Boxing conspiracies

Looking into the various sanctioning bodies will find you a whole treasure trove of dodgy goings on!

There was a huge scandal several years ago with the then IBF president Bob Lee, selling rankings and accepting bribes from promoters, for one example. I'm sure if you search the net you'll find plenty of info and back story there on that one.

Oh, and who can forget the WBO moving Darrin Morris up from #7 to #5 in their super-middleweight rankings back in 2001 - after he had died!

 

[url]http://www.thesweetscience.com/boxing-article/423/vanda-lism/[/url]

 

Oscar "beating" Sturm was a shocker, a blatant fix IMO, to set up the Hopkins fight.

 

wow,,,i'm glad i wasn't just me who saw the blatant winner.....lose!


sturm was robbed!!!

 

I had, like most people, Sturm win by a couple of rounds however I remember Boxing News and Boxing Monthly, I think, saying that De La Hoya won 115-113.

Same as the Valuev vs Holyfield fight. Most of us who watched it on TV gave it to Holyfield whilst most journalists (all but 1 if I remember properly) gave it to Valuev...

 

When the final bell went Oscar said to Sturm "congratulations, you won", when the decision was announced, Oscar didn't even smile, he just raised his hands and looked embarrassed. He is on record ad saying he lost the fight. I've always felt it was a set up, or karma, because Oscar got robbed in a couple of much bigger fights himself.

 

if you are looking for dodgy stuff in the game, all you have to do is to look at the last prizefighter bill;
i do not claim to be an expert in the game,,nor do i think that the judges or refs have an easy job in this format,,
but i am 'obsessed' ,and have seen enough bills to know how a fight can be judged......
betting seems to be more pronounced on these nights,and governing bodies have not as much need to be involved (no belts on the line).
'Dilkes',,once given the decision to get to the final,,,had to find out that it was an apparent mistake on the scorecard!!@@
without being too paranoid of a 'scam' ,i can't remember the last time that this happened in boxing,we just have to take mr hearns word for it,,can we look at the scorecard or is the large pile of betting winnings in the way????

 

Enzo Mc took a dive vs Haye is my favorite.

 

Two that spring to mind:

(1) Carlos Zarate v Lupe Pintor -

143-142 Pintor
143-142 Pintor
145-133 Zarate

Zarate won this one easy; two judges ****ed it up (ie: took the green).

(2) Cristian Mijares v Carlos Navarro

115-113 Mijares
117-111 Mijares
Judge Doug Tucker had it 120-108 to Navarro (ie: he won every round).

Mijares won this one comfortably (i would agree with the 117-111 scorecard).

 

Of course if we are talking dodgy as hell **** in the boxing world, then look no further than Danny Williams v Konstantin Airich.

It doesn't get anymore dodgy than that fight:deal

 

[url]http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=980DE5D7173FF932A35751C0A9669C8B63&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=all[/url]

[url]http://www.usdoj.gov/usao/nj/press/files/ibf0929_r.htm[/url]

 

The Lewis-Holyfield I scoring. Don King had that woman judge in his pocket.

Some dodgy decisions Julio Cesar Chavez received e.g. A draw against Whittaker.

 

I remember as a kid, getting "Lennox Lewis's undistuped Truth Video"

For Christmas..

 

The WBC/Graciano Rocchigiani issue.