Robberies of 2009

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  1. safc1990

    safc1990 Goodbye Bolo :( Full Member

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    I noticed this thread crop up earlier on the General, however they hold the logic that a robbery is a close fight where the fighter they support didn't get the decision. So Brit Forum, which fights this year were genuine robberies? I'll start with a couple of obvious ones:

    Martinez vs Cintron
    McDermott vs Fury

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  2. Losfer_Words

    Losfer_Words Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Sturm-Gevor.
    Funeka-Guzman.
     
  3. TFFP

    TFFP The Eskimo

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    Dilks/Adamu
    Collazo/Berto
    Froch/Dirrell

    It's been the year of the robbery.
     
  4. djoc175

    djoc175 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    I still think the term is thrown around too readily,even away from the GF

    Anyway

    Funeka/Campbell
     
  5. TFFP

    TFFP The Eskimo

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    Campbell/Funeka was a good example of a 'close' robbery. By that I mean the score was close but it was absolutely clear Funeka won enough rounds. They weren't even close rounds.
     
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    ishy Loyal Member Full Member

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    Collazo-Berto wasn't a robbery IMO (I scored it for Collazo btw)
     
  7. djoc175

    djoc175 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Yeah 8-4 in rounds IIRC.One of the easier fights to score
     
  8. GazOC

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    Martinez-Cintron.

    Won by stoppage, won on points and still didn't win the fight.
     
  9. cubex

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    Neither Collazo-Berto or Funeka-Campbell was a robbery altough I did go against the judges.

    Except some clear ones mentioned there weren't clear highway robbery decisions.
     
  10. cubex

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    And by DQ.
     
  11. TFFP

    TFFP The Eskimo

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    Funeka/Campbell definitely was. Watch that fight and tell me how many rounds Funeka didn't win clearly. It's not whether the fight is close numerically its about the rounds that could have been swing rounds and jack **** of Funeka's could of been given to Campbell unless you have severe brain injuries.
     
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    I agree, I had it for Collazo but it was a 1 or 2 round fight.
     
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    Funeka won 6 rounds clearly.The middleones.

    Campbell clearly won the first 2 and the last 2 with 2 of them being 10-8.

    That alone makes it hard to call it a robbery.

    Might aswell name Erdei-Fragomeni,Maludrottu-Munroe,Williams-Martinez,Diaz-Malignaggi I,etc.
     
  14. GazOC

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    Diaz-Paulie "looked" worse than it was because of that 118-110 card.
     
  15. TFFP

    TFFP The Eskimo

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    So? That leaves enough rounds for Funeka and they are all CLEAR. Funeka was outthrowing him, outboxing him, outlanding him in all the other rounds.