My scorecard= 115-109, Hopkins..

Hmm..
Just watched this again- with a very close eye/carefulness-
I scored this 115-109- sounds weird, but in this fight, I chose the option of scoring rounds EVEN (9-9) in which some rounds are very ugly, neither fighter makes a distinction- this I feel is very effective method with dealing with a fight of this nature (like Hops/Taylor for example) ..and I wish other media people/experts, like HAROLD LEDERMAN would score even rounds..

I scored 4 (four) even rounds (rounds 2,6,9,10)-

and Winky fought very well/tough-
But overall, I feel the judges got it right-right winner- due to my opinion that:

*Bernard provided some unique angles that made Winky miss pretty badly at times- these were very akward SUBTLE angles of all sorts- angles only a MASTER like Hopkins applies..

*It seemed Bernard had a bit more in his arsenal-resevoir..at least in the rounds he won on my card (rounds 1,3,5,7,8,11,12)- more variety punches and HARDER more effective punches- I don't think anyone can argue that he landed the HARDER punches.

*Winky's Jab??? Winky's jab was not able to control Hopkins, although he landed the jab at a good rate, "punch-stat" wise..- but It couldn't keep B-Hop off, or force him off his game plan at all..

*Hopkins PUSHED the fight, controlled the fight- making Winky fight a Hopkins style fight- that's the imprint that Bernard puts on his fights..
Hopkins fought HIS fight more than Winky fought his fight..

so, overall I feel Bernard did what he wanted to do SLIGHTLY better than what Winky wanted to do... - not pretty at times, but in my opinion, a clear hopkins victory..

opinions and comments are greatly welcomed..!

 

Yeah- but I don't give 10 points for an even round personally- because I don't feel either fighter deserved 10 points (the maximum) in that particular round
I think 9-9 is much more fair for EVEN rounds, but that's subject to interpretation.
Either way, the final score comes out the same margin..
I just personally score them 9-9..

 

My reasoning for doing this also implies that the 10-point must system in boxing implies the winner get 10 points.
but those ugly rounds in Hops/Taylor, Hops/Wright, etc.. - there was NO winner in my mind, so I just score them 9-9- kind of a personal scoring system of mine where the clear winner of the round gets 10 points on my system, but if it's a lousy crappy dreadful EVEN round, I "award" both fights 9 points- 9-9- because I don't feel both fighters should be awarded the maximum 10 points..
I see your point, though..
either system, BHOP still wins on my scorecard..