Donaire stops Montiel: The referee should have stopped the fight after the knockdown
February 20th, 2011
By Dan Ambrose: Photo credit Sumio Yamada -The referee really did WBC/WBO bantamweight champion Fernando Montiel no favors by allowing the fight to continue after he was knocked down tonight by challenger Nonito Donaire in their fight at the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino, in Las Vegas, Nevada. Montiel was tagged with a huge left hook by Donaire after Montiel had landed a glancing right hand. The left hook from Donaire whip-lashed Montiel’s head, sending him down on the canvas on his back.
Montiel didn’t even try to block shots, instead he kept his hands down by his sides. It was only then that the referee decided to jump in and stop the fight. What I don’t understand is why didn’t the referee stop the fight after the knockdown?
If there was ever a case where a fight needed to be stopped immediately, it was this one. That was a brutal left hook that Donaire threw and Montiel never saw it coming. It literally seemed to crush his face in slow motion. It looked bad and it’s surprising that Montiel was even able to get up from the knockdown, but it still should have been stopped right then and there.
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The nature of those poor man is to find some issues in steroid when the little man wins pathetic.
Filipinos athletes are not a cheater give them opponent they will face it equally. Nonito will be a rising star like MAny.
I agree but I understand the referee gives Montiel some sort of a chance being the champion a good one at that. All’s well that ends well.
To those who still have some doubts, just watch Donaire’s previous fights before he hired Conte. I’m sure that will answer your question. That was the same punch that flattened Darchinyan. And that’s the reason, Darchinyan was avoiding a rematch with Donaire..
dojo- you can your change your name or whatever, there is an imaginary big letter M in your forehead moron!LOL and big letter L at your back loser. go find some more excuses!
Montiel showed heart to get up from a k.o. like that.
@dojo. You can say what you want my man. I know Conte had his problems and was fined/jailed. He did the crime and paid the time. It is not for me to judge if he has learnt his lesson. What if you did a crime and paid your duty to society? Should you not get a chance to prove you changed? That is why I have said to make the fines tougher as a deterrent.
Do you think as a fan for almost 50 years that I want any boxer to ruin my sport? Did you read my whole piece? I want all boxers to step up and say they are open to random testing but only if it is done through a legit impartial body.
It is easy for people like us to write blogs dumping on boxers but would you like someone to cast a doubt on you at work without evidence? imagine you past all tests at work and a jealous coworker demands you do his test to please him?
Quawi, James Scott, Hopkins and many boxers spent time in jail and were allowed back in. does association with them automatically make you guilty? I know you are angry that the US is no longer dominating boxing. IMO as long as we have great boxers and fights I do not acre where there are from or the nationality. You are a Floydiot!
it ain’t change anything your still a moron
dojo— Your a moron loser
In the old days boxers trained differently. Why? because that was the only way they knew and gradually what they did ten years ago is now replaced with newer, modern methods. It is the same in any sport. Better foods and a ser diet has made man bigger, taller and stronger.
Science and better equipment have allowed athletes to train harder and longer. This is happening in all sports. For years the US produced the best athletes and boxers and you had to go there if you wanted to maximize your potential.
I can recall when Martina Navratilova started kicking butt in tennis. She left Chris Evert in the dust until she decided to train better and improve her stamina. Martina and Ivan Lendl were ahead of tennis players. Tiger did the same to golf and was leaving everyone in the dust too until they caught on.
Tiger also had a huge psychological edge on everyone and it is ironic now that the guy who pioneered mental toughness can not now conquer his own demons? It’s like Ali-Frazier 1. Ali always got into people’s heads but Frazier ignored him and won. Floyd likes to do the same but Manny has refused to let him and now it seems like Floyd is mentally unstable.
Sports today is about ultimate training and it is not just physical. It includes dieting, psycholigcal and all of the other scientific stuff they are doing. I hope that it is not like what the Eastern Europeans were doing in the 60′s-80′s and what Balco perfected in the 90′s with undetectable drugs.
I am all for science etc but it must be legit.
