Lesser Known Close Calls/Bad Decisions

I thought the Holmes - Norton fight coulda - shoulda gone the other way.Watched the Liston Machen fight,Machen went the limit,but imo,did nothing to merit a win.

 

The Truth was The Black Cloud was protected on his supposed run to 49-0 against Williams.

SugarBoy Malinga did not feel so sweet after the first Benn fight.

Everyone talks about Everett/Escalera being the classic hometown fighter being robbed, but Hardy/CanizalesI is up there too.

Some felt Joe Louis was a little lucky against Tommy Farr.

 

I believe Harold Lederman had James Toney winning both of his fights against Montell Griffin. I never have scored either fight, but I did watch both when they were aired on HBO. I don't remember thinking Toney lost either fight convincingly.

The first fight may have occurred on TVKO or HBO PPV, I honestly don't remember.

 

Here are some close calls for such scenarios:



Meldrick Taylor vs. Howard Davis (had Meldrick winning by a point)

James Toney vs. Reggie Johnson (had it a draw)

Wilfred Benitez vs. Bruce Curry I (had Curry by a point)

Alexis Arguello vs. Jose Luis Ramirez (had Ramirez by 2 points)

Julio Cesar Chavez vs. Juan Laporte (had Chavez by 2 points)

Wilfred Benitez vs. Carlos Palomino (Had Benitez by 1 point)

Wilfred Benitez vs. Emiliano Villa (Had Benitez by a point after watching 14 rounds - missing one)

Masao Ohba vs. Betulio Gonzalez (had Gonzalez by a point)

Jung Koo Chang vs. German Torres II (had Torres by 3 points)

 

Haven't seen it but Ali vs Doug Jones was apparently close.

 

Cheers Russ.

Arguello probably would have figured Jose out over 15, but it was a darn good effort in any case. If you played Ramirez's game (i.e. stood right in front of him and invited him to trade) he would be a hard nut to break down. His chin and will power as you say were top notch.

As for Reggie, I liked his technician boxing approach, but he lacked too much in the way of physical strength and durability to really hang with the best at 160-175. Had excellent boxing skills though, especially in the early days.

 

Jorge Paez-Troy Dorsey I was a very poor decision.

 

This seems too close. Benitez was a fairly convincing winner I thought.

 

Was probably looking to give Carlos a few of the closer rounds for effort, but I did think he was doing some pretty effective body work throughout.

 

this one is quite well known but overshadowed by another robbery to this fighter

Whittaker vs Ramirez 1

 

absolutley not. AP gave liston 9 rounds, machen 3 rounds. In fact I have yet to hear a ringside report that didnt think liston clearly won. Liston won 9-10 rounds out of the 12.


All 3 judges had it right around the same mark. Is that just a coincidence?

Referee scored it 11 rounds to 1 in favor of liston and the other two judges had it 10 rounds to 2 in favor of liston. Take away the 3 penalty points and its still a clear liston decision.


I myself have scored the fight. I had it 9 rounds to 3 liston and take away 3 penalty points thats 117-114 Liston

 

Russell,

I think a good fight to bring up is Bob Foster-Jorge Ahumada. some Ringsiders has it 13 rounds to 2 for Jorge.

 

Byrd vs. Oquendo

De La Hoya vs. Sturm

Are two that definitely stand out in my mind at the moment.