How I Scored All Of ODLH's Controversial Decisions

So i went back and watched all these fights in the past few days and this is how i saw it.

Felix Sturm vs ODLH

1 ODLH
2 ODLH
3 Sturm
4 ODLH
5 ODLH
6 Sturm
7 Sturm
8 Sturm
9 Sturm
10 Sturm
11 Sturm
12 Sturm

116-112 Sturm

I had this fight more one sided than i remembered it being, i thought ODLH did fairly well in the first 6 rounds he was very active went to Sturm's body effectively and i actually had ODLH clearly ahead after 5 rounds.

The issue i saw though is that i thought ODLH threw way too many punches early on, in the 1st round he threw 103 punches and averaged 80 punches a round for the next few rounds. That's a hell of a workrate for a Middleweight especially when ODLH wasn't in the best of shape fighting at a weightclass he'd never fought at.

After 6th round Sturm pretty much controlled the fight and ODLH had very little to offer in later rounds, as Sturm backed him up consistently landed accurate shots especially the jab and his defence was water tight.

ODLH for me blew his load early on trying to finish Sturm early on, and didn't have the energy in the later rounds to be competitive with Sturm.

Overall a big gift for ODLH to save the Hopkins/ODLH fight.


Felix Trinidad vs ODLH

1 ODLH
2 ODLH
3 ODLH
4 Trinidad
5 ODLH
6 ODLH
7 ODLH
8 ODLH
9 Trinidad
10 Trinidad
11 Trinidad
12 Trinidad

115-113 ODLH

So continuing with ODLH's controversial decisions i decided to score this classic fight again.

What surprised me is that i had ODLH 7-1 up after 8 rounds, that's a bit more dominant than i remember it being. But overall i have no problem with anyone scoring this a draw but i still can't see 7 rounds for Trinidad. There's no way Trinidad won 3 out of the first 8 rounds i'm sorry i can't see it all, Trinidad barely landed anything of significance in those first 8 rounds. ODLH peppered him with jabs the occasional combination and totally nullified Trinidad's offence with his movement.

ODLH of course lost all the later rounds as we know because he decided to coast instead of securing the win, but i still don't think those later rounds were enough for Trinidad to get a win.


Ike Quartey vs ODLH

1 ODLH
2 Quartey
3 ODLH
4 ODLH
5 Quartey
6 Quartey 10-9 Both fighters traded knockdowns
7 Quartey
8 Quartey
9 Quartey
10 ODLH
11 Quartey
12 ODLH 10-8 knockdown

114-113 Quartey

Decided to watch this fight again and do a proper scorecard.

Overall i don't think ODLH did enough after the 4th round, Quartey had trouble finding his range with his jab as ODLH competed with him very well in the jab department and overall just doing a bit more fighting.

But after the 4th round apart from the famous 6th round where they traded knockdowns, Quartey bossed the fight with his jab as he finally found his range. And ODLH just stood off and stopped throwing his jab allowing Quartey to dictate the fight behind his jab.

Overall i have no problem with ODLH getting the nod as it was a very close fight with the 2 knockdowns, although the 2 judges scoring it 116-113, 116-112, in favour of ODLH is a bit puzzling to me.

But overall i thought Quartey just about nicked it when he dictated the fight between rounds 5-9, round 11 is probably the most debatable round in the fight and that could be a major factor on who you think won the fight.

Shane Mosley vs ODLH 2

1 ODLH
2 ODLH
3 Mosley
4 ODLH
5 Mosley
6 ODLH
7 ODLH
8 ODLH
9 Mosley
10 ODLH
11 ODLH
12 Mosley

116-112 ODLH

Awful decision i really don't know how Mosley got the nod here, ODLH fought a smarter fight and controlled the fight with his jab in the first half of the fight. Mosley just wasn't throwing enough punches and any of the rounds he did make competitive ODLH just out punched him.

Yes Mosley when he did land did indeed land the harder punches but it was one punch at a time, ODLH for me controlled the fight with his jab despite fading a tad down the stretch. He still out punched Mosley in most of the rounds and deserved to win the fight.

ODLH vs Pernell Whitaker

1 Whitaker
2 ODLH
3 ODLH 10-8 Whitaker automatically gets a pointed deducted due to WBC rules about accidental clash of heads
4 ODLH
5 Whitaker
6 ODLH
7 Whitaker
8 ODLH
9 Whitaker 10-8 knockdown
10 Whitaker
11 Whitaker
12 ODLH

113-113 Draw

Very tough fight to score Whitaker's whole offence was his right jab, and ODLH was never able to land any combinations in this fight having to rely on the occasional pot shotting with single punches.

Whitaker should be credited for his excellent defence/ring generalship, and i certainly gave him his fair share of rounds based on that along with his effective right jab.

ODLH i felt like stole a few rounds by landing the best punches in the round, as he was able to land some occasional straight right hands and left hooks which were the eye catching punches in uneventful rounds.

Overall i feel like a draw would've been a very fair result, the judges scorecards of 115-111, 116-110 x2, in favour of ODLH were way off the mark. The point deduction for Whitaker was a stupid rule in which when there's a accidental clash of heads the uncut fighter automatically gets a point taken, but in all fairness Whitaker's knockdown of ODLH was more of a slip so i guess it was fair all in all.

 

I don't really consider it controversial TBH despite one judge having it for ODLH, i think most impartial fans have Mayweather winning by a few rounds. I think the fight was close after 6 rounds but Mayweather took over in the 2nd half of the fight and distanced himself from ODLH.

I think most fans see it as 8-4, 7-5, fight for Mayweather.

 

The problem for me regarding Mosley/ODLH 2 is that Mosley just wasn't fighting enough, he was only throwing single punches and ODLH controlled the 1st half of the fight with his jab. ODLH altered his tactics from the 1st fight and I don't think Mosley adjusted it to that well overall IMO.

 

Whitaker/Oscar is a horrible fight to score so tough.

ODLH/Quartey could go either way TBH, there was a few swing rounds rounds 2 and 11.

 

I sort of agree and disagree yes ODLH was better in the late 90s and would've had a great chance of beating Mayweather in his prime, but again 154 wasn't Mayweather's best weightclass either even though he was closer to his prime than ODLH was.

I don't think Welterweight was Mayweather's best weight either I consider it to be Super Featherweight in all honesty.

But yes there was some killers in Welterweight division in the 90s, another guy from that era Jose Luis Lopez is very underrated.