Crolla - Linares - Worrying scores

Seriously? That's a good idea if true.

 

Yeah it was mentioned on the commentary and I think Bellew had went back to it later as well, it's definitely a good idea.

 

Totally agree. No way was it a shutout. Scores or 117-111 (9-3) are waaay off. Two of the judges were t far off, calling it close. The other judge was in la- la land. Linares had the better success with classy eye-catching combinations of hooks, and big body-shots, but Crolla did a lot of solid work too, better systematic pressure, better jabbing etc that seems to have gone unnoticed. There really wansnt that much in it.

 

The biggest problem is the big countries pointing fingers at eachother when it comes to sh__ty officionating, with Germany often as the convenient scapegoat.
The US is really bad, with bad scorecards in medium to big fights almost every other week and sometimes even multiple on a single card. Yet every single time many of them act like it's an incident or just a problem of that particular state. The list of fights that are scored badly or should have gone the other way entirely is about a mile long for the last 5 years
Now the UK is on a roll too, with a couple of very bad referees and judges that seem to get more big fights the worse they are.Jerry O'Connor, Ian John Lewis, Dave Parris, Howard Foster, just to name a few, and there are more of them. Clearly favoring home/featured fighters any chance they get, with ridiculous refereeing or judging.
Germany has been pretty silent for a while now, with only the bad scorecards for Sturm vs Chudinov and Abraham vs Smith I coming to mind. And AA vs Murray should have been a draw I believe. But they had some really bad sh_t there in the past, certainly when Öner got in the mix.

All 3 big boxing nations are really bad, and all should take a hard look at themselves.

 

I don't see anything improving anytime soon the big money in boxing be it USA,Germany and the UK will always load the dice in the favour of the home fighter.The TV stations also obviously want the home fighters to come out on top in the event of anything like a close decision.

The organizations really don't care either nice sanctioning fees paid and treated very,very well in the countries they visit by the promoters.It is a gravy train and a favourite old saying of mine to get around complaints and problems you often find 'money speaks all languages!'