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...and gets a bad wrap from some bitter fan boys. (Andy Lee supporters don't like him because of his "fluke" TKO sullying Lee's previously unspoiled record; and backers of Sergio Mora - which apparently exist :blood - will go blue in the face telling you Mora got robbed against him, twice. He didn't. Vera beat him fair and square both times.

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Yeah, I'm inclined to agree - especially coming off Vera's pounding of Dzyna. (even though Dzyna had looked horrible in his two previous middleweight ventures, and borderline shot against Gonzalez)

Stranger things have certainly happened in boxing, though. :conf

Bondorovas is limited and light-hitting, but he is tough and was a member of Lithuania's national amateur team FWIW. :conf

 

IMO - and I know lots of people still feel passionately even after multiple viewings that one or both were robberies - even though Mora did make him miss a lot, the overwhelming advantage in activity on Vera's part and ****-poor ethic from Mora (not to mention the relative worthlessness of most of his pit-pat offerings) left very little doubt who deserved the majority of rounds either time.

We could probably argue those until the cows come home. (and the funny part is, I'm usually among the first to discount ineffective aggression & volume in favor of higher-% clean effective punching, as in the Abril vs. Rios travesty, but simply don't see this as comparable)

There isn't really any need, however. I'm not ever going to be convinced Mora deserved either one, and those who feel he did aren't going to convert into accepting the official results.

We can agree to disagree. :good

 

Say what you will about him, Vera is a more legit world MW title challenger for Golovkin than Ishida. :nod

 

I also didn't feel that Mora was egregiously wronged against Mosley.

I don't remember my RBR scoring, but it was such a complete mess where both were ineffective enough in achieving success in anything resembling boxing that I thought a draw was fair...and that it would've also been a fair and deserved rude awakening for Mosley had Mora edged it. Denkin having it 116-112 for Mosley is a bit dubious, but people act like that (as well as Vera vs. Mora I & II) somehow warrants mention along with ATG robberies like Abril vs. Rios, Casamayor vs. Santa Cruz, Holyfield vs. Lewis I, Martinez vs. Cintron, etc.

Not even close. :bart I'm perfectly happy with all three results on paper (and honestly can't see Vera vs. Mora I or II even being draws, let alone scored for Mora)


...and yes I hate Mora and his stomach churning style, but that doesn't mean I can't objectively score his bouts. I acknowledge that he legitimately beat Vernon Forrest the first time when the Viper took him lightly.