The Stevenson fight was rough to watch but he did put together a good technical performance. Still you would like to see him take some chances. Hopefully a tougher opponent in Herring will bring the out of him.
Also, not to rag on ESPN but would it be too much to stick with the fights for another 10 minutes so we can get post fight interviews. I get needing to cut away if things are running over and there is another event coming up. But this time they cut away for a midnight showing of SportsCenter! I know the interviews are available on other platforms, but it still seems disrespectful to the fighters.
The Stevenson fight was such a snoozer it put some viewers into a coma. In an entertaining if over time more one sided bout Lewis Ritson fought bravely in front of his raucous hometown fans but was completely and utterly beat down by the Argentinian Jeremias Ponce who showed he was not only tough but had a good work rate and his punches appeared to be of the bludgeoning variety. He over the rounds totally beat down a game Ritson and stole his soul by rd 10. Ritson doesn't have the ability of an elite fighter but he has the heart of one, hopefully he returns to domestic level which is were he belongs.
I had a long day. This fight that I had scheduled way in advance to record actually put me to sleep. Last thing I remember was the 150th patting/pawing of gloves and the 12th warning about feet. Then I slept. Watched the rest in the morning.
Another boring performance from Shakur. The kid has no dog in him. He was in the ring with a guy nobody ever heard of whose footage in the build up shows looks like it was filmed on a VHS tape. If he can't put combos together to put a guy at that level away there is no way a fight against Herring or Valdez is going to be entertaining next. Nationally televised fights like this are part of the reason the exhibitions draw so much attention. This doesn't do anything to excite fans or draw viewers.
This is the second time Ritson has been eventually stopped stemming from an early body shot - if Lewis continues to fight his team need to address this problem before anything else.
The BBBofC rule of only the referee or doctor being allowed to stop a fight allowed ref Steve Gray to throw out the towel from Ritson’s dad - this was an appalling decision by Gray and led to Lewis taking even more punishment. This rule should be changed so that the towel from a corner cannot be ignored - if the rule isn’t amended a fighter could get seriously hurt some time in the future.
Ritson had fought bravely but he was a beaten man, he didn’t deserve to be treated so badly by the referee.
Congrats to Ponce on an excellent performance and win.
That was pretty ridiculous. As a father, I was thinking it'd be dangerous for the ref. I/Dad might just jump into the ring and enforce what I was saying with the towel.
Yes - that's what I would have done but according to BBBofC rules any of the corner team coming into the ring leads to a DQ of their fighter.
Steve Gray has given his reasons for throwing the towel out (see link below) but I think he's talking rubbish - he simply made the wrong call and could have got Ritson badly hurt.
The Stevenson fight was rough to watch but he did put together a good technical performance. Still you would like to see him take some chances. Hopefully a tougher opponent in Herring will bring the out of him.
Also, not to rag on ESPN but would it be too much to stick with the fights for another 10 minutes so we can get post fight interviews. I get needing to cut away if things are running over and there is another event coming up. But this time they cut away for a midnight showing of SportsCenter! I know the interviews are available on other platforms, but it still seems disrespectful to the fighters.
The Stevenson fight was such a snoozer it put some viewers into a coma. In an entertaining if over time more one sided bout Lewis Ritson fought bravely in front of his raucous hometown fans but was completely and utterly beat down by the Argentinian Jeremias Ponce who showed he was not only tough but had a good work rate and his punches appeared to be of the bludgeoning variety. He over the rounds totally beat down a game Ritson and stole his soul by rd 10. Ritson doesn't have the ability of an elite fighter but he has the heart of one, hopefully he returns to domestic level which is were he belongs.
I had a long day. This fight that I had scheduled way in advance to record actually put me to sleep. Last thing I remember was the 150th patting/pawing of gloves and the 12th warning about feet. Then I slept. Watched the rest in the morning.
Another boring performance from Shakur. The kid has no dog in him. He was in the ring with a guy nobody ever heard of whose footage in the build up shows looks like it was filmed on a VHS tape. If he can't put combos together to put a guy at that level away there is no way a fight against Herring or Valdez is going to be entertaining next. Nationally televised fights like this are part of the reason the exhibitions draw so much attention. This doesn't do anything to excite fans or draw viewers.
This is the second time Ritson has been eventually stopped stemming from an early body shot - if Lewis continues to fight his team need to address this problem before anything else.
The BBBofC rule of only the referee or doctor being allowed to stop a fight allowed ref Steve Gray to throw out the towel from Ritson’s dad - this was an appalling decision by Gray and led to Lewis taking even more punishment. This rule should be changed so that the towel from a corner cannot be ignored - if the rule isn’t amended a fighter could get seriously hurt some time in the future.
Ritson had fought bravely but he was a beaten man, he didn’t deserve to be treated so badly by the referee.
Congrats to Ponce on an excellent performance and win.
That was pretty ridiculous. As a father, I was thinking it'd be dangerous for the ref. I/Dad might just jump into the ring and enforce what I was saying with the towel.
Yes - that's what I would have done but according to BBBofC rules any of the corner team coming into the ring leads to a DQ of their fighter.
Steve Gray has given his reasons for throwing the towel out (see link below) but I think he's talking rubbish - he simply made the wrong call and could have got Ritson badly hurt.
https://www.britishboxingnews.co.uk/blogs/lewis-ritson-vs-jeremias-ponce-referee-steve-gray-explains-why-he-threw-the-towel-out
something to definitely look into changing!