Greatest Boxing Robberies Of The Last Decades

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  1. MrPR

    MrPR Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    10.Juan Manuel Marquez vs. Manny Pacquiao 2 {2008}


    9.Fernando Vargas vs. Winky Wright {1999}


    8.Bernard Hopkins vs. Jermain Taylor 1 {2005}


    7.Joel Casamayor vs. Jose Armando Santa Cruz {2007}


    6.Oscar Delahoya vs. Felix Sturm {2004}


    5.Joe Calzaghe vs. Bernard Hopkins {2008}


    4.Shane Mosley vs. Oscar Delahoya 2 {2003}


    3.Floyd Mayweather vs. Jose Luis Castillo {2004}


    2.Felix Trinidad vs. Oscar Delahoya {1999}


    1.Lennox Lewis vs. Evander Holyfield {1999}


    http://thedailysportsherald.blogspot.com/2008/11/greatest-boxing-robberies-of-last.html
     
  2. Addie

    Addie Myung Woo Yuh! Full Member

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    The majority of those, of course, being close fights that could conceivably be scored for both men. Number one is a lock though.
     
  3. link2296

    link2296 Boxing Addict banned

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    Say what you want about the heavyweight division, but this is why i love to watch the heavies fight. No matter what level of competition you watch at the lower weight classes, you will always come across a bad decision every single year. Most heavyweight fights result in KO. This is one of the reasons why the new version of Manny Pac has captured the imagination of the casual fight fan. He has KO'd his last three opponents, unlike Mayflower.
     
  4. cubex

    cubex Boxing Addict banned

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    Disagree with a few of them.

    Where is Martinez-Cintron?Ottke-Reid?Johnson-Branco?
     
  5. Boom_Boom

    Boom_Boom R.I.P Boxing 6/9/12 Full Member

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    more than half of those fights arent robberies let alone the "worst robberies" of the decade
     
  6. san rafael

    san rafael 0.00% lemming Full Member

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    The Ring said that's #1. Incidentally, it clearly is.
     
  7. sidthehat

    sidthehat Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Poor list. Calzaghe/Hopkins could have gone other way but shouldnt be in list. Oscar-Sturm far worse than the ones that went against him above in the list. Taylor beat Hopkins fair and square first time round.
     
  8. Kid Cuba

    Kid Cuba Boxing Junkie banned

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    The only matches on there that you can call "robberies" are Calzaghe/B-Hop, Mayweather/Castillo and De La Hoya/Mosley 2.
    You could make a case for Trinidad/De La Hoya but that was more Oscar's fault for running for the last rounds.

    And even these are not the "Robberies of the Decade", do I have to remind you of Cintron/Martinez?
     
  9. calumbo

    calumbo Active Member Full Member

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    calzaghe v hopkins was not a robbery..was very close too call either way.
     
  10. tito44

    tito44 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Joe Calzaghe, clearly beat Hopkins.
     
  11. the_what

    the_what Bolo Punch KO Full Member

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    DLH/Sturm is one of the worst ever. Everyone knew that DLH was going to be given the decision to preserve a Hopkins fight in the Fall later that year. Everyone gets paid (DLH, Hopkins, promoters, boxing organizations) so nobody said **** about it. That was worse than a robbery. Thats as corrupt as you can get.
     
  12. JoeAverage

    JoeAverage Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    This is just dumb.

    I can see that very very few of these are anywhere near being a robbery.

    Moron! :patsch
     
  13. evalistinho

    evalistinho Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Martinez-Cintron has to be on ALL lists regarding robberies.
     
  14. BritInvasion

    BritInvasion keepin on keepin on Full Member

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    Calzaghe clearly beat Hopkins in an admitedly close fight. I don't think the SD against Joe can be counted as a robbery though. It is a sleight on him but not bad enough to be a robbery. I mean the result is correct so let's not get too worked up about one dumbass judge.
     
  15. billy_boy

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