I feel the time is right to have random testing on any boxer. I do not yet know the exact type but the fear of being caught would be a deterrent. The fine if caught should probably be jail for the trainers and the boxer so that there would no one blaming the others. This would stop Floyd Maytwitter & Floydiots from going around spreading malice to avoid facing tough fighters.
Donaire said he is open to random testing. It is no longer about mental games with Maytwitter, I feel Manny should come out like Donaire and say he will accept legal random testing. I understand his blood phobia due to the loss to Morales but 2-3days cut off and a test immediately after should be fine.
And these are my views as a fair and impartial boxing fan!
Don’t mind seans comments, give him some space, he is grieving.
Victor conte and Alex ariza work wonders
Donaire is the new number 3 P4P right after number 2 Manny “Fanny Pac” Pacquiao. Haha… I love it.
@CHRIS; Am I lying when I write Nonito is working with Conte? CRYBABY!
I just saw an interesting P4P list on another site that makes me take a look at mine. First let me say that in mmany sports you are only as good or as bad as your last result. In tennis for example you may win a title but you do not automatically become No 1 unless you were already in the top 3. This is similar to rankings in college football and basketball.
Floyd and Manny are top rated due to their past body of work and talent but their rating needs to be reviewed. I do not think that beating Mosley will add to Manny’s stature and if Donaire and Maravilla beat top guys in their division or in a higher class they should move up.
Floyd Maytwitter is not fighting at all and his win over an overtrained and old Mosley is overblown. To be honest he has not faced the elite at welter over the past 3 years. Manny has been fighting but he has been all over the place and not all guys he has faced have been top ranked. Before we get too excited about Maravilla has only beaten one truly world class guy in Williams. He gets a little credit for Pavlik who has slipped a lot and his next fight is not vs a top guy.
Nonaire is young and very talented. He has just destroyed two very good fighters and should be in the mix. My list would be Manny, Maravilla, Floyd and Donaire.
To anyone who says he is on PEDS I say, Donaire would be a fool to hook up with Conte and use drugs. He knows he always will be under the microscope and be tested at random. His loss many years ago means nothing. Hopkins, Arguello and many greats had early losses that they learned from and became great. STFU and give him credit for hard and innovative work.
I am sure I will be ripped by Floydiots but like I said he (Floyd Maytwitter) is twittering not fighting. To Pacmaniacs, sorry I call it as I see it in my view as a boxing fan. Manny needs to face young lions as IMO beating Mosley does not enhance his legacy.
Conte the juice provider is most responsible for last nights victory.
hahahahahahahahaha in your face bloggers/writers that writes of Nonito
Its just like roy jones jr said, he was the reigning and defending champion. The ref had to give him that much respect to allow him to defend his titles. He also got up before the 10 count so why not? I would want to see nonito go against gamboa… Not so much juanma.
All praises should go to Victor Conte for helping Donaire increase his power.
HAHAHAHAHA! DAVE LAHR YOUR WRONG AGAIN. WHAT HAPPEN TO YOUR EXPERT PREDICTIONS. WHERE’S YOUR CREDIBILTY MAN!
That was fast, real fast! I was as fast and as powerful as lighting bolt struck in your head! he’s not superman his a monster! LOL
That was suppose to be a favor for the champion, Montiel. The referee just gave him a chance if he can still go through that round. Can’t you see that the referee forcefully pushed Donaire away when Montiel was at the corner. He was already aware of Montiel’s condition. The ref just wanted to give Montiel a chance if he still wants to fight. remember, Mexicans are warriors! and he is the champion!
To Nonito Donaire, Hats oFF to him! i’d rather want to call Donaire “the doctor” than “the filipino flash”. hehehe! I never thought he’d win in such devastating manner. Proud to be pinoy!
After The Filipino Flash’s win against Montiel, there will be meetings for Donaire’s big fights. Nonito wants to unify the bantamweight belts but he is also open to moving to super bantam and even to featherweight. HBO’s Greenburg said he wouldn’t mind seeing Donaire in the featherweight mix against Juanma Lopez or Yuriorkis Gamboa. So, expect more good fights from Donaire.
