Best Boxing Referee?

[la-califa]

Who was the greatest Boxing Referee ever?

[Robbi]

Arthur Mercante snr.

[Bill1234]

Mills Lane

[Robbi]

Mills Lane

Good shout.

[la-califa]

Tony Perez was a fine referee.

[GPater11093]

Tony Perez was a fine referee.

Dat Moron


Benny Leonard

[ripcity]

Dat Moron


Benny Leonard
How was Benny Leonard as a Boxing Referee?

[Bad_Intentions]

Mills Lane and Kenny Bayless.

[GPater11093]

How was Benny Leonard as a Boxing Referee?

dunno just thought he deserved a mention as he was a great fighter who went on to referee and actually lost his life while refereeing.

one i like is Richie Davis from England whos no nonsense but in the old fashioned way. He'll let ya fight out of a clinch etc.. but any fouling and your in for an earful

[Stonehands89]

Mills Lane. He exhuded competence. Great judgment and experience and he had feet like Benny Leonard. Mercante a close second.

I'll tell you, though, Mitch Halpern was on his way to becoming a great referee. I really liked his style. And then he had to go and commit suicide over some dame. Dammit.

[la-califa]

Mills Lane. He exhuded competence. Great judgment and experience and he had feet like Benny Leonard. Mercante a close second.

I'll tell you, though, Mitch Halpern was on his way to becoming a great referee. I really liked his style. And then he had to go and commit suicide over some dame. Dammit.
Yeah, that's a shame. Halperm was good... But he should have at least taken Richard Steele with him!

[la-califa]

dunno just thought he deserved a mention as he was a great fighter who went on to referee and actually lost his life while refereeing.

one i like is Richie Davis from England whos no nonsense but in the old fashioned way. He'll let ya fight out of a clinch etc.. but any fouling and your in for an earfulMickey Vann was a pretty good Ref. from England. Don't Ya think?

[sugarsean]

all time - Mills Lane

current - Kenny Bayless

[GPater11093]

Mickey Vann was a pretty good Ref. from England. Don't Ya think?

yeh a good ref

'no naughties with the head' was his phrase

another no nonsense ref and he had a great way of prancing round the ring.

He was forced to retire from refereeing british contests on grounds of age but he still referees in europe as far as i am aware

[KOTF]

Frank Cappuccino

[la-califa]

Carlos Padilla. Didn't allow Ali to grab Frazier. & made thier fight in Manila a true "Thrilla"

[mcvey]

Mills Lane. He exhuded competence. Great judgment and experience and he had feet like Benny Leonard. Mercante a close second.

I'll tell you, though, Mitch Halpern was on his way to becoming a great referee. I really liked his style. And then he had to go and commit suicide over some dame. Dammit.

I was a big fan of Halpern's ,also liked Christodolou ,Neuman ,MercanteSnr,,and his son is becoming very
accomplished ,imo,Gibbs,Dakin, Nathan ,from the UK .
A black guy ,I like ,is it Bayless?
Lane ,liked him.
I dont like these fat guys who cant keep up with the action,a US one, old guy was like that bald and huge .Steele gets a bad rap ,but he was ok by me.

[PbP Bacon]

Carlos Padilla. Didn't allow Ali to grab Frazier. & made thier fight in Manila a true "Thrilla"


Good call :good

[BUDW]

mills lane


here here

[Bad_Intentions]

Oh and Stanley Christodoulou as well.

[round15]

Mills Lane, Carlos Padilla and Arthur Mercante, except for his allowing of Foreman's wrestling tactics against Frazier without a penalty.

[OBCboxer]

All Time- Mercante Snr.

Current- Steve Smoger

[Bill1234]

Oh and Stanley Christodoulou as well.

He's a good mention. Frank Cappuccino was a very good ref too. When he announced his retirement he said "I realized that I was worrying about my bad leg more than the fighters, and that's when I knew it was time to stop being a referee."

That is pure class and being very responsible.

[tony mush]

all time - Mills Lane

current - Kenny Bayless
this

[Raging B(_)LL]

I always liked the following refs mainly due them just letting the fighters fight and not trying to make themselves the center of attention like so many referees nowadays do.

Harry Gibbs
Larry Rozadilla
Dick Young
Isaac Herrera
Octavio Meyran
Stanley Christodolou
Frank Cappucino
Paul Venti
Mark Conn
Tommy Hart
Mercante Snr.

[Bill1234]

I always liked the following refs mainly due them just letting the fighters fight and not trying to make themselves the center of attention like so many referees nowadays do.

Harry Gibbs
Larry Rozadilla
Dick Young
Isaac Herrera
Octavio Meyran
Stanley Christodolou
Frank Cappucino
Paul Venti
Mark Conn
Tommy Hart
Mercante Snr.

