I had it 116 - 112, thought the scorecards were far too wide although the majority of the rounds were tight. Munroe can obviously come again, his lack of technique and jab was the ultimate difference in the fight i feel, Rendall can build on this performance i hope .
119-109 wasn't too far off, closer than 116-112 IMHO. Monroe didn't do enough to win the close rounds.
and who are you???, i was looking for the opinion of the more respected members of ESB. Seems as if i was wrong, does that make me deluded???
I had it 119-109. I could see people giving him the 2nd as well, but to me Nishioka did enough to win that.
i gave munroe 2 rounds - one of which i felt could have gone to nishioka. I thought the scoring was pretty accurate. Nishioka did that little bit more in the close rounds to win them and round 4 was the only one i could say was a safe bet for munroe
Max banjo maybe a perverse little kiddy fiddler but in this case he's right. I had it a clean sweep for Nishioka. Munroe didn't win a round imo. Tough, tough guy though.
I saw some lads rewarding Rendall early doors, i was more looking at Nishioka's footwork, defence and workrate. He won the early rounds...i gave Rendall 1..maybe 2 rounds. I wasn't really bothered about him winning rounds...i felt he needed to stop Nishioka anyways and felt early on he may trouble him if he stepped on gas...sadly Nishioka just upped the levels and took fight away from 2TONE!
He's not right coz he's saying that most brits thought that Munroe got close. We all had it wide. Some gave him just the 4th some gave him 2, but either way most had it by a wide margin. Banjo is just here to try and wind 'Us Britts' up!!!
I had it 118-110. I had Munroe winning the second and the fourth. Rendall didn't do enough. His work was in drips and drabs. The jab worked occasionally. His work going forward when he did have Nishioka in a spot of bother was messy and a little bit too unorthodox to do any damage. The body work and Nishioka's experience were key.
Look at the facts. Your trade paper Boxing News tipped Rendall to win. The pundits on the television network covering the fight tipped him also as did a host of British posters. The commentary was extremely biased and then you have a British poster, with a rendall Munroe avatar, moaning the score cards. You guys are a laughing stock.