Today, two days have passed since the battle between "King Kong" Luis Otiz vs "Prince" Charles Martin, but the discussion of boxing fans and media reports are still in full swing. Objectively speaking, the battle between Martin and Ortiz is still quite exciting, which can be regarded as a classic reversal battle, that is, Otiz smashed the opponent in the 6th round to win the game after being knocked down twice.
At present, while the outside world is hotly discussing this game, there is one person who has been particularly criticized, that is, the referee on the field, Frank Santor Jr. A former U.S. Marine Corps amateur boxing champion and a professional boxer, Santor won 29-5 and ko-faced 21 times, most notably against Shug-Ray Leonard in 1977, when he was knocked out in five rounds.
After retiring, Santor turned into a referee, so far 882 games, has a considerable experience, but in last week's Martin vs. Otiz battle, Santor was accused of not performing well at work, the most significant is the 6th round, when Ortiz hit Martin's temple with a left hand, martin after the trauma, dizzy, actually stood straight there, in the eyes of many people, in this case, the referee should come forward to stop, and then read the seconds for Martin, but Santor did not do this, This caused Martin to fall to the ground after another attack by Ortiz.
One boxing fan wrote: Otiz's attack on Martin was too big, hitting Martin did not know where he was, until he was finally knocked down, the referee's reaction was a little slow, he just stood aside and watched.
There was also a boxing fan message: The referee waiting for Otiz to beat Martin is a shame, which will cause Martin to suffer serious injuries.
Is the referee at fault? This is not very conclusive! Maybe the referee felt that Martin did not fall to the ground, there was no need to go forward to read the seconds, but the injury suffered by Martin was still obvious, after all, he was confused at the time, and some referees would stop it in time in this situation, and then identify it as knocking down and implementing the second reading, but the referee of this competition, Santor, did not do this, perhaps he felt that Martin did not fall to the ground and did not have to read the seconds, or perhaps there was no reaction at that time.
Some people think that after Martin suffered an Otiz blow in the 6th round, he should make full use of his experience, that is, directly crouching to the ground, which will avoid the immediate damage, which makes some sense, but in the author's opinion, Martin has been knocked unconscious at that time, and it may be just a luxury to let him automatically crouch down, knowing that Martin is not even conscious of dodging, let alone doing anything else.