Fights that were close but not on your scorecard..

De La Hoya - Mayweather.
The last time I scored it I'm pretty sure I had it at something like 9-3 for Mayweather

 

The one people don’t like to hear is Norton vs Holmes.

 

I know a lot of people who had Larry solidly winning. Including me. The first six rounds to me were all Larry, with Norton mostly looking pretty bad.

I think Ken took the middle rounds, but even at the end Holmes was mostly looking really good. He took some heavy shots, and Kenny moved forward constantly. But Holmes simply looked....what's the word....deft. He only lost his confidence toward the middle, for most of the fight I thought he looked like the defending champ.

Still, amazing fight, and Norton imo never looked more impressive in terms of heart, tenacity, and courage.

I had Larry ahead by three points.

 

I'm still scratching my head at Lewis vs Holyfield 1. Fight was scored a draw but I don't think Holyfiled won any more than 3 or 4 rounds from my recollection.

 

3 rounds for Holy and 1 even coming from the guy who thought for over a year that Holy had won.

 

Marcel vs Shibata and Antonio Gomez first time around. The Shibata draw was a robbery and the first Gomez fight I don't think I gave Gomez more than three or four rounds but it was still only a MD for Marcel.

Canto-Gonzalez III and Oguma II and III. I thought Canto won all three going away tbh, though it's been a long time since I saw the Oguma fights. Them being in Venezuela and Japan though typically made the cards closer than was warranted. I've redeveloped a very deep, fresh respect for Canto in recent months not felt since I first watched him in around 2001/2. A truly great, great fighter.

Louis-Farr. Arthur Donovans 13-1 card was an insult to Tommy but the perception that it was a close fight seems to have lingered in quite a few quarters, especially with the anti-Louis brigade.

 

Do you have a RBR card?

 

Completely agree. I had Marcel winning 146-140 against Shibata and I think Gomez barely won a round. Me and @scartissue were discussing that one only yesterday in the scorecard thread.

 

Ali vs Norton 3, maybe I score fights differently but I had Ali leading by a good amount. I never got it since people always made it out to be a absolute destruction of Ali, always felt a little guilty about sharing my card because it’s hard to share when every single reply is “Norton won though lol” without anything else. Maybe i’ll rescore soon.

 

Sugar Ray Leonard vs Marvelous Marvin Hagler ...I think Sugar Ray Leonard won

 

Errol Spence vs Shawn Porter. I had Spence winning the fight clearly - even without the knockdown. I scored it 117-111. Porter was rough & made it tough in spots, but Spence was much more efficient & accurate with his punches. Don't know how it was scored a SD.

 

Yeah, but by how much? JoJo Guerra wide?

 

Manny Pacquiao vs Juan Manuel Marquez II ​

I had Pacquiao winning 7-8 rounds pretty clearly. The KD also helped widen his effectiveness. I also had him winning the 1st fight fairly clearly but it was closer than the 2nd.​