Bad decisions going the other way.

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  1. mick557

    mick557 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Can anyone give an example of the fighter who is the bigger star/expected to win getting robbed.
     
  2. miniq

    miniq AJ IS A BODYBUILDING BUM Full Member

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  4. IntentionalButt

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

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    Sure, it happens, same as hometown fighters getting robbed, just rarer.
     
  5. Nonito Smoak

    Nonito Smoak Ioka>Lomo, sorry my dudes Full Member

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    To a small extent, and by no means a "horrible decision," Khan vs. Peterson...
     
  6. damian38

    damian38 BigDramaShow Full Member

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    Lewis Holyfield I
     
  7. mick557

    mick557 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Was Lewis the bigger star considering the fight was in the states as well?
     
  8. turbotime

    turbotime Hall Of Famer Full Member

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    No. It was absolutely no coincidence that Don King's stars Trinidad and Holyfield both got their biggest gifts in the same year against Oscar and Lewis.
     
  9. mick557

    mick557 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Would you think this would be more a case of incompetent judges rather than corrupt ones.
     
  10. damian38

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    in the states no, anywhere else in the world Lewis would be the bigger star

    but Holy was slightly past his best, and Lewis was at his prime, so he should be considered the bigger name at the time
     
  11. big_AL

    big_AL P4P #1 Full Member

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    de la hoya-mosley 2....still have no clue how that happened

    taylor vs hopkins? not sure who was the bigger star but i assume hopkins was meant to win and extend his streak
     
  12. Arcane

    Arcane One More Time Full Member

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    Don't think the Hopkins one counts as Taylor was already being groomed by HBO as a potential cash cow and was already quite a big name by the time he fought Hopkins.
     
  13. SgrRyLeonard

    SgrRyLeonard Active Member Full Member

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    DeLaHoya - Trinidad is the only one that comes to mind. Who would have ever thought that The Golden Boy wouldn't get the decision he deserved?
     
  14. conraddobler

    conraddobler Boxing Addict banned Full Member

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    The difficulty of coming up with a good example (other than Oscar -- Tito) in this thread doesn't bode well for Tim Bradley.

    He needs to beat Pacquiao as badly as Terry Norris beat Ray Leonard to get the decision.
     
  15. aramini

    aramini Boxing Addict Full Member

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    yeah I feel like Morales got the short end of the stick a lot. Morales-Diaz wtf? Depending on what you are looking at you can give morales like 9 rounds in that fight for clearly landed shots and muting ineffective aggression

    I felt like Madaina Morales was another fight where the bigger name guy simply didn't get the benefit of the doubt.

    Pac-Marquez I I think.