Did Mills Lane and the temperature during Holmes/Cooney affect the outcome?

[NoNeck]

I just watched the fight.

Some things that stood out to me:
1. Cooney was fighting really tensely and it was 90 degrees out. Obviously, not a good combo.
2. Mills Lane managed to take two points away for a low blow in one of the later rounds (it was an ugly low blow, but why two points?), and quickly took a point away for a boderline low blow a couple rounds later. One point was justified, two still okay, but three seemed excessive to me. The result was that Cooney had to fight with more of sense of urgency and make himself more prone to a burnout, which did eventually occur. Cooney actually would've been up on two cards at the time of the stoppage without the deductions.

If these factors were not in place, could Cooney have preserved an early lead to hang on for a decision win?

[Bill1234]

Originally Posted by NoNeck

I just watched the fight.

Some things that stood out to me:
1. Cooney was fighting really tensely and it was 90 degrees out. Obviously, not a good combo.
2. Mills Lane managed to take two points away for a low blow in one of the later rounds (it was an ugly low blow, but why two points?), and quickly took a point away for a boderline low blow a couple rounds later. One point was justified, two still okay, but three seemed excessive to me. The result was that Cooney had to fight with more of sense of urgency and make himself more prone to a burnout, which did eventually occur. Cooney actually would've been up on two cards at the time of the stoppage without the deductions.

If these factors were not in place, could Cooney have preserved an early lead to hang on for a decision win?

I think 2 points were completely justified seeing how Gerry had been hitting Larry low all night and that one in particular was a brutal shot straight to the nuts.

I think Larry would've won anyway, his strategy was to conserve his energy and take Gerry late and did it to perfection. Holmes would've at the minimum matched what Cooney did in rounds 13, 14, and 15 and unless the judges continued to score blatantly biasedly in favor of Cooney, Holmes would've still come out with the W.

[Danmann]

Holmes was pulling Cooney behind neck, which led to some below belt shots, but bottom line, Cooney was not good enough. He fell apart in end, and never recovered mentally form the loss. He did have an unfair amount of White Hope hype, which he never asked for.

[Bill1234]

Originally Posted by Danmann

Holmes was pulling Cooney behind neck, which led to some below belt shots, but bottom line, Cooney was not good enough. He fell apart in end, and never recovered mentally form the loss. He did have an unfair amount of White Hope hype, which he never asked for.

Despite their differences in public, both made it clear in private they did not ask for or want the race hype. That was all King and the Wacko twins.

It is evidenced by Holmes and Cooney being good friends now.

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