The Commonwealth Games Federation needs to be held to account here. Are they checking referees experience and giving them proper training? I think this decision shows the answer to that. They've put a lady who was a bit out of her depth in charge of a quarterfinal and she made a big mistake which is very unfair to Alex.
Amateur boxing is much different than pro boxing. A heavy knockdown like that will often get waived straight away. They are much more cautious. No chance this ref would ever be disciplined for stopping this fight.
Poor lad was ripped off, he got caught by a nice punch but he was up on his feet in an instant let alone an 8 standing count, he's worked so hard to get to this position and for this distasteful "ref" to take it away from him and not give him a fighting chance is a blatant ripoff of this young man, this "ref" has no place being in the square ring as she clearly either has no idea what she's doing or she is bias and intentionally denied this young man the chance to continue.
The lack of knowledge for Amateur reffing in these comments is frightening. They stop fighters very quickly. Even if on their feet for a standing count. Anything that looks concussive. That was a dangerous and Concussive blow to Alex head which rendered him on the canvas legs crumpled. Whether he got up or not doesn't matter. Learn amateur rules. The referee was SPOT ON. Anyone saying otherwise does not watch high level amateur boxing. If there was any mistake, it was giving win wood the first round that he clearly was outpointed in.
The refs were bad across the board at these games. Particularly the women. None, not one of them, demanded a clean break with no punches after the clinch and let punches be thrown on the break without penalty. Very poor effort. But y'know...diversity.
He was ripped off not knocked out, he got caught by a good punch but it was far from a knockout and when someone has worked so hard to get to that point he deserved the chance to continue to fight on win or lose yet this "ref" denied him the opportunity to fight on which he was fully capable of doing.
