4 years after, still the greatest robbery of the century

Discussion in 'World Boxing Forum' started by travolt, Apr 12, 2016.


  1. Cafe

    Cafe Sitzpinkler Full Member

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    Walters-Sosa for me is up there too.
     
  2. Richmondpete

    Richmondpete Real fighters do road work Full Member

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    You are contradicting yourself by calling it the best fight of the trilogy. It obviously wasn't
     
  3. KnightAndDay

    KnightAndDay Active Member Full Member

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    I won't bother stating what exactly I thought of the decision because I know what'll happen if I do, but:


    Brandon Rios-Richard Abril
    Jose Benavidez-Mauricio Herrera
    Erislandy Lara-Paul Williams
    Tim Bradley-Diego Chaves
    Oscar De La Hoya-Felix Sturm
    Danny Garcia-Mauricio Herrera
    Courtney Burton-Emanuel Augustus
    Devon Alexander-Lucas Matthysse
    Marcos Maidana-Andrey Kotelnik
    Adrien Broner-Freddy Quintero
    Nicholas Walters-Jason Sosa
    Martin Murray-Sergio Martinez
    Zab Judah-Lucas Matthysse


    Were all far, far worse.
     
  4. Nonito Smoak

    Nonito Smoak Ioka>Lomo, sorry my dudes Full Member

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    Alexander vs. Matthysse, Murray vs. Sergio, Judah vs. Matthysse...

    you're listing fights where if someone scored them wider than 2 points either way, they have zero credibility. Those were close fights. I agree with you on 2 of those 3 I've listed, but soooooo not a "robbery," my man.
     
  5. alspacka

    alspacka Boxing Addict Full Member

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    I remember weeks prior, after Rios v Abril (which was a FAR worse robbery), thinking Bradley would need a KO. Weird.
     
  6. Staminakills

    Staminakills Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Not sure when that was, but I do remember thinking it was closer than fans claimed it. Lara literally did zero for many rounds. There were rounds he was landing cleanly at will but without any kd's and 10 point system.

    Sometimes fights look like the total opposite of the scores but that's because the system. I'm gonna rewatch that after I see if parker is worth investigating his talents.

    I guess, long night in the cubicle, lol
     
  7. Barrera

    Barrera Defeated Boxing_master Full Member

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    Pac won by 2 clear rounds when i watched it love in a bar packed with screaming philos. Not sure if 2 rounds is robberybof the century but it was a robbery in a sense because i feel though the cards were close. It was a pretty easy task of finding the winner
     
  8. Henke67

    Henke67 One of the 45% Full Member

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    Don't know if it's the worst - Lara v Williams and Rios v Abril were at least as egregious - but it was horrible. I really don't know what the judges were looking at.
     
  9. rodney

    rodney Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    The decision was correct. Pac lost and looked like ****. Deal with it.
     
  10. dan4579

    dan4579 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    I scored it 7-5 Bradley myself, but 7-5 Pac is a perfectly reasonable card. I saw Bradly narrowly slipping and blocking an awful lot of shots that I can only assume Fat Dam and most others thought were landing. IDK, I guess I thought the official judges did a good job in all three fights.
     
  11. Kush

    Kush Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    It was a close fight

    Could've gone either day
     
  12. Holy Grail

    Holy Grail Boxing Addict Full Member

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    It was a horrible decision
     
  13. travolt

    travolt Trolling the trolls Full Member

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    As i said, the american public started booing Tim in the latest rds, as he was stalling and running away from the action.

    The difference in power was dramatic.
    That was Pac's last good fight, where he came to take your head off.

    Afterwards, he became much more calculated and apprehensive, throwing much less and coasting to decisions.
     
  14. travolt

    travolt Trolling the trolls Full Member

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    It's the magnitude which makes it the worst.

    The fighter of the decade, in his near prime and defending his titles, in front of the whole world.

    Bradley was just touching Pac in olympic style hoping to get a decision, while Pac smirked at his attempts and moved him 4 feet back each time he connected.
     
  15. Faerun

    Faerun Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Chisora Helenius was way worse. Helenius hardly won 3 rounds, lets alone 7 or more lmao.