Has anybody reached out to Lawson’s team to find out if he did have the two scans where an aneurysm was found? I’m not surprised NSAC covered their ass like that, with a statement like that, they could be telling the truth and so could Weeks.
too common. Kenny Bayliss just retired at 73. Lou Moret retired at 75 (but kept judging and was bad at that), and Richard Steele and Joe Cortez (still fair, but less firm) were almost 70. Arthur Mercante might have been 100 or 60... people looked older back then, so can't say for sure, but he refereed close to 70, at least.
Agism stinks, but there are certain jobs that should have a maximum age limit, and needing your agility and sustained focus and judgement are good enough reasons to implement some kind of barrier.
Rewatched the stoppage. Overall, I think Weeks made the right call. Lawson was taking punches. They weren’t landing flush but... we all know he was in there to get Ortiz back in the swing of things. The Barroso stoppage was more egregious.
then why fight any fight that's not at least a 60/40 proposition? Should all prospect vs journeymen fights get stopped because of some "inevitability clause" the moment the presumed loser gets rattled? It's the reason they fight the fights, and there's a huge chasm between getting beat up a bit and hospitalized, so letting things play out to a more conventional conclusion is the only appropriate way to stop a fight, not foreshadowing your own version of what might happen, which Weeks is guilty of by his own admission, basically.
And placing this next to the Barroso stoppage- one of the worst of ALL TIME- hardly makes it not bad.
I guess my point is I never thought this bout was a 60/40 proposition. I always thought it was from like 80/20. I don’t think anyone ever thought Frederick Lawson would pull off an upset. I think he was handpicked to make Ortiz look good. He just made him look invincible... which we know isn’t the case.
I felt like he was buckling. If I was a betting man, I’d say he wasn’t going to get out of the round, let alone off the ropes. I get why everyone thinks the stoppage was premature, but like I said, I think it was a matter of two or three punches, and if Weeks is right, which is a pretty horrifying thought, it was the right time.
If those earlier test results exist, they should come to light right?
Dan, please keep us updated on this really disturbing allegation!!!
He’s been a bad referee for years.
That’s right
Time for Weeks to retire. Both of these early stoppages looked so suspicious.
When you find yourself in a hole.... stop digging.
Has anybody reached out to Lawson’s team to find out if he did have the two scans where an aneurysm was found? I’m not surprised NSAC covered their ass like that, with a statement like that, they could be telling the truth and so could Weeks.
67 seems a bit old to be refereeing. Is that a common thing?
too common. Kenny Bayliss just retired at 73. Lou Moret retired at 75 (but kept judging and was bad at that), and Richard Steele and Joe Cortez (still fair, but less firm) were almost 70. Arthur Mercante might have been 100 or 60... people looked older back then, so can't say for sure, but he refereed close to 70, at least.
Agism stinks, but there are certain jobs that should have a maximum age limit, and needing your agility and sustained focus and judgement are good enough reasons to implement some kind of barrier.
Rewatched the stoppage. Overall, I think Weeks made the right call. Lawson was taking punches. They weren’t landing flush but... we all know he was in there to get Ortiz back in the swing of things. The Barroso stoppage was more egregious.
then why fight any fight that's not at least a 60/40 proposition? Should all prospect vs journeymen fights get stopped because of some "inevitability clause" the moment the presumed loser gets rattled? It's the reason they fight the fights, and there's a huge chasm between getting beat up a bit and hospitalized, so letting things play out to a more conventional conclusion is the only appropriate way to stop a fight, not foreshadowing your own version of what might happen, which Weeks is guilty of by his own admission, basically.
And placing this next to the Barroso stoppage- one of the worst of ALL TIME- hardly makes it not bad.
I guess my point is I never thought this bout was a 60/40 proposition. I always thought it was from like 80/20. I don’t think anyone ever thought Frederick Lawson would pull off an upset. I think he was handpicked to make Ortiz look good. He just made him look invincible... which we know isn’t the case.
I felt like he was buckling. If I was a betting man, I’d say he wasn’t going to get out of the round, let alone off the ropes. I get why everyone thinks the stoppage was premature, but like I said, I think it was a matter of two or three punches, and if Weeks is right, which is a pretty horrifying thought, it was the right time.
If those earlier test results exist, they should come to light right?