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Overall I thought the ref, for the most part, did his job.
If there was to be any complaint about the officiating, it should be in regards to him giving Wilder extra recovery time, and being inconsistent with his handling of the clinch. Wilder complaining is a bad look (which goes with his other stupid excuses) when the ref seemed, if anything, to be trying to give him time to recover.
There were two situations when Wilder was dazed where he got extra time. The slip late in round 3 which gave Wilder 12-14 seconds to recover when he was clearly still on very wobbly legs and the point deduction.
Bayless, on numerous occasions, very clearly said “fight your way out” “work your way out!”
Then on some occasions he would call “no punches, break” almost instantly and other times he let them work. ....Which is it?
Before he took the point (late in round 5 I think) , he had taken a long look at both fighters. Then right when they were about to restart the action, he stops it to take the point, giving Deontay about a 25 second break at a time when he was looking exhausted, mouth open, getting bullied and not throwing much in return.
If it was nothing more than a straightforward call of a foul, why didn’t he call to take the point immediately? It seemed to me like he wasn’t going to take a point, then looked at the fighters, then decided to take the point.
Also- Wilder threw an equally late shot at the end of the round, which was a more powerful shot (which either grazed or missed) and Bayless ignored it. (Which is fine, for the most part he was letting it go, but the reactions to the two situations seemed to be based more on the condition of the fighters than the actions.)
Overall not terrible reffing, we have seen much much worse. Personally I prefer the ref to be involved as little as possible unless it is absolutely needed or there are clear fouls or clear attempts to take a cheap advantage.
* Tyson’s shorts were up ridiculously high and Bayless noted it and said punches on the top of the belt would be ok. I thought that was handled correctly.
If there was to be any complaint about the officiating, it should be in regards to him giving Wilder extra recovery time, and being inconsistent with his handling of the clinch. Wilder complaining is a bad look (which goes with his other stupid excuses) when the ref seemed, if anything, to be trying to give him time to recover.
There were two situations when Wilder was dazed where he got extra time. The slip late in round 3 which gave Wilder 12-14 seconds to recover when he was clearly still on very wobbly legs and the point deduction.
Bayless, on numerous occasions, very clearly said “fight your way out” “work your way out!”
Then on some occasions he would call “no punches, break” almost instantly and other times he let them work. ....Which is it?
Before he took the point (late in round 5 I think) , he had taken a long look at both fighters. Then right when they were about to restart the action, he stops it to take the point, giving Deontay about a 25 second break at a time when he was looking exhausted, mouth open, getting bullied and not throwing much in return.
If it was nothing more than a straightforward call of a foul, why didn’t he call to take the point immediately? It seemed to me like he wasn’t going to take a point, then looked at the fighters, then decided to take the point.
Also- Wilder threw an equally late shot at the end of the round, which was a more powerful shot (which either grazed or missed) and Bayless ignored it. (Which is fine, for the most part he was letting it go, but the reactions to the two situations seemed to be based more on the condition of the fighters than the actions.)
Overall not terrible reffing, we have seen much much worse. Personally I prefer the ref to be involved as little as possible unless it is absolutely needed or there are clear fouls or clear attempts to take a cheap advantage.
* Tyson’s shorts were up ridiculously high and Bayless noted it and said punches on the top of the belt would be ok. I thought that was handled correctly.
I thought Bayless did a good job but I fully expect the Fury fans who had issue with Bayless before to make him a saint now.
Kenny stopped the action at one point to give you a rest, and took a point away from Tyson..
Did Kenny bet on Wilder?
Come on. Bayless didn't favor Wilder at all. I don't get making excuses for the guy that won.
Well Wilder is blaming the ref.. The ref took a point away from Tyson when Wilder was about to get KO'd.. So Wilder needs to be quiet..
I remember saying 2x durring the fight that the action shouldn't of been stopped. But I honestly got so mad at the result I forgot the exact scenarios. But the stops in action seemed super bogus.
I dont want to rewatch it either because it was a sad beatdown
For hitting on the break. Are we going to argue about if thats legal now?
There were not any punches to the back of the head. That's a false narrative setup by you and every other salty loser who cannot stomach the fact that Bumsquad was made to look like a complete joke.