In boxing, there are "levels" to robberies...

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  1. mrtony80

    mrtony80 Likes thick chicks Full Member

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    ....so let's discuss. You have...

    HIGHWAY ROBBERIES

    BAD ROBBERIES

    MILD ROBBERIES

    Going off those 3, list some yours accordingly...
     
  2. Uncle Rico

    Uncle Rico Loyal Member Full Member

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    I would only have two levels of robberies - "highway" and "bad"

    "Mild" robberies are those that seem like they're robberies, but in fact, due to the scoring system, they are not. Sturm-Macklin or McCloskey-Prescott would be recent examples of this.
     
  3. Bodyshot99

    Bodyshot99 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    "Highway to Hell" Robbery - Pac-Head

    Highway - Rios=Abril
     
  4. mrtony80

    mrtony80 Likes thick chicks Full Member

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    Highway Robbery - Whitaker/Chavez, Holyfield/Lewis I, ODLH/Trinidad

    Bad Robbery - Pac/JMM II & III, Pac/Bradley, SSM/ODLH II

    Mild Robbery - Martinez/Williams I
     
  5. mrtony80

    mrtony80 Likes thick chicks Full Member

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    "Highway to Hell" robberies are pretty rare, thank God...in my opinion, that'd be more like RJJ in the Olympics territory.
     
  6. Vidic

    Vidic Rest in Peace Manny Full Member

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    JMM-Pac trilogy is worse than Pac-Bradley.

    JMM III especially was a boxing master-class by an ageing pugalistic virtuoso against an opponent that had all the odds in his favour, speed, power, age, weight.

    And for the third time he was denied a decision that most thought he deserved, it was outrageous.

    Pac-Bradley was just a bizarre surreal ending and robbery after 12 rounds of the predictably better guy doing what he was expected by all to do.

    The scale of victory in Pac-Bradley was arguably larger, but the performance and surrounding circumstances in JMM III made it worse for me.
     
  7. mrtony80

    mrtony80 Likes thick chicks Full Member

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    Oh, come on, man. You've got to be kidding me. III is the only one you can say is at least close to the level of Bradley-Pac. Pac won I pretty clearly, while JMM won II, but it was still a close fight.

    To me, Pac-Bradley was the equivalent of a high powered football offense not scoring as many points as usual against a solid team...but still winning the game easily.
     
  8. Vidic

    Vidic Rest in Peace Manny Full Member

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    Not sure you read the rest of the post bro. And Pac aint win **** clearly but that's another matter.

    And 3 robberies perpetrated against the same guy are worse than 1.
     
  9. mrtony80

    mrtony80 Likes thick chicks Full Member

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    I did read it, and unless there is something cryptic in there, I get exactly what you're saying. Regarding I....yes, Pac won pretty comfortably. JMM did and excellent job of getting back into the fight, but him wining after getting dropped 3X in the 1st would mean he dominated 2-12, which he didn't. He mostly dominated, yes, but Pac had his moments, and those moment, coupled with round one were enough to secure him the win.
     
  10. Boro chris

    Boro chris Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Haven't seen the fight in about 20 years but I remember Whitaker-Ramirez being about as bad as you can get.
     
  11. Uncle Rico

    Uncle Rico Loyal Member Full Member

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    :verysad

    Pac-JMM 1 and 2 were close fights that could have gone either way.

    I get what you're saying about the 3rd, though. Even though Pac's win over Bradley was far more convincing, the significance of a JMM win over Pac was much more. That, unfortunately, was taken away from JMM; thus making it a more painful robbery.
     
  12. MarioBrothers

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    HIGHWAY ROBBERIES -pac/bradley

    BAD ROBBERIES - pac/jmm 3

    MILD ROBBERIES -not sure about this one, maybe pac/jmm 2 falls into this category since I think jmm should have won but the KD help which is part of the scoring system(rules) to eventually have a case for pac stealing it
     
  13. markq

    markq Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    ******* ROBBERIES - only a robbery if it happens to pac
     
  14. janeschicken

    janeschicken hard work! deadicayshin! Full Member

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    Lara/ Williams and Shumenov Campillo are Highway Robberies.