Turpin-Cartier-Fight Stopped Referee Tommy Little (hand raised) stops the scheduled ten-round midddleweighh hour between Britain?s Randolph Turpin and America?s Walter Cartier, in the second round,. Cartier is seen holding Turpin's hands pinned between his arms. This was the reason the referee stopped the fight - for persistent holding. He warned Cartier four times in the first round, and three times in the second. Cartier?s brother and manager is seen approaching the referee.(left), as seconds clamber into the ring (right) The fight was at Sari?s Court, London. March 18, 1953.