No Mills Lane? He would let guys fight and work their way out of things.

[Raging B(_)LL]

No Mills Lane? He would let guys fight and work their way out of things.

I forgot to mention him, I always liked Lane, not only was he a good referee but a good man as well.

[Bill1234]

I forgot to mention him, I always liked Lane, not only was he a good referee but a good man as well.

Yep, very straight forward and honest. I have nothing but respect for him.

[rekcutnevets]

Larry Hazard was a good referee.

[Woller]

John Coyle was very good.
Also Mills Lane, Arthur Mercante and Christodolou.

Woller

[Flea Man]

Richard Steele deserves a shout. His refeering in a serious shoot out between Zarate and Zamora was exemplary, and I agree wholeheartedly with his decision to wave off Meldrick Taylor.

[BoppaZoo]

Mills Lane and Kenny Bayless.Yep agree 100%.

Kenny is just in another league to everyone else today.

[mcvey]

Who was the greatest Boxing Referee ever?

I named my favourites in an earlier post ,but one of the worst must be .

ERNESTO MAGANA, for his criminal dereliction of responsibility in allowing the Duran v Moore slaughter to continue .
A disgrace.

[fists of fury]

Geez, I don't know...there were a lot of good refs and I find it hard to seperate them sometimes. I would possibly go for Mills Lane, but for me he got a little too full of himself after a while. Sometimes he thought he was the show.

Richard Steele was an excellent ref, and until his controversial stoppages in the Chavez v Taylor and Tyson v Ruddock bouts, was generally regarded as the best ref around.

[Godfather]

I like Arthur Mercante Jr.

[curly]

Carlos padilla, jr

[Stevie G]

Arthur Mercante snr.
I totally agree. What a resume he had. Definitely something to tell his grandchildren about !

[AdamH]

Mitch Halpern was probably en route to being one of the best refs.

[mochabuzz]

Tony Weeks.... Best ref i've ever seen. Especially during the 1st Castillo-Corrales fight.

[Unforgiven]

Frank Cappuccino

Yeah, he's my favourite, in my lifetime.

[levantalo]

Can we add Elmo Adolph, outstanding amateur and professional.

[mcvey]

Mills Lane. He exhuded competence. Great judgment and experience and he had feet like Benny Leonard. Mercante a close second.

I'll tell you, though, Mitch Halpern was on his way to becoming a great referee. I really liked his style. And then he had to go and commit suicide over some dame. Dammit.
I was a fan of Halpern's too ,very solid.

[TBooze]

Mills Lane despite the silly gimmicks and ego probably was on the way to being the best, until he blew his biggest call, and did not throw out Tyson the first time he bit Holyfield...

Although far from perfect I think Richard Steele is arguably up there. Probably Mercante Snr was the best, but sadly he went on that bit too long, and stained his reputation slightly.

If Larry Hazard had just stuck to being just a referee, the sport would of benefited greatly.

[Vic-JofreBRASIL]

I like Steve Smoger

[mattdonnellon]

Ron Lipton rates Ron Lipton the best.

[quarry]

Arthur Mercante snr.
yes Arthur Mercante Sr would also be my choice

[Vockerman]

Arthur Donovan deserves a mention

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[Unforgiven]

Nat Fleischer :

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[orriray59]

Oh, Joe Cortez for sure.

[lefthook31]

Weve done this thread before, but Steve Smoger is hands down the best referee EVER in boxing. Frank Cappuchino is a close second.

Mercante Sr is overated and I always felt corrupt
Mercante Jr thinks hes a rock star
Cortez is too involved
Steele was too involved
Nady sucks



Bayless is good
Lane was good
Halpern was good

[RockyJim]

Always liked Arthur Mercante Sr.

[praetorianJJ]

Frank Cappuccino

Cappuccino was hilarious! I remember him from Lewis vs Briggs: "Ahhhhh. Come on. What are we gonna do?"

Kenny Bayless and Tony Weeks are my two favs at the moment.

Worst refs: Lawrence Cole of Texas and Mercante Jr,

[praetorianJJ]

Oh yeah. and i forgot cortez. he's mos def was one of the worst of all time:patsch

[Seamus]

Richard Steele.

[PetethePrince]

Tony Weeks ain't bad.

[Cmoyle]

Geroge Siler

[Seamus]

Geroge Siler

Certainly was dapper.

[orriray59]

Guys, Joe Cortez is the best referee of all time. :deal

[lefthook31]

Cortez is an arrogant prick and a mediocre ref.

[Sangria]

Yeah, Cortez has been blowing for some time now.

Forgot about Smokin Steve Smoger. I remember him getting dotted with a chair in the back of the head in the aftermath of Rahman-Maskaev I.