Derry Matthews stopped.

[GazOC]

Just shown on Setanta, a real wierd one as Matthews didn't seem hurt and the count only got to six on the loudspeakers.

Very strange.

[LHL]

Yep still wondering what the hell happened

[Rebel-INS]

Again? Christ Choi ruined him.

[Bodysnatcher]

Should be Choi on the card, not Matthews. In a fair world, obviously.

[faisal]

no suprise his jaw has made in china written all over it

[faisal]

wow and of all ppl it was non other then ramogoadi he should think about retirement

[TehRileh]

Stopped AGAIN? Damn man, he should think about giving the game up if he cannot protect that chin of his.

[Betty Swollocks]

just another WBO turkey that has been exposed bit time in the last 12 months or so.

[hopkinsfan07]

wow

I was always wanting someone to beat him after the way he fought Simpson, but now im starting to feel sorry for him haha

[GPater11093]

just another WBO turkey that has been exposed bit time in the last 12 months or so.

WBU you mean

[Rebel-INS]

WBU you mean

:D Was about to say the same thing.

[hit me HARDER]

The most puzzling thing for me is that his jaw must now be genuinely made of glass. He schooled Steve Foster like he was a bum, watch the fight, he really did, what happened? Steve Foster is a good pro

[hit me HARDER]

Still Liverpool's last World Champ I think??

*hangs head in shame*

[GPater11093]

:D Was about to say the same thing.

great minds eh?

[Betty Swollocks]

WBU you mean


yep.

his punch resistance is no good, dunno if it's specifically a chin problem, he just looks way too weak and frail to me. When Lindsay smashed him his head almost spun round a full 360 degrees on his shoulders. He needs to move up to light heavy, then he will look vaguely healthy.
Like someone mentioned above, I was loving it when Choi battered him but almost start to feel bad for him now.

[1stcontact]

The most puzzling thing for me is that his jaw must now be genuinely made of glass. He schooled Steve Foster like he was a bum, watch the fight, he really did, what happened? Steve Foster is a good pro

The Choi Happened:deal

[Max Molyneux]

Rumour on boxrec was that he was winning the first 3 rounds easily and was pushed to the ground and not KD by a punch according to someone who was at the Arena.

The majority are saying it was a BS stoppage anyway.

[neil hibbert]

it was a push that got him down, he was hurt dont get me wrong an the stopage was bs, that particular ref is a joke IMO

[Max Molyneux]

Derry got robbed he was pushed to the floor. The ref fucked up the count too!

Thought the BBBOC had higher standard refs than that.:roll:

Needs to be a no count.

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[brown bomber]

WTF.... BAD ref

[Flea Man]

What the fuck is ****** doing with Choi?!?!?!?

He's in the ring top 10, can't he even get him a shot against WBO champ Steve Luevano, put it as the main undercard fight on the next Khan bill, would actually give me justification for the price tag, Choi is a seriously hard bastard!

Still think Choi vs. Gamboa would be a right tear-up, and as he's in The Ring Top 10, he's a viable opponent for Gamboa.

[p.Townend]

It looks like the end for him.

[box-now]

What a shit stoppage!, maybe the ref seen the last two beatings he took and thought fuck that, lets just have a early night!. Feel a bit for Derry though, dont think he should retire after that, he wasnt KO'd there.

[keithface]

I left a post on youtube after watching this video. if you watch the replay a few more times, you can see matthews on his knee at the count of five there's no way he would get up immediately- there is an obvious time-lag. It seems typical of this channel's broadcasting, based on biased reviews of fights i've seen in the past. blaming the ref for getting it 'all wrong'! indeed! would like to see the full count as this is just disingenuous editing to make it seem controversial in Matthew's favour where I bet it's anything but... he was Knocked down and unable to continue - the footage will surface at some point...

watch again and see how derry's position has markedly changed between the 5 count and the continued 6 count [crucially from another camera angle]. see also how Harry goes to the corner and stays there [you see his back] yet when the overhead camera show the waving off, he is suddenly over the 'M' of the advertising on the canvas - this is impossible insta-movement from Ramogoadi, and if he was able to move this fast the fight would have been over much quicker!!

[nufc16]

yeah the reports say the ref waved it of at 9, yet the count seems to only get to 6 on the replay. obviously somethings been cut in editing, doubt anything sinister though.

[keithface]

i'm afraid you would have to 'go some' to edit the footage AND sound in such a way to make it appear so ambiguous. ringside reports have noted that he got up at the count of nine, but again he was home favourite, and as a boxing-fan you know just how such reviewers can give weight to either fighter's viewpoint. reporting this fight as this channel did, pretending just to have the footage and no backgroud information etc., i.e. that he was up at nine, as some reporters have it [surely there would be some capable of reporting bouts just in case there were no TV cameras around!? ] is plainly misreporting the facts and pandering to the local viewers watching this channel ------------ i think ;)

[king s]

weather he was up at 6 0r 9 he didnt really look hurt and should of been allowed 2 carry on imo.

[keithface]

unless you saw the actual footage or were at the fight, then you wouldn't be able to tell how he looked when he stood up to the ref's inspection as to his ability to continue the fight. he might have been really unsteady, this footage just shows it being waved off as per lots of fights. i'd want to see this fight footage if possible, the way it was packaged and shown is totally misleading.

[Mandanda]

re watched the clip it's now obvious it was'nt called off at 6 as it pans away then back so he must of stayed down to 9, maybe ref looked into derrys eyes and knew there was time remaining and thought i better stop this before you get ko'd badly again.

[keithface]

the ref very likely just did his job! making him a scapegoat for an 'unjust' stoppage maybe gives Matthews hope for more high[ish] profile fights, but actually isn't true to what happened but there you are.
Says a lot that there aren't more posts about Derry's loss, maybe that's all that needs to be said...

[Primadonna Kool]

Very Ill looking person.

I worry for him..