Nevada State Athletic Commission Statement: On January 6, 2024, a contest was held between Vergil Ortiz and Fredick Lawson in Las Vegas, Nevada. The contest was under the jurisdiction of the Nevada State Athletic Commission. The health and safety of the unarmed combatants that compete in the state are paramount to the Commission. All contestants in the event were subject to full medical examinations and were cleared by medical experts to compete without restrictions. The Commission and its Executive Director will continue its ongoing practice of reviewing its official’s performance during and after an event.
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That sounds like they’re putting it on Weeks – Lawson passed his medicals so the stoppage was at the discretion of the referee and the referee alone.
– Spot on, Lucie…..
So this contradicts Weeks’ version of why the so rush stoppage.
Weeks said, Oscar said, and NSAC said garbage and at the end the paying publics didn’t get what they paid for
they don’t really address the 3 evaluations or the specifics of the controversy . if he was cleared how many doctors did it take or how many evaluations. ? that was the issue. yes he was cleared but how and why ? its nice wording from a legal standpoint .
The NSAC is a joke. They never address issues, just sweep them under the rug and continue along the same path. It’s all about revenue to them….by hook or by crook. Mostly crook.
Sounds like a blank statement. No specifics. A standard press release. Did you think it would be anything else?
Killa King, yup. A whole lot of nothing in that statement.
The Rolly vs Barroso stoppage hurt Week’s credibility. Giving a him a little benefit of the doubt, he may have been a rock in a hard place. As soon as Lawson was stunned in the opening round he would not be given the fair chance to recover and that wouldn’t go over well with the fans. Perhaps Weeks was doing the job NSACS should have been doing in looking out for the Lawson’s best interest. I’m haven’t been a Week’s fan as of late but after seeing this statement by NSACS maybe it wasn’t totally on him.
Weeks threw them under the bus. I hope I don’t see him back in a televised bout any time soon.
I am leaning towards Weeks on this one as well. Many of us can be unethical…but maybe this was a line Weeks could not cross. He may never referee in Nevada again…but while everyone is making statements…no one is denying what Weeks has said. Hard to believe that neither the commission nor Golden Boy mention the word aneurysm in their responses. At least from what I have read. If what Weeks said was totally unfounded you would think someone would say that.
The NSAC is a joke. They actually sanctioned a “fight” between 49-0 Floyd Mayweather vs. a non-boxer with zero fights! That was the biggest farce in the history of the sport!!!
Boxing guy I know who was at the fight said that Weeks made up the story to cover his tracks. We may never know the truth. I don’t want Tony Weeks to referee anymore. He’s too old, (as are most Nevada refs), has had too many bad calls in recent years, and seems to be playing judge and jury with regards to stopping fights at strange intervals. This does not represent an impartial official anymore. One strong agreement is that Tony Weeks stopped a fight that never should have started in the first place.