I watched both Mayweather-Castillo fights back to back today.

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  1. THE BLADE

    THE BLADE Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Actually not only Lederman but also the official judges scored a close fight. The second Castillo fight was very close, I had Castillo ahead going ito the later rounds where PBF did his beat work and caught up.

    Castillo was landing a lot of hard body shots while PBF was landing his light jab. It depends on what you like and I guess unless you have boxed you don't know that body shots hurt but some judges keep ingnoring them. PBF did by no means outbox Castillo the second time.
     
  2. NALLEGE

    NALLEGE Loyal Member banned

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    You must be out of your mind lol. Harold Lederman has been wrong on more than 10 occassions when scoring fights. Floyd clearly won both fights with the first fight being ugly because Castillo crowded Floyd, but didn't land anything effective at all. When is someone going to keep it real with fighters they do not like...:lol:
     
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    Thanks:good:bbb
     
  4. Marnoff

    Marnoff Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Same. A close fight going one way or the other is not a robbery, whether you agree or not. A robbery is when one fight CLEARLY won the fight, often by several clear rounds. If a fighter did not win CLEARLY at least seven rounds (barring knockdown/point deduction/etc. rounds), it is not a robbery. Even if a fight clearly won six rounds and there were six unclear ones, the person winning six clearly isn't entitled to more than a draw. It is possible, albeit unlikely to score six unclear rounds to the same fighter, but it is possible. As long as there is a margin of uncertainty, it is not a robbery.