Oct

Q&A: Weeks on Provodnikov’s KO of ‘warrior’ Alvarado

Referee Tony Weeks on Ruslan Provodnikov’s 10th-round TKO of Mike Alvarado: “I went over to his corner and I asked Mike directly, twice, ‘Are you okay?’ and, ‘Do you want to continue fighting?’ and both times, he said, ‘No,’ so I stopped the fight.”

11

May

Referee Mora rises from career low

by Lem Satterfield

“I really felt like there was a death…I knew that I had made a horrible call in the 11th round,” Nevada referee Russell Mora told RingTV.com of his failure to penalize Abner Mares for clear low blows in the first Joseph Agbeko fight.

Q&A: Ref Weeks discusses Peterson’s KO of Holt

24

Feb

Q&A: Ref Weeks discusses Peterson’s KO of Holt

by Lem Satterfield

Referee Tony Weeks on stopping IBF junior welterweight beltholder Lamont Peterson’s triumph over ex-titleholder Kendall Holt in the eighth round: “Some fighters just have too much heart, and we have to save them from themselves.”

Lem’s latest: Weeks makes DC. debut; attorney on Peterson-Holt card

22

Feb

Lem’s latest: Weeks makes DC. debut; attorney on Peterson-Holt card

by Lem Satterfield

Referee Tony Weeks will make his East Coast debut with Friday night’s Lamont Peterson-Kendall Holt fight at The D.C. Armory in Washington, D.C.

Weeks among officials chosen for Peterson-Holt

18

Feb

Weeks among officials chosen for Peterson-Holt

by Lem Satterfield

Veteran referee Tony Weeks will work Friday night’s title bout between IBF junior welterweight beltholder Lamont Peterson and ex-beltholder Kendall Holt.