Most of Press Row Had Margarito Beating Williams

Out of curiosity, how do you score a fight? What do you look for?

Scoring is an interesting subject, it's wildly subjective of course. Rarely do people agree on 12 individual rounds. People might come to a similiar general score, but the details always seem to vary tremendously.

 

Shoot what fight were you watching?? not the same pone as me obviously lol

 

Margarito was outworked and lost the fight by a couple points get over it

 

ring generalship: who was able to impose there will on there opponent moreso than the other person. outsmarting there opponent.. etc.

and who got hit more lol

 

Close tough fight, but I didn't find it difficult to score for Williams at all. Williams won this one fair and square.

 

How would you know?, proof please.

 

say that to Calzaghe?

 

He lost to PW's, because the judges said so. He disagreed with the decision, so did others. Regardless, in the end, it made Margarito a better fighter. He learned from the mistake, and he moved on. He knows that next time, he needs to lay it all on the line from round 1.
Any time you leave it in the hand of the judges, you better dominate convincingly, otherwise you risk having the scoring thrown in a salt shaker.

 

Sadly, your inflated sense of self prevents you from seeing the irony in this statement.

 

And what qualifies you to judge another fella completely unsolicited?

Wait don't tell me - an inflated sense of self?

 

sounds like your not giving Williams enough credit.. shouldnt Williams be to blame for Margarito not starting from round 1? Its hard to start when your having a whip like jab coming at your head and punches being able to be created from virtually any angle like Williams can do..

 

I have to agree with that. I never believed the story that Margarito "started slow" either. Williams was 100% responsible for the hesitancy on Margarito's part in the opening rounds. That's another popular misconception. Williams fought with an intense sense of urgency and lightning fast hands right through the gate. It was something to see. Good point, it needs to be said.

 

Thankyou :deal

 

That's what I have been saying for a while now, the only reason Margarito looks bad early in most of his fights is because his opponent is fresh and active, it's only when the opponent is broken down late when Margarito shines and if the opponent isn't broken down and keeps on fighting then you know the result to that. It's not Margarito starting, it's his opponent starting good with Margarito just stalking and definitely landing but nothing more impressive than his opponent. As long as you don't fade late and don't get tired hitting him then you have a good chance to win a decision which is of course easier said than done.

 

Very true, I agree. The fighter who can stay focused, stay smart, and stay active under Margarito's pressure can virtually eliminate his chances of victory just by hanging tough. Cotto made the mistake of burning way too much of his powers early by throwing excessive hard combinations, and Williams to some extent made a similiar error in throwing as frenetically as he did. If Paul had been more economic and less excited from the outset, he would have performed even better and given up less rounds - despite the fact that he got the decision anyway. Someone like Floyd, in my mind, was born to fight Margarito. Floyd wouldn't waste anything, he'd have as much in the 12th as he did in the 1st. He has a built in program designed to execute a perfect fight against Margarito.