Leonard Dorin/Paul Spadafore - Robbery

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  1. Russell

    Russell Loyal Member Full Member

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    Scored this a week or two ago after hearing the word robbery thrown out once or twice since I've been here.

    Christ, what an understatement. Never has there been a more obvious draw designed to help both fighters keep their belts and their 0's.

    I believe my score was 119-111 for Dorin. And they weren't even particularly close rounds.

    Spadafora is still undefeated too this day... 41-0.

    Any thoughts on the fight or either fighter?

    I can see why Dorin got sick of the sport and retired.
     
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  2. SuzieQ49

    SuzieQ49 The Manager Full Member

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    totally agree i was young when this fight happened but remember scoring it overwhelmingly in favor of dorin. I was very unimpressed with spadafadora...so much for "he can give mayweather a close fight" LMAO


    dorin went on to get knocked out by arturo friggin gatti on a body shot!
     
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  3. My2Sense

    My2Sense Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    The judges scorecards were ****ed up for that fight too. They gave all the early rounds to Spaddy (when Dorin clearly did his best work), then gave the late rounds to Dorin (when Spaddy mounted a mini-comeback), I guess so their robbery wouldn't look so blatant at the end.
     
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  4. younghypnotiq

    younghypnotiq Boxing Addict Full Member

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    gatti was a much bigger fighter then dorin though
     
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  5. PowerPuncher

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    Yep robbery havent seen it for years though, but remember Mayweather ducked Spadafora who got schooled by Dorin who lost in 2 to Gatti :D
     
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  6. Quickhands21

    Quickhands21 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    True..And people shouldnt go by what gatti did to Dorin from a bodyshot to use an example as Spits class as a fighter..Paul imo would have boxed Gatti Fairly comfortably.. Paul beat Manfredy,so what does that mean> nothing..styles make fights is all..Paul was not doing badly against Dorin for having a really tough time with cocaine between fights, no excuses just fact....Spaddy was so fun to watch to me..True boxer
     
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  7. younghypnotiq

    younghypnotiq Boxing Addict Full Member

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    one case where i could see if A beats B then A beats C type of deals
     
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  8. Quickhands21

    Quickhands21 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Mayweather did not duck paul..Floyd would have beaten him imo..The money wasnt right and paul felt he deserved more
     
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  9. carras

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    but it was one heck of a body shot
     
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  10. Russell

    Russell Loyal Member Full Member

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    Gatti KO'ed Dorin with a bodyshot at the very tail end of Dorin's career when he was disgusted with the sport and getting ready to settle down with his family regardless.

    Kosta did the EXACT same thing.

    Not to mention Gatti has always been a good bodypuncher, going in against Dorin he was being trained in part by Ward who's a great bodypuncher himself.
     
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  11. SuzieQ49

    SuzieQ49 The Manager Full Member

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    exuses exuses. dorin and spadafadora were not world class special fighters
     
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  12. Cobra33

    Cobra33 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Spadafora was a world class boxer who couldn't stay out of trouble outside the ring.If Dorin had met Spadafora a couple of years previous he would have easily been outboxed.By the time of the Dorin fight Spaddy was in turmoil with his outside troubles.Such a shame because Spadafora had tremendous skill-everybody gets all excited about Paul Magalani and Spadafora was 10x a better boxer.
     
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  13. klompton

    klompton Boxing Addict banned

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    I didnt think it was a robbery. I thought a draw was the perfect decision. What was a robbery was Dorrin's first win over Balbi. Balbi kicked his ass royally and got totally robbed and after the fight you can hear Gary Shaw walk up to Dorrin with a smug grin and say "I told you Id get you a championship."
     
    klompton, Nov 15, 2008
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  14. TommyV

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    Any idea where I can download this fight?
     
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  15. Quickhands21

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    O have it on dvd...
     
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