Boxing Ref speaks out on why he stopped Cotto vs Margarito II
By Johnny Benz, Doghouse Boxing (Dec 4, 2011) Doghouse Boxing (Photo © Chris Farina / Top Rank)
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Smoger hugs Margarito
By Johnny Benz, Doghouse Boxing - Boxing Referee Steve Smoger isn't just one of the best in the game, he is one of our personal favorites here at Doghouse Boxing.  We've never really made that a secret. 

So as the 3rd man on in the ring on Saturday night at MSG in New York, what is Steve's take on Miguel Cotto vs Antonio Margarito being stopped 3 seconds into round 10 (Cotto winning by 10th rd TKO) because of Margarito's swollen shut eye? Smoger stopped the fight on advice of the ringside physician. Here is what he had to say about stopping the fight...

"The eye was completely shut," Smoger stated after the fight, adding: "He couldn't see out and I couldn't see in. We have a rule in New York that if you can't see out of an eye, we have to stop the fight."


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