Great K.O. for the Flash, Good fight either.
Bradley-Alexander should thank Donaire-Montiel’s Bout for covering their Junk match-ups..
we can’t blame the referee, he was not looking at montiel when he had leg spasm as the referee was then instructing donaire to keep at the neutral side. that could be the reason why the ref let the fight continue after montiel got up.
fernando was brought to a hospital after the fight because it was really a different KO. it was really a hard punch, hope montiel is ok now.
Filipino’s…beating up Mexican’s since 1999
the other filipino you are referring to is “Mighty” Mark Melligen. He was once Floyd’s sparring partner in one of his fights. He trains with the Mayweathers and reportedly, his last outing, will determine if he will stay with the Top Rank or not.
Lest wait till we hear from Lahr aka Williams, another pain in the as* for the two dum*mys, continue man as long as you 2 keep on hating the more Filipino boxers rise. BTW, Maycoward is still #2 on p4p list, what a disgraced it only shows, an inactive boxer who has been out of circulation due to cowardice is still up there, oh boy !what to do USA but USA only.
The Filipino Flash is using PED’s thats why he’s too strong!
How about that excuse Mr. Writer?
David Lair already started on weight drained issue.
What’s yours Mr. Writer?
Yeah what about that filipino who won from the stable of Mayweather’s? Why not accuse him of PEDs?
sure it was brilliant and totally scary…
what a sad ending.
poor floydii fans every time there a filipino win in a fight all of you saying they using steroids.. guys eat kanin & balot.. to make your knee strong… hehehe another champ from the PHILIPPINES… I forget to say there one PINOY train by ROGER MAYWEATHER HE WIN ALSO WHAT DO YOU THINK HE IS USING STEROIDS…. to montiel your just another victim of donaire no one will stop that guy up to 135 for sure…..
lou says:
February 20, 2011 at 2:48 am
Donaire cheats comes in much heaiver than his opponents and uses steroid chemist Victor Conte to beat Montiel
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lou lou, you are making yourself look STUPID AGAIN!!! Better do your homework first little girl..
if she wants to fight me! im here.you can call me anytime.anywhere im not afraid to her!
nope that was cortez (referre between khan and maidana), he is oscar good friend (the referee)
lahr, get off the site and go to bed.
guess how many blood tests that floyd demanding against ana julaton?
one month before the fight
3 weeks before the fight
2 weeks before the fight
3 days before the fight
1 day before the fight
and the day of the fight
but ana should agree that floyd would only be tested one month before the fight or else the fight is off and no one hundred thousand dollars to ana – take it or leave it.
of course floyd mayweather is agree to fight julaton.but drug testing is required!
I HOPE YOU WON’T SAY ANYTHING BAD TOWARD GARCIA (HE IS MEXICAN), THE TRAINOR OF DONAIRE.
LET ME CONCLUDE THIS – DON’T GET ME WRONG – NOT INSULTING LAHR, WILLIAMS, AND FLOYD JR FANS.
I AM GOING TO SLEEP GOOD KNOWING THE BEST FIGHTER WON LAST NIGHT.
HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA
Donaire is an elite fighter beating an elite and respectable fighter in Montiel, but then again, Fernando seemed way off this fight, he dit hit the Flash of some good ones too but that vicious hook was really something, i feel bad for the Mexicans in seeing their hero badly beaten like that… But thats boxing, Im sure Montiel will be back stronger and wiser! Cheers also to the ref..he gave FM the chance and hats off to the Filipino Flash!
Donaire cheats comes in much heaiver than his opponents and uses steroid chemist Victor Conte to beat Montiel
Man, where is Dave??? His foot is stuck in his mouth again!!
nice to see boxing have another young star, hope hes on hbo again
oh yes…. SEAN… where are you…. sleeping with dave & chris?
yuhooo?….. DAVE LAHR…. where are you?????…. yuhooo….
It would be nice if David Lahr would start writing horoscope and in the funny section where he belongs – he might be more successful there.
