct decision and rushed to the scene to intervene. The problem is the intervention took place WAY after the fact. Angulo in the heat of the moment smashed yorgey upside the head twice WHILE he was down. Some of you may say that this is a minuscule rule that really does not matter. Tell that to Roy Jones Jr who was stripped of his perfect record due to this universal rule. The ref did not even WARN Angulo and did not address it between rounds. Come to think of it no one not even the blessed commentators said anything. NOTHING. They glossed over it like infomercial fine print that is never on the TV screen long enough to read.
-In the 3rd round Angulo hurt Yorgey again with a counter right cross. Yorgey staggers. Angulo beings his pursuit. The ref jumps in between them while yorgey falls into the turnbuckle. I wait for a ruling. So does angulo. No ruling comes. The ref ovb overwhelmed by the heat of the action timidly, STEPS out of the way and allows the action to continue much to the confusion of the fighters and the audience. So fans. What exactly was that? Manny said on the telecast “it’s a standing eight count” . That assertion was incorrect not only because there is no standing eight count in the state of CT but more because the ref must actually go over and count to eight while checking on the physical status of the beaten fighter. He did not do that. He intervened, slowed angulo’s momentum, stood there, and then MOVED out of the way. He did not even go over and check if yorgey could continue.
-He allowed the fight to continue when it was quite evident that Yorgey posed no threat let along a challenge for the Pit bull from Mexico. He was stumbling around the ring form pillar to post. His life was in danger. He could have been mortally wounded in the fight. It took his eyes going back in his head for the fight to be stopped. By the way it was not the ref who actually called the fight. It was the super concerned doctor who must have been viewing the developments in horror
HBO, the promoters, the ct athletic commission, everyone involved came very close to being responsible for a man getting hurt last night. There was two occasions in which the ref, the man who’s job is to serve and protect, failed to do both and now a fighters career may be over if he has any designs on a full and happy life. I am shell shocked by the professional ineptitude of the Ref and the lack of due diligence applied by concerned parties last night
2.The interim title….baloney or filet?
Baloney. BS. Cannon fodder. Fagase. A deteriment. Let me get this straight. Paul Williams won a vacant 154 pound WBO interim title last year. He then fought two fights at middleweight because the full titleholder Sergio has been having problems with his handlers and their questionable contract stipulations. Paul does the natural thing. He fights. About 2 weeks ago the WBO comes out and sanctions the YORGEY/AA fight as an interim title fight. They do not furnish notice to Paul Williams AND they don’t give him a deadline to meet his obligations per any specified guidelines. Lets get this straight. The interim title is a glorified number one ranking designed to draw extra bread to the powers that
1. What in the world was the ref doing during the undercard contest???
This question is so tough to answer because with all of my being I can’t fathom how a ref so inept, so aloof, could be given a fight on an HBO stage. The reason for this hiccup by the fights organizers could be many things friends. It could be the clandestine CT athletic commission. We know nothing about them and its not as if they have a track record to speak of so perhaps its to much to expect them to deliver an acceptable world class ref. Here is what I saw
-Angulo(god bless him) beat yorgey into the ground in the second round. Literally into the canvas. Yorgey fell to TWO knees. He did not “take” a knee. He was brought to his knees by perfectly timed crisp clean shots. Upon arriving at the canvas(and bottom ropes) the ref initially made the correct decision and rushed to the scene to intervene. The problem is the intervention took place WAY after the fact. Angulo in the heat of the moment smashed yorgey upside the head twice WHILE he was down. Some of you may say that this is a minuscule rule that really does not matter. Tell that to Roy Jones Jr who was stripped of his perfect record due to this universal rule. The ref did not even WARN Angulo and did not address it between rounds. Come to think of it no one not even the blessed commentators said anything. NOTHING. They glossed over it like infomercial fine print that is never on the TV screen long enough to read.
-In the 3rd round Angulo hurt Yorgey again with a counter right cross. Yorgey staggers. Angulo beings his pursuit. The ref jumps in between them while yorgey falls into the turnbuckle. I wait for a ruling. So does angulo. No ruling comes. The ref ovb overwhelmed by the heat of the action timidly, STEPS out of the way and allows the action to continue much to the confusion of the fighters and the audience. So fans. What exactly was that? Manny said on the telecast “it’s a standing eight count” . That assertion was incorrect not only because there is no standing eight count in the state of CT but more because the ref must actually go over and count to eight while checking on the physical status of the beaten fighter. He did not do that. He intervened, slowed angulo’s momentum, stood there, and then MOVED out of the way. He did not even go over and check if yorgey could continue.
-He allowed the fight to continue when it was quite evident that Yorgey posed no threat let along a challenge for the Pit bull from Mexico. He was stumbling around the ring form pillar to post. His life was in danger. He could have been mortally wounded in the fight. It took his eyes going back in his head for the fight to be stopped. By the way it was not the ref who actually called the fight. It was the super concerned doctor who must have been viewing the developments in horror
HBO, the promoters, the ct athletic commission, everyone involved came very close to being responsible for a man getting hurt last night. There was two occasions in which the ref, the man who’s job is to serve and protect, failed to do both and now a fighters career may be over if he has any designs on a full and happy life. I am shell shocked by the professional ineptitude of the Ref and the lack of due diligence applied by concerned parties last night
2.The interim title….baloney or filet?
Baloney. BS. Cannon fodder. Fagase. A deteriment. Let me get this straight. Paul Williams won a vacant 154 pound WBO interim title last year. He then fought two fights at middleweight because the full titleholder Sergio has been having problems with his handlers and their questionable contract stipulations. Paul does the natural thing. He fights. About 2 weeks ago the WBO comes out and sanctions the YORGEY/AA fight as an interim title fight. They do not furnish notice to Paul Williams AND they don’t give him a deadline to meet his obligations per any specified guidelines. Lets get this straight. The interim title is a glorified number one ranking designed to draw extra bread to the powers that
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