'Robbed' is to easily used....

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  1. KO-KING

    KO-KING Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    at first I was ok with it now it's just pissing me off, seriously over used term

    Not every close fight that doesn't go the way you want is a robbery

    Just a simple point that I needed to say

    Update

    Rios vs Abril - Robbery, I had it 117-111, best you could have it is 116-112 for Bam Bam
     
  2. Baldwin

    Baldwin Boxing Addict banned

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    Every close fight is a robbery now. Just the way it goes dude
     
  3. KO-KING

    KO-KING Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Bunch of ******s randomly shouting robbery whenever a fight is close ruins the image of boxing, Lara got Robbed, Chisora got robbed not ****ing huck
     
  4. HeGlassedMe

    HeGlassedMe ufc is the new pet rock Full Member

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    Blame the teenagers.
     
  5. Cableaddict

    Cableaddict Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    "Robbed" is overused around here almost as much as "glass chin."
     
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    Cafe Sitzpinkler Full Member

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    It's really insulting to the robberies like Helenius-Chisora, Campillo-Cloud, Lara-Williams, those fights are actual terrible robberies yet get overlooked.
     
  7. des3995

    des3995 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Agreed.
     
  8. timeout

    timeout Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Robbed is used on ESB too often by ppl who just dont know **** about baaxxxing.
     
  9. PityTheFool

    PityTheFool Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Good point and thread.
    Marquez-Pac 3 is a genuine robbery.
    Cleverly-Karpency was just a close fight.
     
  10. Cableaddict

    Cableaddict Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Yep. (and there seems to be an awful lot of them on ESB.)

    Too much testosterone & rap music!

    - It's hard to concentrate on a fight when you're whacking off every 5 minutes, with Kanye West blaring in the background.
     
  11. Ilesey

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    Karpency was robbed.
     
  12. KO KIDD

    KO KIDD Loyal Member Full Member

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    it gets passed around as much as shot bum glass jaw ducker cherry picker

    to me a robbery is a fight where 90 percent of fans think so

    if you interview 10 fans and 6 say 1 guy won and 4 other disagree no robbery because there is decent amounts of ppl disagreeing

    if 9 guys say a guy won and then the only 1 guy says the other guy won its probably a robbery

    if you cant argue a case for it its a robbery

    if its debatable than no
     
  13. Nonito Smoak

    Nonito Smoak Ioka>Lomo, sorry my dudes Full Member

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    Perfect example.

    Campillo-Cloud was NOT A ROBBERY. Campillo by 2 points, sure. It's 2 ****ing points, plus there were several close rounds (even if they were decisive to people like us on ESB who watch tons of fights every single Friday and Saturday).
     
  14. Erlenmeyer

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    This. Probably the biggest robbery of the year.
     
  15. Medicine

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    A clear win for Campillo.

    Just because the fight is with in two points or so, dosen't make it close. Campillo was the clear winner and any other decision is bull****. 114-112 was the lowest you could have it. IMO the score should have been wider.

    Same way with Matthysse-Alexander. Close fight, but clear win for mattysse.