Judge Steven Blea issues apology for terrible score (click to see new bad score)

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  1. sasto

    sasto Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Steven Blea was the judge behind the 117-110 Valdez-Conceicao score last weekend.

    The good news: he is voluntarily retraining and plans to work on his ability to judge in noisy and chaotic situations. To be fair, after all the isolation over the last year many people are dealing with social anxiety on a level they never had before.

    The bad news: he still thinks Valdez won, just that it was close and there should have been 2 split rounds :confused:

    https://wbcboxing.com/en/judge-stephen-blea-statement-about-valdez-vs-conceicao/amp/
     
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  2. Reinhardt

    Reinhardt Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    So he offers an apology then states he wasn't wrong about what he's apologized for? He ought to run for political office with that spin job
     
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  3. Themessiah

    Themessiah El Jefe Full Member

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    Sounds like complete bs
     
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  4. Oddone

    Oddone Bermane Stiverne's life coach. Full Member

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    Manufactured nonsense to try and shift focus from that blatant bribery.
     
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  5. Rakesh

    Rakesh Well-Known Member Full Member

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    He's saying his score 117-110 is ridiculous but he still thinks Valdez won, just not as much as his scorecard said
     
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  6. Wizbit1013

    Wizbit1013 Drama go, and don't come back Full Member

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    How anyone can think Valdez won is beyond me
     
    Wizbit1013, Sep 14, 2021
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  7. f1ght3rz

    f1ght3rz Ronaldoooo is crying in his caaaaaar Full Member

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    He scored 3 of the first 4 rounds for Valdez.
     
    f1ght3rz, Sep 14, 2021
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  8. Wizbit1013

    Wizbit1013 Drama go, and don't come back Full Member

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    Thats amazing

    He got schooled in the early rounds
     
    Wizbit1013, Sep 14, 2021
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  9. shadow111

    shadow111 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Well Valdez did win. Being outraged at the wideness of his score is one thing, being outraged that Valdez won is another.

    This sort of thing has happened before. Fans get outraged over an outlier scorecard that had it too wide for their liking, then that morphs into outrage about who won. *cough* Canelo GGG 1.

    Of course the same people who fawned outrage over Canelo GGG 1 made the same argument then that this judge is now apoligizing for, that the champ should get the benefit of the doubt in close rounds because he's the champ and the challenger needs to take it to the champ to beat the champ. Remember that whole thing. Now that whole argument has been turned on its head. :eyebrow2:
     
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  10. shadow111

    shadow111 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    You wouldn't know what a schooling was if it smacked you in the mouth lmao.
     
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  11. MetalLicker

    MetalLicker I Am Full Member

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    He’s not embarrassed by the scorecard. He’s embarrassed that he’s being publicly shamed for taking a bribe.
     
    MetalLicker, Sep 14, 2021
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  12. Wizbit1013

    Wizbit1013 Drama go, and don't come back Full Member

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    Please, you wouldn't know a decent score card if it took the form of an atom and landed on that big head you own
     
    Wizbit1013, Sep 14, 2021
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  13. Wizbit1013

    Wizbit1013 Drama go, and don't come back Full Member

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    My above point proven
     
    Wizbit1013, Sep 14, 2021
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  14. shadow111

    shadow111 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    But but but . . . Champion's Advantage. "The challenger has to take the fight ot the Champ to beat the Champ" -GGG fans after Canelo 1
     
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  15. Wizbit1013

    Wizbit1013 Drama go, and don't come back Full Member

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    But but but... Show me a post where i have made that claim?
     
    Wizbit1013, Sep 14, 2021
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