Malik Scott was winning the fight. He got knocked down for the first time, got up on the count of 9, and the ref stopped it.
Should he have been allowed to continue?
If a dude is up and able to continue fighting - in the eyes of the ref - before the 10 count has elapsed then he should be allowed to continue. What is the debate here exactly? The rules are fairly clear and allow the ref pretty much complete authority... sometimes refs choose to wave a fight off early and sometimes they may be - in hindsight - wrong to do so. Jacobs vs Pirog is a good example where maybe the ref should have given a fighter the full 10 but didn't.
Funnily enough that was the same guy that gave Wilder the draw
Yeah early stoppage but I believe you are right. I think that is Phil Edwards who has reffed & judged many of Fury's fights. He did score Fury/Wilder a draw. Hahaha!
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