Don Lee vs Doug DeWitt (An unabashed hometown draw - Anyone want to score?)

Not the worst decision I've ever seen, but certainly not one that I like. I really do feel like Lee earned a clear decision in this bout. He landed a lot of hard, clean shots on DeWitt and it wasn't until the final round that DeWitt applied any kind of effective, heavy pressure. Soaking up punishment with your cement head/chin does not mean you're winning a fight. Being unaffected by a punch does not mean it isn't scoring points for the other guy.

A young, up and coming Lee was struggling as much against with inactivity at the time as his in the ring opposition, and here he was robbed of any and all momentum he had following his big upset loss over dangerous Tony Sibson a little over a year prior. Lee should have the underrated stoppage win of Sibson and a clear points win over a 25-1, 23 year old Doug DeWitt, all within a little over one year. Instead, he had his career completely sputter out, where he sat out of the ring for almost two years before his next fight of consequence, where he rocked his opponent early but was eventually stopped late in the fight. There really isn't much justice in boxing.

There was plenty of talk from the commentary team about the winner of this bout getting a much anticipated step up against a world class, name opponent like Marvin Hagler. Instead we got strangely coincidental 5-5 scoring from all three judges, not a surprise considering this was in DeWitt's backyard and the crowd was very pro DeWitt.

Take a gander and maybe score this one if you have the chance, sometime. It's a pretty good little fight. I agree with the surprisingly unbiased Ray Mancini in terms of scoring.

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