The outrage should be at the press scoring and to Teddy Atlas for calling CJ Ross a criminal. That's inexcusable. Even if you disagree with a judges score, that's no way to behave. It casts a dark cloud over the sport of boxing with what happened before and after this fight.
How can Teddy Atlas say that about a judge? Boxing has a black eye because FMJ is forcing the commision to have a title fight at a catchweight. Boxing has a black eye because people can't agree to disagree anymore. So what if CJ Ross thought it was a draw. That was what she thought. She's obviously trained in boxing or she couldn't get a license. (You have to go through tests, she obviously passed them) People need to learn to get along better and not accept BS anymore. It was wrong what Teddy Atlas said. You know it and I know it. That was very un-classy by Teddy Atlas and the rest of the media drones. The press scoring was an embarrassment to the sport itself.
This is what happened in a lot of rounds. FMJ "stole" the round at the end of the round in a round that was even after 2 and a half minutes. That's why I had no problem with FMJ getting the decision, but that's also why you could see it being closer on some of the cards if you thought Canelo landed the better punches in the first 2 and a half minutes. Canelo was also the effective aggressor staying in center ring for a large portion of those rounds, with Floyd just running away.
Canelo just couldn't make it close enough for the judges to give him the bogus decision. It was scripted from the start, but Canelo ****ed up. Now Oscar can come out of rehab.
Nothing will be done. They robbed Manny against Bradley. The fight was post judged a win for Manny. Too bad, result stands. The ringside judges should have all been fired. My jaw fell to the floor last night when the announcer said "majority decision". For a second, it occurred to me that this could be another Manny-Bradley blunder. Nobody has drawn a connection between incompetent administration of the sport, and any negative financial impact. Maybe there is no impact, perhaps the controversy is intentional. But it is poor sportsmanship and needs to stop. I just don't see anything happening though. Mayweather made his $40M+, the same amount he would have made had the Manny-Bradley fight been scored competently.
but also these judges: http://boxrec.com/show_display.php?show_id=672751 Are you kidding me? Did Theophane really win against Cano? He wasn't close at all. | judge: Richard Houck 97-93 | judge: Patricia Morse Jarman 98-92 | judge: Richard Ocasio 94-96 I didn't watch Molina versus Smith, but: | judge: Barry Druxman 116-112 | judge: Burt A. Clements 117-111 | judge: Adalaide Byrd 112-116. Maybe Adalaide Byrd was also corrupt like CJ Ross and Richard Ocasio.