Bivol won. He just didn't win by 10 rounds like in Canelo fight to get the decision.
Amen.
No, it is not a scoring punch. It may be effective as an "investment" to soften the opponent but sooner or later you have to land clean shots. You...
They are not scored directly but they can be contributing factor to scoring for "effective aggression" vs "defense" components at least according...
Judges often erroneously place emphasis on blocked punches as sign of aggression rather than defense. That's why you get decisions like 118-110...
No, they are not: "ARMS: Most often the arms are considered to be defensive mechanisms. Punches landed directly to the arms should not be...
I hear they are having problems putting together highlights video - Bivol landed most of the clean punches and it ends up looking like one-sided...
As I said, I had my questions answered. While it pains you to admit that I am right, this is the reality of the business we are in.
Belts and judges are controlled by promoters and alphabet bodies not by fans and former boxers or trainers.
^^^Case in point about naive people. As if they were going to let Bivol control all belts for the next several years,
Some people on this forum are incredibly naive. There is no question that Bivol was a better boxer tonight. The judges cooked the decision for...
Bivol landed 50% of his power punches. That should answer all the questions who was a better boxer in the ring.
Bivol clearly landed cleaner combinations and controlled longer stretches of the fight. I got my answers from the fight - boxing corrupt business...
We all know that boxing judges are all corrupt. Their decisions don't matter anymore.
Chechen money have bought the decision.