If you could go back in time and change the "official" decision of 3 fights that in your opinion were absolute intentional robberies or just bad judging what would they be? Mine: ODLH vs Tito- IMO this fight was a horrible call. I havent watched it in a while but I recall thinking that I scored it 7-5 or so clean. Vera vs JC Jr I knew Vera was going to be robbed unless he knocked Jr out in the parking lot with all the BS that went on before the fight. No way anyone can legit score this fight for Jr. He was outworked and out hustled from Bell to Bell. Hope Vera gets the KO next time or he will be robbed again. RJJ and the Olympics IMO this is one of the worst blatant robberies you will ever see at any level of boxing. I forget who he fought but just go you tube it...
Ali vs Norton III - pure case of giving it to the bigger name although he lost clearly. Lennox vs Holyfield - beating the home fighter in the US, about as hard as doing it in the UK or Germany. Ottke vs Reid - Reid dared to punch poor Ottke in the face that night. He was lucky he didn't get DQ'd on the spot.
Valuev vs Holyfield - Holyfield earned that belt and I'm convinced something very fishy went on there as Valuev raised his arms after the final bell as if he knew he would get the nod despite giving such a crummy performance. Sturm vs De La Hoya - This had big implications for boxing because Sturm refused to fight outside Germany after this robbery. Many good fights that could have been made weren't. Chisora vs Scott - Scott could have been a interesting addition to the heavyweight scene. I can't help but think after 2 bad decisions against him he is discouraged and might even return to being a sparring partner.
Bad Decisions: Jose Luis Castillo vs. Joel Casamayor Vernon Forrest vs. Ike Quartey Jean Marc Mormeck vs. Virgil Hill Robberies: O'Neil Bell vs. Dale Brown Rios vs. Abril Williams vs. Lara
How come no one has mentioned Pac vs Bradley? After the final bell and before the decision he hugged Arum and said "I just couldnt beat him Bob, I gave it my all though"..
I'll mention it because i couldn't believe that decision and either could the other 4 guys I was watching it with that night. Some of the other fights mentioned in this thread I don't recall to really say but out of ones I've more recently watched or remember very clearly: Pac vs Bradley Lewis vs Holyfield I Hearns vs Leonard II
Very good ones everyone can agree on. Whitaker vs. Chavez for sure. As for Beltran/Burns, it isn't even a relevant enough fight to be listed among these other ones. Although "Beltran W UD12" would be nice... X 2 on Ali vs. Norton III for sure. I wouldn't agree with the sentiment you have next to "Lennox vs. Holyfield" though... Lebedev vs. Huck and Murray vs. Sergio; while I agree they should have gone to the technical loser, they were also fights within 2 points. Tough to call that a robbery. The Murray W would have been historically relevant as it is the passing of the Middleweight lineage... which must go on!
trinidad vs de la hoya i'd let meldrick taylor see the bell against chavez and win on points whitaker vs chavez i would say marquez-pacquiao 2 and 3 but it led to such a great 4th fight and a storybook ending