Are we Germans in disguise?...dirty British robbery thread...

Essexboy I agree with you, he had a big case for getting a couple of those first 6 rounds. Then he took control from the 7th totally. Barker gassed his arms out and couldnt throw for ****. I gave the French guy all the following rounds.

 

It was a close fight, I had it a draw but fully expected Barker to get the nod. Not by the margin of two of those cards. 118-110 is ridiculous and that judge should be banned.

 

What was so wrong about the scoring apart from that one card? :huh

I don't even like Barker that much (don't know why), but I still had him winning by 2-3 rounds.

 

The only way Belgecham won two of the first 6 is if you do the classic mistake of awarding rounds for doing slightly better than the previous rounds. Barker outworked, outlanded and outskilled him in every one of those rounds. Some people seem to think just because the fighter that is being beat throws a few combinations they should be obliged to award him the round for improving. It doesn't work that way.

 

To be honest i had Barker winning by more then a few rounds

 

It's not like Barker did anything win the last 6 rounds, apart from get pummelled and run, however the only way he was going to lose was if he got knocked out.

 

We'll just have to agree to disagree, I scored each round as I saw it and thought Barker lost.

 

The frenchman won by one round end of story. Are we sports fans or bullshitters?

 

You are talking total crap. Where did Barker outwork him?? every time Barker threw shots, Belgecham, threw right back fighting fire with fire. Difference was, Barker was hitting mostly gloves and forehead, and Belgecham was smacking Barker on the chin. Out skilling and outworking someone does not meet hitting gloves. Cleaner punching was from Belgecham in a few of the first 6. You can make a case for atleast 2 of those rounds for the frenchman. I could handle a draw, with all thats said and done.

But again, answer me this? how could Barker's corner have been so calm, as though they knew the outcome was safe, so long as Barker survived, which he did in the last 6 rounds. No corner, and I mean no corner, knowing how close the fight actually was, would make their fighter step off the gas and tell him to coast it to the end. Cos it was a competative fight.

This result stinks the more I think about, as does the behavious of Barker's corner! Perhaps those judges took some notes under the table!

 

Are you drunk? How could he be owning the ring when he was being pushed back and his gameplan is to push Barker back? Barker had him on the ropes in the first 6 rounds which is the exact opposite of what the Frenchman would want in an ideal world considering his style. Barker was the ring general because he was imposing what he wanted to do even though I thought they were questionable tactics when he could have done it much easier and saved energy.

Belghecham 'owned more of the ring' in the last 6 or so because thats when he was coming forward and Barker was negative.

 

I can't believe that this is getting labelled a 'robbery'.
Barker won the first six rounds comfortably.
And how many punches did Belghecham land in the ninth and tenth rounds? Hardly any.
Barker won fairly comfortably, despite being on his bike for the last half of the fight.