http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9fc9i1myTz4 Just watch Kenny in the background. That fucking guy is on something.
The expression on his face, the way he sticks his ass out and looks extremely agitated, at all times. Then the way he does a Usain Bolt and sprints around the joint. He looks like it is killing him to be in there.
I agree on all part ( especially the bolded one ). Bayless is an excellent ref, but I would be shocked if he wasn't a total flamer
He has those natty little moves.....he looks like a mime artist at times......you could be watching two guys in the corner fighting out of a clinch and all of a sudden Roadrunner Kenny goes blitzing by in the background.
He looks like a guy that love his job and takes it very seriously...he stays away from the action but is always in position to get the best view of the action. He moves around the ring is not lazy like some ref who stand in one spot and miss a lot of low blows, legit/bs knockdowns, if fighters are clinching he gives 'em enough time to do sometime..or he break 'em up. Unlike some ref who either don't break the clinch..or do it too quickly...
I wish more refs acted like this. He's always moving his feet. Keeps him from getting caught out of position, keeps him out of the way of the fighters, and keeps him from getting lackadaisical. I hate it when refs are fucking lazy and act like it's an annoyance for them to be in there like Frank Cappacino.............or do the opposite and act like they're a part of the show, always inserting themselves into the action like Lawrence Cole or Jay Nady of the last few years. Maybe he's on ritalin, who knows. Gets the job done and he's a good ref, so no complaints here.
Remember that??? Ha! Jim Lampley: "Frank Cappucino, you can stop it any time.....any time Frank...anytime you like....you can stop it any time" Frank: "Nah, fuck that, hit him some more Mickey"
I always loved Bayless. By far,the best ref in all of boxing. Haven't seen him reffing lately though.
I liked Nady in the Ruiz/Jones fight. If all refs did their jobs like Nady, Ruiz would be a greasy footnote. Every 3 months someone would say, do you guys remember that greaseball that Tua nearly killed in 19 seconds.
I like Steve,.. he's a great character and person,.. but one day his luck of 'letting fights go on a little longer than usual' may come to a bad end,..especially since fighters aren't allowed to save their own lives, unless thier names are Muhammed Ali or Joe Frazier ofcourse :crafty:.:crafty:
You dont usually get the count unless you are floored Jones Hopkins Mitchell Salem Sakio? Dont think so.
:: That is true. Never like to oppose Steve Smoger on an under bet. He drove me nuts in the Arce/Concepcion bout. In the end the doctor had to stop it in the corner, not because of a specific injury, but just the beating the poor guy had taken.
the fight in which he got in trouble for a long count was Mount/Lance/Goofy Whittaker vs Lou Savarese. Savarese was down and Smoger kept him in it with a long count, Savarese rebounded to win the fight on points. Bayliss would not have given any long count. He woulda just stuck hihs ass out, wrung his hands and looked really, really disappointed if Savarese didnt get up and fight on.
Mickey Vann, he of Hatton fame, refereed that fight. Every headbutt Biko landed was supposedly the final straw. Then he would throw the nut in, flag Joe in the balls and Vann would be "on the verge" of taking a point off. This went on for 12 rounds. With Vann allowing the "Scorpion" away with every cheap trick he could.
Oh yeah, he was a filthy cunt,.. but so was Hopkins, and he never had Joe scrunching up his face with prefusive tears streaming down his cheeks the way Bika had Joe,.. I think Snakio's strength and heavy hands was a little somethin' for fright night.
