"Take the belt from the champ" originally referred to a champ retaining in the event of a tie. It has nothing whatsoever to do with a guy getting...
But noted HBO expert judge Harold Lederman told me that forward movement means you're winning???
You never have and never should have needed to "take the belt from the champ." That's one of the most ignorant and inaccurate judging criteria...
Why should Ward have been punished when Kovalev was holding just as much whenever Ward got close?
It's amusing yet sadly predictable seeing people throw around "robbery" to describe that fight when it was immediately preceded by an actual stone...
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Remember when he put Wlad on the Gatti list?
CompuBox is always a joke, regardless of how one feels about the decision tonight.
I also thought it would've helped if he had been looking more for those midrange bodyshots he started landing in the 12th.
Wouldn't be surprised if Irish Andre Ward lands a punch similar to the one his countryman did on Khan earlier in the year.
This current version of Pacquiao has no room to talk about other guys being lazy. He allowed himself to be robbed by Bradley when he couldn't be...
I think a fight likely happens sooner or later but we've been hearing this kind of crap about DuBoef for ages. He was supposed to be the key...
That came through most clearly with his card in Pacquiao-Marquez III.
Yeah, he really cheated Manny over with his scorecard in Marquez 3.
The Ring's policies about their dumb belt aren't automatically the same conventions that should be adopted for lineal titles though. Jack Dempsey...
