Dan Rafael had it 6-0, Taylor

The majority of the posters on this site had it for Taylor as well. Tho not by a shutout.

Go look....there is a poll.

Dan Raphael is a decent boxing writer who tends to play favorites at times. But he is nothing more than decent at best. Try not to pay too much mind to him....

 

Exactly - the guy knows rumors but doesn't know much about actual boxing.

 

I used to like reading Rafael in the USA Today, just because it was a monthly full page spread on boxing that I could look forward to. I never found him to be brilliant, but not a complete idiot either. Apparently the idiots at ESPN have rubbed off on him. Instead of watching the fight, he was trying to come up with his own typical ESPN signature phrase like Berman's BACK,BACK,BACK or BOOYAH! for the clown with the cross eyes and glasses.

We all have differing views on judging a fight, but 6-0? Dominate? You don't even have to know the sport to realize what was going on in the ring last night. I already lost respect for the fat slob when he went to the anti christ of boxing, ESPN. Now I'm not sure what words explain his ineptitude.

 

1, 4, 5 and 6 I think you could somewhat make a case for either fighter (I had Taylor by point) but round 3 for Taylor, wtf? atsch

 

58-55 Taylor on my card.

 

Dan is a moron.

 

:good

 

I could see someone going that way, but I didn't myself. I had it 4 - 2 Taylor going into the 7th.

You could argue 6 - 0, but it's a stretch. I still think watching it in HD on my bigscreen that Lampley kept calling Pavlik shots that weren't landing, and Taylor was landing the much more telling blows, Pavlik landed as well, but they weren't knocking Taylors head back (until the 7th) while Taylors shots routinley had Pavliks head acting like a bobblehead doll.

 

i also had it 58-55 taylor

 

1 Pavlik 10-9
2 Taylor 10-8
3 Pavlik 10-9
4 Pavlik 10-9
5 Taylor 10-9
6 Pavlik 10-9

 

Its funny what different people see and hear when watching a fight. I thought the exact opposite to be true of Lampley screaming for Taylor. Lampley was actually not as biased toward either guy like he normally is, but none the less, I thought he was calling shots for Taylor more than Pavlik.

What cracks me up about commentators in general is that they rarely comment on the subtle aspects of what going on in the ring. There are times that a shot lands by a fighter and his opponent takes a slight step back and disengages for several seconds, which at times means he is slightly buzzed or possibly hurt enough for the other fighter to jump on and the commentator does not even notice and keeps blathering on about the crowd, or the trainers relationship with his fighter, etc.

The only commentators I've found to actually notice the little things are Emanuel Steward and as much as I can't stand him I have to admit he does notice the little things- Teddy Atlas.

 

I Had Taylor Slightly Ahead Because Of The Kd But I Could See The Fight Being Even Or Taylor Ahead By1 Or 2pts Because The 1st,4th 5th And 6th Were Close But To Give Every Close Round To Taylor Is Odd

 

On the HBO site so did Bert Sugars ass. He only gave Pavlik one round, and he gave Taylor a 10-7 round 2.

 

Of course Bert Sugar had an awful scorecard. The man is a charicature of himself. He is an embarrasment to the sport of boxing. The general public unfortunately recognizes this biased piece of garbage as being "the voice of boxing". He then passes on revised history, pathetic uninformed opinions as fact. He is the king of misinformation to the general public when it comes to boxing. Just the sight of the man with his lame ass fedora and cheap cigars makes me want to puke.