Marc Ratner Quotations

I had a debate on Larry King Live with them at the time and told them in no uncertain terms we couldn't sanction them unless they changed their rules. They really dug in their heels in trying to avoid regulation, and they paid for it.

Fernando couldn't see and Shane kept hitting him in the same place. (Cortez and Watson) were basically saying, 'If he can't defend himself, we have to stop it.' The stop was at the right time.

It's a non-title special event as far as I'm concerned.

We have made it a sport now. That was a key for me, to make it with rules. It's been remarkable, the last five years, the way it has blossomed.

(Roger Mayweather) clearly committed a foul, that's why he's suspended. We could revoke his license temporarily; we could revoke it permanently. That's why we want to review the tapes.

For a man of his size, he was one of the top referees in the history of the sport. The fighters respected him.

We're in the process of getting all of the tapes (of the fight) shown from all different angles. We're going to watch those tapes as soon as we get them and see who was in the ring and who did what. Roger will appear before us for a disciplinary hearing. Things will be adjudicated at that time.

I can't even fathom anyone letting it happen. People get injured anyway in this sport without this. It just frightens me.

One of doctors is very conversant in Japanese. He will be working to help them if there are any problems.

Everybody reacted properly, including Michael Buffer. He was very good at trying to calm the crowd. I thought between Richard and my inspectors and the police, everybody did what they did to stop it immediately before anyone got hurt. If there hadn't been a proper reaction it could have turned into a horrible, horrible thing.