How can a gift draw for the younger fighter, against an older, faded fighter, be tougher than a win for the smaller, older fighter, against the much bigger and younger, prime fighter? How on earth does that make sense in your head?
He was 32-1 and had fought in New York a couple of times prior to Duran so people knew who he was.The problem is your lack of knowledge on this particular time period. There were so many world class boxers around that time period it was crazy. Boxing has been getting watered down for a long time now. They should have kept the 15 round limit and the weigh ins are a complete joke now.
With "debatable" decisions I think analysing a high quantity of scores is the best antidote to finding the likely correct score, as it overrides the likely bias (on both sides) of a small proportion of individuals. The 116 x for GGG vs 21 x draw vs 9 x for Canelo captured here, provides a pretty conclusive indicator - This content is protected
In other words, a draw was one of the most common scorecards among people who weren't the official judges and probably liked GGG more than Canelo.
I knew you wouldn't see the error of your ways. 26 cards were scored 116-112. Toss out the cards of Rafael and Bunce (idocy), Alexander (drug addict), Macklin (lost to GGG), and Courmier (MMA), and you're left with 21. Same as the draw. No other cards were as common as these two. A fair score, if these numbers mean anything, would be 114-114, 114-114, 116-112. It would be better to look at the consensus round by round, but that reveal how crappy media scorecards actually are.
You seem triggered. 79.5% of scorecards captured in that thread scored the fight to GGG, whilst 6% scored it Canelo. No matter how hard you try to apply biased interpretations, that's an overwhelming indicator of who got the better of the fight, and there's not a thing you can do about. Facts, not feelings.
Boxing isn’t scored by averaging a bunch of scorecards together, particularly in a charge led by Teddy Atlas. We’ve established that a draw was the most common card and can move to the next topic.
