Did Mike Weaver deserve a nod in his second bout with Michael Dokes? Some people call it a robbery, but in my opinion the fight was so close, that it could have gone either way really. How did you score it?
It's close enough not to be a robbery but i scored it like the majority, for Weaver. For me he absolutely deserved that fight.
It's not a robbery but it's one of those close fights that you feel Weaver deserved to edge. Dokes got off to a good start but faded down the stretch this was my scorecard from like 2 years ago. Michael Dokes vs Mike Weaver 2 1 Dokes 2 Dokes 3 Dokes 4 Weaver 5 Dokes 6 Dokes 7 Dokes 8 Weaver 9 Weaver 10 Weaver 11 Dokes 12 Weaver 13 Weaver 14 Weaver 15 Weaver 143-142 Weaver Dokes tried to come out fast and stop Weaver in the early going just like the 1st fight, but Weaver was much more prepared this time and held his ground. I felt like Dokes did a good job backing up Weaver in the first 3 rounds and out landing him with the more flashier shots. Dokes after the 3rd round decided to box on the backfoot with Weaver pursuing him, and the fight continued in the same pattern for the rest of the way. I felt like despite Weaver being the aggressor he wasn't doing enough between rounds 5-7, and Dokes was nicking them rounds with his more active jab. But after the 8th round Dokes faded very badly and was basically retreating at this point with nothing on his punches, and whilst Weaver wasn't a whirling dervish himself. He was the aggressor landing the harder punches especially to the body, and Dokes was just flicking out a jab with nothing on it and just clinching. Overall it was a close fight but to me Weaver looked like the winner, Dokes did virtually nothing in the 2nd half of the fight and was constantly retreating and clinching in the later rounds. Dokes started off well but didn't do enough for me in the 2nd half of the fight.
Haven’t seen it for a while but this is in line with my impression — starts out as an entertaining fight and then bogs down in the second half to a boring contest of two guys who look like they’re slow-walking it to the final bell. Close enough to go either way from my memory. You can argue it for Weaver but to call it a robbery is pushing it.