source: Marv Dumon | examiner.com

In this interview referee Kenny Bayles talks about the fight stoppage, right after the Manny Pacquiao vs Miguel Cotto bout, at the MGM Grand Arena.


Marv Dumon, Examiner.com: "You caused the stoppage, give me your thought process on that."

Referee Kenny Bayless: "Well at the point of the stoppage, Cotto's tank had basically ran out. He was moving around just to survive the 12 rounds. He wasn't really throwing punches. Though he was hitting Pacquiao with some good jabs, I was waiting for the opportunity on a good flurry to stop it because I didn't want Miguel to take any more punishment."

Marv Dumon, Examiner.com: "What was the earliest point that you considered stopping it?"

Referee Kenny Bayless: "It was probably around the eight or ninth round, somewhere in there. I went to his ( Cotto's ) corner, I told him: 'Look, if you don't show me something, I'm going tohave to stop it.' At that point, he started to get on his bicycle and move around a lot. So he just extended the time of me stopping it."

Marv Dumon, Examiner.com: "What was your biggest criteria for stopping it? Was it because he ( Cotto ) wasn't throwing or because he was running away?"

Referee Kenny Bayless: "My biggest criteria is to not let him ( Cotto ) take more punishment. Safety comes first. And I felt at that point that he had enough."


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Marv Dumon, Examiner.com: "Can you give me any thoughts on Pacquiao vs Mayweather, Jr?"

Referee Kenny Bayless: "Well, I think it'll be another great fight. It's hard for me to speculate how the fight would turn out. Everytime Pacquiao fights, I'm impressed. I mean, he's moved up in all these weights, and he's still the king! And that's the impressive thing for me about Pacquiao. If he fights Mayweather, I think that'll be a tremendously, tremendously good fight."

Marv Dumon, Examiner.com: "Any last thoughts?"

Referee Kenny Bayless: "I think that this fight was good for boxing. I think boxing needed a real good quality fight like we saw tonight. And I just hope that Cotto doesn't end up developing anything serious from this fight."


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