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Question

do you think the ref was right to dq roy?

Answer 1

No because Jones had him hurt but Griffin was not on the canvas but the referee should've scored it a knockdown and started counting a DQ was wrong he should've gave a warning or taken a point away from Roy Jones.

Answer 2

I pretty much agree with everyone who has answered before me. That decision was probably one of the sickest things to hit my stomach.

Being a Jones fan and finally seeing him tested a little bit with Griffin giving Jones trouble earlier, I was curious to see if Jones could rally back. Jones was actually doing just that and then "BOOM" that fast, Jones has been disqualified. It had left unanswered questions to me at the time, which was later answered in the rematch.

I thought Jones should have gotten a point deduction, in a fight in which I had already had him slightly behind in scoring.

Answer 3

No it wasnt intentional , it has happened in other fights and there was no dq that was the only one i seen. Not that it mattered nobody really looked at it as a legimate loss. Jones clearly won that fight.

Answer 4

When the ref instructs the fighters to "protect themselves at all times", it is said to avoid exactly what happened.  Yeah, Roy fouled Griffith, but he shouldn't have been DQed for it.  Maybe take a point away or something, but a DQ of an undefeated fighter for the foul was an over reaction.  No, I think the ref was wrong to go that far.

Answer 5

I remember watching the fight vividly, the referee was very late in pulling Jones off (interesting note: the ref's daughter was the only judge that had Griffin winning the fight to that point).  Also, Griffin wasn't going to let the fight continue, he wasn't going to get up until the ref DQ'd Roy.

Championship fights have seen guys hit on the break and after the bell repeatedly, numerous low blows, etc. - it should have been a 2 point deduction at best...I was at foxwoods for the rematch, no one EVER could have beat Roy that night.