A judge from the larceny speaks.

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  1. camden1nj

    camden1nj Active Member Full Member

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    Duane Ford ladies and gentlemen:

    Ford spoke by telephone to Yahoo! Sports on Sunday. He said the criticism is a part of the job he accepts, but said those criticizing the outcome are almost certainly not familiar with the way fights are judged.
    "If this were American Idol, without a doubt, Manny Pacquiao would have won," Ford said. "But it was not. I gave an honest opinion. I had Pacquiao up 4-2, I think, at the end of six rounds. I thought he hurt Bradley a couple of times early in the fight. But when the bell rang to end that round, it was over and what happens in one round doesn't carry over to the next round. They're separate units.
    "In the second half of the fight, Pacquiao picked off a lot of punches to the head, but Bradley landed some hard body shots. That hurt Pacquiao. I don't mean it hurt him in the sense of it physically hurting him, but in terms of scoring and piling up points. Bradley did an excellent job standing his ground as a boxer. Remember, it's a boxing match and Bradley demonstrated his ability to box expertly."

    "In pro boxing, you look for damage, and if the punches are equal and the damage is equal, you are looking for effective aggression, and that does not necessarily mean the guy going forward," Ford said. "Effective aggression can be a guy going back. And then you look at ring generalship, and that's all about control.

    "When you score a fight of that magnitude, you know the criticism comes with the job. But unless you are totally focused on that scoring zone for three minutes, it's impossible to score the fight correctly. I know you can't do it talking into a microphone. It was a close fight in my mind that could have gone either way. The result was nothing more than three judges giving an honest opinion, and nothing other than that."
     
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  2. Cableaddict

    Cableaddict Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    blah blah blah blah....

    Ask him to explain how he gave round 5 to Bradley.
     
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  3. Reppin501

    Reppin501 The People's Champ Full Member

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    Well said, I give him respect for giving a direct honest response, good for him.
     
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  4. IntentionalButt

    IntentionalButt Guy wants to name his çock 'macho' that's ok by me

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    I disagree with his scorecard, but do respect what he's saying there in general terms.
     
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  5. FrochPascal

    FrochPascal Boxing Addict Full Member

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    If this clown is allowed to judge fights again…
     
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  6. don owens

    don owens Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Effective aggression can be a guy going back. and........a goose can lay a golden egg out it's ass.
     
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  7. king khan

    king khan Boxing Junkie banned

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    He's saying what he has to say. . . What do you expect him to say? He's been doing this for decades, so he knows what the deal is. . .

    All haradcore fans knows exactly how boxing is scored. . . And to think REAL FANS will be suckered into believing what he;s saying? Maybe new fans will be liek "oh, wow, he sounds like he DOES Know what he's talking about! HE MUST BE RIGHT!"

    **** a misdemeanor larceny, this was a highway, armed ****ing robbery. . .
     
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  8. megavolt

    megavolt Constantly Shadowboxing Full Member

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    At least he spoke out- I don't like his idea of effective aggression but his other points i'm in line with
     
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  9. BoneCollecter

    BoneCollecter Warrior Poet Full Member

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    effective aggression, ring generalship, clean effective punching....hmmmmm

    This dude will never judge an important fight again.
     
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  10. unsentdemon

    unsentdemon Active Member Full Member

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    That was the dumbest **** I ever heard from a Professional judge, Agreesively going backwards????:huh
     
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  11. Cableaddict

    Cableaddict Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Of course he will. He does exactly what he's paid to do. A crooked promoter's dream judge.
     
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  12. CoDer

    CoDer Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Amen!

    I don't expect him to say. "I ****ed up the scoring."

    Him saying critics don't know how to score a fight?!? That's downright stupid.
     
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  13. Imperial1

    Imperial1 VIP Member Full Member

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    He just gave a long ass excuse that's all !!
     
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  14. brickfists

    brickfists The Nonpareil Full Member

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    i think he means counter punching maybe ? but still its total bull****
     
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  15. Zakman

    Zakman ESB's Chinchecker Full Member

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    Interesting. He makes a good case for his point of view, but it still doesn't justify being SO far off the mark in a big fight.
     
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