Steve Smoger: Boxing’s Invisible Man

When he’s doing it right, the third man in the ring is invisible.

A referee should be a spectator first, watching the action closely, seeing that no fouls are committed, making sure neither fighter gets badly hurt. When the referee enters the action, when paying spectators shift from watching the fight to watching the man watching the fight, there needs to be a clear, definitive reason.

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Steve Smoger and Capuccino know how to let the action roll

 

Not anymore with Cappuccino.

 

Nice job as always by Adam. :bears: Great read and I agree with him for the most part about Smoger.

 

The difference between them is that Smoger actually pays attention to what is happening.

Good article

 

There are a couple of guys in the boxing media that despise Smoger, but I have always liked him as a ref.

 

Smoger is my favourite ref by far, and he loves the fighters too.

Great article by the way.

 

I like him too but calling him God in the headline was a bit too much to my liking

 

Smoger is a very good ref.

I don't know why Larry Merchant was so mad during Pavlik-Miranda. I guess he wanted Pavlik to win and wanted to make sure Miranda didn't come back to win. Smoger did a good job there.

 

Indeed, it was ridiculous. Smoger is one of the best. Nothing I hate more than an early stoppage, it shows a lack of judgement and confidence on the part of the ref. And Smoger has very few of them to my knowledge.