'Robbed' is to easily used....

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  1. PityTheFool

    PityTheFool Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Sorry guys.
    This was just a fight where the scorecards could have went either way.:bart
     
  2. Nonito Smoak

    Nonito Smoak Ioka>Lomo, sorry my dudes Full Member

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    You see, I scored that to Matthysse by 1 point. NOT a "robbery" to me. A "robbery" to me implies a gap of 5 or 6 points which somehow goes the other way.
     
  3. SugarShane_24

    SugarShane_24 ESB good-looking member Full Member

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    How about shafted? :D
     
  4. Medicine

    Medicine Boxing Addict banned

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    the whole way i see it though, is that in an event where the guy gets a decision who didn't deserve it, then it is a robbery. Yes the fight was with in one or two points but why should the guy who lost get the decision?

    I still see what you mean though, these close fights are no where as bad as something like Williams-Lara.
     
  5. Mega Lamps

    Mega Lamps Well-Known Member Full Member

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    And its bad for boxing as well, it gives the sport a bad image and when there is an actual robbery it will not be taken as seriously. The "boy who cried wolf" scenario.
     
  6. JunitoJab

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  7. KO-KING

    KO-KING Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    most definatly, I stated this on my second post, a robbery to me is a fight that if it goes 12 rounds there is a difference of 4 points 116-112.

    for example I had Khan vs Peterson - 113-112 for Khan, still not a robbery.

    Maybe the term 'hometown decision' should be used more often rather than robbery.

    Although boxing is as corrupt as a sport can be, some 'fans' make it sound a lot worse
     
  8. Orthodox Stance

    Orthodox Stance Raw Talent Full Member

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    People saying Pacquiao - Marquez III was a robbery bug the **** out of me.

    It was a close fight in which Marquez lost as much as Pacquaio won, by conceding some very close rounds through bad corner advice.
     
  9. divac

    divac Loyal Member Full Member

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    Exactly!

    People dont know to differentiate between competitive and close.

    Khan-Peterson was both competitive and close.

    All three Marquez-Pac fights might have been competitive, but close they were not, thus why you would consider those fights robberies.


    Newsflash, a fighter that is competitve can be viewed at as a robbery.
    Competing does'nt equate to winning rounds.
     
  10. Steenalized

    Steenalized Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    :deal :thumbsup
     
  11. KO-KING

    KO-KING Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    non of the JMM vs pacquiao fights were robberies, this is coming from a JMM supporter
     
  12. LordJomski

    LordJomski Boxing Addict Full Member

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    At least you could show some solid points why you could say that it was robberies because I can't see it from here.. :hey
     
  13. oli

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    Don't talk ****.

    If the guy who should have won doesn't get the decision then he's been robbed. Simple as that. So it's not an overused term
     
  14. KO-KING

    KO-KING Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    people claim robbery if 55% of people say fighter A won but fighter B got the decision - not a robbery

    Example of Khan vs LP - I had it 113-112 for Khan, but he did not get robbed, maybe a hometown decision not a robbery
     
  15. Cafe

    Cafe Sitzpinkler Full Member

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    No, if all rounds apart from like what 3 rounds were absolutely clear for Campillo and there's no way they could have gone to Cloud how is that not a robbery? Yesterday a lot of rounds could have been given to either of the fighters.