'Very mad': Ref ripped over wild Tszyu finale

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Former satellite champion Shawn Porter has taken purpose astatine the referee for not stopping Tim Tszyu's combat with Tony Harrison earlier than helium did.

Danrex Tapdasan stepped successful and stopped the interim WBO ace welterweight rubric bout successful Sydney successful the ninth round.

It came arsenic Tszyu unleashed a flurry of uppercuts that near Harrison successful nary authorities to continue.

Even arsenic Harrison deed the canvas Tapdasan didn't instantly extremity the fight, the 32-year-old allowed to regain his feet, albeit somewhat unsteadily, earlier the referee stepped in.

Speaking connected Main Event, Porter questioned wherefore Tapdasan didn't waive the combat disconnected earlier.

"Look astatine this close here, uppercut, uppercut, I person to say, I'm precise huffy astatine this ref for allowing Tony to instrumentality this galore cleanable shots and not measurement in," Porter said.

"I felt similar the ref should've been there. Tony's caput goes retired of the ring, the ref is inactive allowing this combat to instrumentality place."

Tszyu has present acceptable his sights connected a showdown with unified satellite champ Jermell Charlo.

"What's my motherf---ing name?," Tszyu exclaimed successful the ringing aft beating Harrison, who is the lone antheral to person beaten Charlo.

"I conscionable bushed the antheral who bushed the man. What does that marque me?"

Charlo was watching the Tszyu-Harrison combat from America and was little than impressed with what helium saw from the Australian.

"I cognize helium can't instrumentality my punch, due to the fact that I conscionable cognize my punch is different," Charlo said, per the New York Post's Jared Schwartz.

"It conscionable made maine privation to fight, conscionable get this implicit with, unopen him up, I've unopen a batch of them up, it's conscionable different one."

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