More controversial draw: Canelo vs GGG 1, Fury vs Wilder 1, Tank vs Roach

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  1. Flo_Raiden

    Flo_Raiden Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    3 fights that ended in a highly disputed draw but which one would you say is the most egregious in your view?
     
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    Oddone Bermane Stiverne's life coach. Full Member

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    GGG v Canelo only due to Byrds absurd 118-110. She really couldn't have been more obvious, practically screaming incompetent or bribed.
     
  3. ash234

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    The worst scorecard ever.
     
  4. Kissan

    Kissan I respect box Full Member

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    I think Wilder Fury was the most plausible draw, but still debatable.
    Ggg1 was straight corruption
     
  5. KiwiMan

    KiwiMan Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    I may be affect by recency bias bur I think Tank Roach was the worst decision. GGG Canelo next, then Fury Wilder.

    If course, GGG Canelo was the biggest fight amd the magnitude of the fight plays a huge role in the outcry.
     
  6. The one

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    Tank with the grease Excuse.
     
  7. Ice8Cold

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    Wilder V Fury 1 wasn't helped by the fact a lot of people were super biased towards Fury at the time but it was a debatable result.

    GGG V Canelo was very bad, especially that 118-110 card.

    The KD denial last night was just outrageous though. Like WTF.

    Lennox V Holyfield 1 deserves a mention.
     
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  8. MidniteProwler

    MidniteProwler Fab 4. Mayor of Aussie Boxing Full Member

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    Canelo GGG was the worst scorecard but Tank Roach was corrupt refereeing as well with Tank taking a knee turning his back and then getting wiped with the towel during the round.
     
  9. chacal

    chacal F*** the new normal Full Member

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    If those 2 draws were as egregious as tank vs roach, you wouldnt need to create a post like this artificially linking them to tank vs roach in order to justify that they are egregious.
     
  10. Rexrapper 1

    Rexrapper 1 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Tank vs Roach IMO was the most controversial.

    Canelo vs GGG 1 was a fight where GGG was active but not landing much clean while Canelo would only have moments of activity (rounds 1,2,3,10,11,12) but the rest of the fight he was just moving around and defending. In most situations, the judges would give the fight to the guy who is making the fight. In that case it was GGG BUT Canelo being the A side saved him and how strong Canelo finished.

    Wilder vs Fury 1 was a fight that didn't have a lot of action in many rounds so those rounds could be interpreted different ways. Wilder's knockdowns could arguably make that fight a draw just because of the lack of action in many rounds.

    Tank vs Roach was a fight to where Tank was actually getting pieced up at times. Tank got wobbled. You could tell the power from Roach was bothering him. There was a legit knockdown that should have been scored. What makes it the most controversial IMO is the fact that Tank very arguably lost ALL of the championship rounds. Canelo according to all 3 scorecards won rounds 10-12 against GGG. Wilder dropped Fury in the 12th. Gervonta lost all of those rounds. He got completely out worked. In the history of boxing, it's very rare to see a fighter not lose when that happens. Even De La Hoya paid the price when he lost all the championship rounds against Tito. We saw it last year with Bivol vs Beterbiev. Those rounds are extremely important because you don't know how the judges have scored it up until that point. . This fight IMO without question was the most controversial draw.
     
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  11. NoNeck

    NoNeck Pugilist Specialist

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    All of them were fine. Probably Fury—Wilder 1 though because Fury got knocked out.
     
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    GGG/Clenelo 1 was the worst decision, in my opinion. I scored the fight 8-4 for GGG.
     
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  13. elmaldito

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    They all equal to me. As a fighter, there is nothing worse then a bad decision.
     
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  14. FastSmith7

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    And it was a fairly easy fight to score too, hard to get anything else other than 8-4 GGG

    2nd fight had many close rounds and I had it 9-3 GGG but it was a much close fight than the first and could make a case for a draw, but never for a Canelo win
     
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    I also scored it 8-4 and I felt ggg carried him. He wasn't even trying. Those guys (canelo, kov, and ggg) came up with this plan in bigbear about making a **** ton of money. Sept 13th all this is comes to an end.
     
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