Comments Thread For: Referee training program seeks to improve officiating, teach best practices

[shakedaddy]

doesn't mean a goddamned thing if you don't hold them accountable for garbage scorecards.

This is for refs, not judges.

[shakedaddy]

Teaching a referee class is needed because Tyson Fury should have been stopped in his last fight against Oleksandr Usyk.

In the 9th round; Usyk buzzed Fury and the referee called a halt to the action and gave Tyson Fury a standing eight count without him ever touching the canvas.

That fight deserved to have been a TKO victory for Usyk. However, I am reminded how Usyk caught a break by a biased a referee also.

Daniel Dubois was cheated out of becoming the next unified Heavyweight champion because he landed a legal body punch on the belt line.

However, a partial referee called the punch an illegal blow.

The first part you have incorrect. The ref did not give Fury a standing 8 count. He gave him a "mandatory 8 count" which is required when a knockdown occurs. This is under the unified rules of boxing, which also state that if the ropes keep a hurt fighter from falling down, it is to be ruled a knockdown and hence the mandatory 8 count
applies. The question was whether he could've/should've ruled a knockdown earlier as Fury was flying around pillar to post and was flailing on the ropes at least 2x prior. But I agree with you, the low blow by Dubois was legal, just the same way it was in Khan-Judah and Crawford -Khan

[BustedKnuckles]

Now if only they could prevent the refs and judges from fixing bets.

[_Rexy_]

This is for refs, not judges.

Okay, I'll rephrase.



doesn't mean a goddamned thing if you don't hold them accountable for garbage decisions in the ring.