{"id":246852,"date":"2017-08-16T13:52:09","date_gmt":"2017-08-16T20:52:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=246852"},"modified":"2017-08-23T22:26:31","modified_gmt":"2017-08-24T05:26:31","slug":"boxing-referee-analyzes-conor-mcgregors-knockdown-of-paulie-malignaggi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/conor-mcgregor\/boxing-referee-analyzes-conor-mcgregors-knockdown-of-paulie-malignaggi\/","title":{"rendered":"Boxing referee analyzes Conor McGregor’s knockdown of Paulie Malignaggi"},"content":{"rendered":"

The fight that could break all the records and be the richest fight in all of combat sports is less than two weeks away as Floyd Mayweather and Conor McGregor<\/a> are busy preparing for their mega-money fight<\/a>.<\/p>\n

With the news of the Nevada Athletic Commission approving the glove size going down to 8 ounces<\/a> instead of their standard rule of 10-ounce gloves<\/a> for the 154-pound bout, more fuel was added to the fire hyping up the bout. Although big news for the fight, perhaps the biggest hype surrounding the fight is coming from the two sparring sessions between Conor McGregor and Paulie Malignaggi. <\/p>\n

Late Friday, Dana White released footage of the Malignaggi either getting knocked down or pushed down<\/a> by McGregor. Many were quick to call it knockdown while Malignaggi and others pointed out why they consider it a push down. MMA Fighting<\/a> spoke with Tom Taylor, a licensed California State Athletic Commission (CSAC) boxing referee and judge to give his analysis of the video clip and gave some interesting insight.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI can\u2019t tell you how I would have scored it live,\u201d Taylor said. \u201cI may have called it a knockdown, because the last thing to land was a short right hand to the side of Paulie\u2019s head. That could still constitute a knockdown.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a judgment call and I think it could go either way. I wouldn\u2019t argue it either way if a referee said it was a knockdown or no knockdown.\u201d<\/p>\n

Taylor went on to say that viewing it in real time, it certainly looks like a knockdown. However, when slowing the footage down, he does back Malignaggi’s reasoning for it being a push down<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cLive, it looked like a knockdown,\u201d Taylor said. \u201cThe first time I looked at the video \u2014 that quick six, seven seconds \u2014 it looked like a knockdown. But when you slow it down, you can see how he has him held down behind his neck, behind his head. Paulie pulls up and [McGregor] lets go, [Malignaggi\u2019s] momentum is taking him. And then there\u2019s that short little right hand that lands.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo it would definitely be a judgment call right then and there. But looking at this video, I would say no knockdown.\u201d<\/p>\n

Taylor says that it would be all on the referee’s call and their angle of viewing the incident. Referee Joe Cortez is seen in the video but has not commented on the incident, which Malignaggi said is due to McGregor’s camp now allowing him to do so<\/a>. However, Taylor gave his analysis of Cortez’s reaction from the sparring clip.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you listen to his voice, he goes, \u2018Whoa, whoa!\u2019\u201d Taylor said of Cortez. \u201cTo me, that means he was gonna call it a no knockdown, in my opinion. \u2018Whoa, whoa\u2019 as a referee means, \u2018Oh, whoa, whoa, I see something that wasn\u2019t right.\u2019 Holding a guy\u2019s head down: \u2018Whoa, whoa, whoa, stop.\u2019 Something like that and Paulie is already down. To me, it looked like Joe was going to call that a no knockdown.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Conor<\/a><\/p>\n

There is one boxing referee’s breakdown of the knockdown, or push down. What are your thoughts on referee Tom Taylor’s analysis? Let’s discuss this in the comment section.<\/p>\n

This article first appeared on BJPenn.com<\/a> on 8\/16\/2017.<\/em> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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