You simply cannot deny the damage GGG did had an effect on the fight

In the end it doesn't really matter Spence won but the judges had it Spence 97-92,95-94,96-93 so Spence wasn't up 4-2 after 6. Brook would have been in front.

 

it does matter. promoting or perpetuating the narrative that brook was dominating a fight in which he was obviously incurring heavy damage is dishonest and weak... and it does a terrible disservice to spence and boxing in general.

 

Absolutely. The GGG fight was stupidity.

 

Youre both fcking delusional! Spence lost 4 of the first 6 rounds are you kidding me?!!! This fight was a tale of two halves. First 6 rounds Brook was giving Spence problems constantly countering him with the right hand and catching him with the uppercut then wrapping him up. Spence then figured him out and stepped up his output and it was a wrap. He in no way dominated brook. He wore him down and made him quit. The eye excuse or weight thing are just that. Excuses.

 

Yeah but its about takin punishment

 

off topic a bit but i'd like to point out that David Lemieux is a rare exception--he felt the Kazak thunder and live to fight another day, and perhaps even learned from it and came out the other side a stronger fighter.

In fact, he's been the busiest of the elite MWs since his fight with GGG. In fact he is says he'd like another fight with GGG, says he made another adjustments and promises victory this time. (I don 't doubt his sincerity for a second, and I'm a huge Lemieux fan, but even i think that's a bad idea.)

 

nice one

i think GGG respects Lemieux also because Lemieux isn't afraid to take the big fights (granted, GGG was Lemieux' mando for the IBF strap)

i've watched the Lemieux fight twice and indeed it does seem to me GGG "let up" some noticeable degree. Here's where what i think happend, no real proof for it, just what it seems like to me: in round six (?) DL was taking a right beating and went down on one knee. Obviously the ref's job is to step in between them when that happens but he didn't, at least not quickly enough. GGG hit DL when he was on one knee--i'd bet anything it was not intentional--it might have been that the punch was in motion before he took the knee. The ref's reaction seems to confirm this. GGG, who is a pure emotionless predator otherwise, was visibly shaken by this--eg, the ref didn't take a point or even warn him but GGG said something to ref his head bowed and his right glove over his heart.

 

Excuses

 

To be fair, you're "tainted".

Thus its possible your tainted-ness created your perception of this fight being "tainted"

Unless you don't want to be fair??

All I am saying is its possible.

 

This is the best and most accurate post that I've read today.