LAHR, Please next time do not ever make any boxing predictions, spcifically NONITO will suffer a lot of pain and keeps on running from Montiel power body shots. NOW, eat your words, MONTIEL as I told you, crumpled to the Canvass very hard. you knew nothing about boxing. go to the mountain and never make any boxing predictions.
FLOYD SHOULD NOT BE EVEN AMONG TOP 50 CURRENT FIGHTERS.
HE IS AFRAID OF COTTO
HE IS AFRAID OF MARGARITO
HE IS AFRAID OF PAUL WILLIAMS, THE KO VICTIM LAST YEAR
HE IS AFRAID OF BRADLEY, THE HEADBUTT KING
HE IS AFRAID OF MAIDANA
HE IS AFRAID OF KHAN
HE IS AFRAID OF MARTINEZ
HE IS AFRAID OF BERTO
HE IS AFRAID OF THE NUMBER ONE POUND FOR POUND BUT NOT AFRAID TO FACE JULATON OR DARCHINIAN.
HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA
YEAH, FLOYD IS SO OVER RATED. HIS 41-0 IS REALLY BIG QUESTION MARK. HE LOST TO OSCAR BUT IT WAS GIVEN TO HIM.
HE LOST TO CASTILLO THE FIRST TIME THEY FOUGHT, BUT IT WAS GIVEN TO HIM.
HE CHEATED MARQUEZ.
HE PAID BERTO
HE MADE A DEAL WITH SHANE.
AND SO MANY THINGS AND STILL HE IS CALLED NUMBER 2 POUND FOR POUND WHEN IN FACT HE SHOULD BE EVEN AMONG TOP 50.
BUT I WOULD GIVE IT TO HIM THE NUMBER ONE POUND FOR POUND IN THE LADIES DIVISION.
HA HA HA HA HA HA HA
KNOCKOUT Of The YEAR!… That KO almost the Same From What Pacman did to Hatton… Superb performance!
Told you guys, Nonito Donaire and the filipino fighters are world class boxers… congrats donaire…
so overrated..
I HOPE ALL ANTI-ASIANS WOULD HAVE COMMON SENSE EVEN AN IOTA OR 1 PERCENT – IT MIGHT HELP THEM TO HAVE GOOD RELATIONSHIP WITH THEIR LOVED ONES.
YOU CAN’T ERASE THEIR BIGOTRY AND HATRED – IT STUCK TO THEIR BONES.
HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA
FLOYD SHOULD BE NUMBER 1 POUND FOR POUND IN THE LADIES DIVISION.
HE IS READY TO FIGHT JULATON.
HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA
see boxing fans what an idiot lahr and williams,,
FLOYD FANS, LAHR, WILLIAMS AND OTHER ANTI-ASIANS REALLY MADE ME LAUGH FOR AS LONG AS I COULD REMEMBER.
THEY KNEW THEY WERE BEATEN BUT WON’T STOP BEING NASTY SO WHAT YOU DO EXPECT FROM US WHO IS ALWAYS FAIR AND BALANCED BUT TO RESPOND WITH INTELLIGENCE TO YOUR LOW I.Q. AND LACK OF COMMON-SEND IF NOT DECENCY.
FLOYD JR SHOULD BE OUTSIDE OF TOP TEN OF THIS POUND FOR POUND. HE CHEATED MARQUEZ AND PAID BERTO IN ORDER TO HAVE A GOOD DEAL WITH SHANE THEN HE IS NUMBER 2, PLEASE GIVE ME A BREAK.
THE RATINGS SHOULD BE:
1. PACMAN
2. MARTINEZ
3. DONAIRE
4-12 ANY OF THE FOLLOWING BUT NOT IN ORDER, COTTO, WILLIAMS, MAIDAN, KHAN, BERTO, BRADLEY. JUAN MANUEL, ALVAREZ.
FLOYD SHOULD BE NUMBER 45 IF NOT NUMBER 51 POUND FOR POUND.
HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA
lahr & williams are stipid moron idiots…i will never ever believe in your article again…you are both gago!jejejeje
to mosquito…your an idiot get out of here gago
sultan itim gago ka…no excuses bro…we are talking about this fight dont find other fighters….tungak ka
By the way, just a correction on my comment. It should have been “top echelon of boxing” not just “echelon”.
Congratulations to Nonito “The Filipino Flash” Donaire for winning fight! You now proved that you belong to the echelon of boxing, a member of the elite line of boxers. My hats off also to Fernando Montiel, he gave his best for this fight and he will be considered one of the best. One defeat will not erase you accomplishments. To all boxing fans, let’s give these 2 warriors our big applasue for giving us a good fight, one that will bring back glory to boxing. All I have I have are praises for these 2 guys for maintaining their respect outside the ring, before & after the fight. It’s one fight where you can barely find any cut throat statements and trash talking. They are not only elite boxers, they are both gentleman. Also, let’s stop this Filipino vs. Mexican statements, backstabbing, etc., in this and all other blogs. The Philippines have cream of the crop boxers, and so does Mexico. Let’s all treat each other with respect and try to rate a boxer for his accomplishments, not on where comes from….. Incidentally, I’m just wondering what Dave “Liar” Lahr, Chris Williams, and that other Pac/Donaire basher (forgot his name) will say this time after their predictions went wrong for the nth time. For sure, excuses and other silly reasons will be made by them. Anyway, I just hope they stop writing in this site. Otherwise, they should be fair, professional, unbiased and not rascist in their future blogs.
“The referee should have stopped the fight after the knockdown” It was too early in the fight and the referee didn’t wish it would end that early. Anyway he gave Montiel a chance to be back on his feet but was reaqdy to put a stop to it at the right time. The quick thinking ref did a good job. It seems he got just one complainer.
he needs to fight somebody his own size if he wins he will get my respect.
THE REF DIDN’T SEE THE SPASM OF MONTIEL.HE HAD HIS BACK TURN FOR HE WAS TELLING NONITO TO GO TO THE NEUTRAL CORNER BUT WHAT POWER ON NONITO’S LEFT HAND TO CAUSE A BRAIN SEIZURE ON MONTIEL. DARCHINYAN DON’T WANT NONITO NOW…LOL
all i can say is that was the most impressive knockout of nonito… congrats…
PAGING LAHR, WILLIAMS, FLOYD FANS, UNCLE ROGER, FLOYD SR, AND FLOYD JR.
PLEASE DON’T FEEL BAD TODAY, IF YOU NEED A SHOULDER TO CRY, PLEASE GO TO YOUR DOCTORS, YOU MIGHT NEED XANAX – FRIENDLY ADVISE EVENTHOUGH YOU ALL HATE ASIANS ESPECIALLY CHINESE.
i agree…my “sano” just proved he is stronger than montiel.
we love u nonito!!!
suspicious power for a flyweight bulked into a bantamweight…..
ARE FLOYD FANS SLEEPING NOW OR IN CONFERENCE WITH LAHR AND WILLIAMS, PLOTTING THEIR NEXT GARBAGE ANALYSIS AND OPINIONS.
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I yelled in the bar at the ref “you’re gonna get him killed!”
congrats nonito! the new bantamweight king.
where is sean?
i think the referee did ok.but he saw monteils not swinging back he jumped in abruptly giving the champ a chance to fire back,but he did not had he he may have survived,but unlikely,i think he did the right thing giveing him a last effort.the right hand he threw left him wide open,and an off balance donaire regained balance and fired the home run.lights out tony.almost.
The haters are still in shock and needs some time to come up with some excuses. Dave’s excuse was that Montiel was weight-drained. Let’s see what others would come up with.
Both of those guys deserve a ton of respect. Let’s not make it an ethnic issue. Two warriors entered the ring. Only one could emerge victorious. Nonito is an awesome boxer! He’s the new #2 P4P!
Where are the bloggers?? what happen?? Haters should say that Montiel is overrated. Hope he’ll be okay though, was a good fight, too bad it didn’t last long.. Way to go Neighbor…Congratulation on your win..
Mexicans,Got there ass whip…… M