Am i crazy for thinking Ennis got a total gift last night ?

The reffing was a bit iffy ngl they deduct a point for excessive holding but allowed Haney to clinch and do nothing.

At the very least Karen was trying to angle and get position most of the time and not just hugging to stay safe.

 

I turned it off, but I had Ennis running away with it after the knockdown. Karen had won like two rounds until that point.

 

Yes, Karen didn't outland Ennis in 4 of the first 5 rounds. You're giving Karen every close round. Compubox got the general theme of the fight correct

 

Rewatch ? Boots is getting 0 credit for every landed combination and jab in the early rounds. Those rounds were pretty close and Boots blocked some shots in the 2nd, he definitely didn't outland Ennis in the 1st, or the 3rd and I had it 2-2 going into the 5th. You could be confusing round 2 with round 4. I didn't give Karen the 8th. Ennis knocked him down. Karen was deducted a point. It was close, I've been saying Karen is way better than everyone here thinks. But a gift is an exaggeration. Bad scorecards tho

 

Jaron Ennis vs Karen Chukhadzhian II
Round 1: 10:9*
Round 2: 9:10
Round 3: 10:9*
Round 4: 9:10
Round 5: 10:8 (Karen down)
Round 6: 9:10*
Round 7: 9:10
Round 8: 10:9*
Round 9: 9:10*
Round 10: 10:8 (Karen loses a point)
Round 11: 9:10
Round 12: 9:10
Final Score: 113:113 Draw

I have no issues with Ennis win - if judges favor the aggressor and heavier hitter (Like Beterbiev against Bivol), but those scorecards were disgusting. There was bunch of rounds were Chukhadzhian picked Ennis apart with clean counters and Ennis was not able to get through with anything clean. Lazy scoring, just giving it to stronger guy because He looks confident and "fly".
I wrote it in other thread as well - but it's interesting that Karen does not believe He did any good.

 

It was an off balance shot to me like what Ennis did to Avanesyan in their first round, Ennis was right back on the front foot throwing punches. If the fighter isn't visibly hurt I perfer to score the more punches landed since both threw very effective punches. Karen did get rocked plenty.

 

To claim the title of a champion, one has to prove he's absolutely better than him.

You can't get a champion's title with very close rounds, you have to persuade the judges.

 

I didn't get to watch the fight but the high majority of the round by round thread scorers agree with the OP.

 

You gave Karen 7 rounds. One of the judges only gave him 1. Dude got robbed.

 

Boots landed more punches in most rounds, landed harder punches, and benefited from a knockdown and point deduction. There are zero examples of champions losing titles with all of those events in their favor.