Anybody sense some hometown bias in the Olympic boxing judging ?

been lookinf for that all over the net, do you have a link

 

I wouldn't worry too much about MMA, it has been "rising" and boxing has been "dying" for about a decade now, and there hasnt been much of a change. The first MMA event I watched was UFC 40, Shamrock Ortiz 1 back in 02, ****, a decade ago. I gathered quite a collection of MMA DVDs since that time, but havn't followed it in quite a few years. Once it started to become the "in" thing and every ****er under the sun thought they were the bees knees because they started watching MMA, I fell out of love with it, that, and the arrogance of new MMA fans/ grapplers getting a big ego because their boring sports now had an outlet (I understand grappling, that doesn't mean it still isn't be incredibly boring most of the time).

Boxing will always have a very deep fanbase and it will take more than MMA to stop that. MMA taking over boxing has as much merit as Audley Harrison claiming he can still win a world title. Big talk for years...but no substance behind it.

Oh, not to mention Joe Rogans pompous droning and the terrible standard of the striking.

 

Yeh, get it right

 

In terms of home cooking, I think the Joshua decision is the only really dodgy one.

 

No.

 

How is this different than what goes on in the Pros in the UK? They love to stop fights against the ropes when the hometown fighter is throwing harmless flurries. :roflatsch

The judging is just as bad also.

 

Ring Magazine top 20 worst robberies of the last decade

How many of those were in the UK.


- Lewis D12 Holyfield (99) NY
- Felix Trinidad W12 Oscar De La hoya (99)- Vegas
- Willie Jorrin W12 Oscar Larios (01) - California
- Paulie Ayala W12 Hugo Dianzo (02) - Texas
- David Tua D12 Hasim Rahman (03) - Philly
- Markus Beyer W(S)12 Eric Lucas (03) - Germany
- Chris Byrd W12 Fres Oquendo (03) - Connecticut
- Sven Ottke W12 Robin Reid (03) - Germany
- Matt Vanda W10(S) Sam Garr (04) - Minneapolis
- Oscar De la hoya W12 Felix Sturm (04) - Vegas
- Courtney Burton W10 (S) Emmanuel Augustus (04) - Michigan
- Lamon Brewster W12(S) Kali Meehan (04)- Vegas
- O'Neil Bell W12 Dale Brown (05) - Florida
- Bobby Pacquiao W10(S) Carlos Hernandez (05) - Vegas
- Jesse Brinkley W5 Anthony Bonsante (05) - Cali
- Juan Urango W12 Naoufel Ben Rabah (06) – Florida
- Demetrius Hopkins W12 Stevie Forbes (07)- Vegas
- Kid Diamond W12(S) Miguel Huerta –(07) NY
- Joel Casamayor W12(S) Jose Santa Cruz – (07) NY
- Rocky Juarez D12 Chris John (09) - Texas