Rolando Navarrete vs. Chung-il Choi - IB's standalone RBR scorecard

None of this was readily apparent to me while viewing it, but apparently there were some points of contention about this match.

http://forum.philboxing.com/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=7515

1. In the round that Lando went down, they said the fight clock was intentionally touched that the timers killed it even before it reaches the 3- minute limit to save Lando.
2. Choi Chung Il said the ring was slippery and was purposely done to his

I can't speak to canvas having been moistened intentionally; sounds a bit paranoid/sour grapes. Let me review the start & end times of the fifth round, though, as that's an easily fact-checked thing...


I also didn't realize how well-loved domestically Navarrete was, as he isn't among their fighters you hear much of. (at least not if you aren't speaking with specifically boxing fans of a certain age, I suppose)

 

The gong sounds for round 5 at precisely 23:15 of the upload embedded above. Navarrete goes down at 25:50, and the ref counts to "eight", satisfied that he is okay to continue at 26:02 (so his eight was stretched out to a 'real' twelve, but whatever. This aspect of reffing is subjective; they're not metronomes but human beings...)

He spends a couple of seconds extricating himself from Navarrete, awkwardly stepping toward Choi and summoning both fighters to continue by waving his palms together, at 26:04 - but the gong sounds once more (just on the cusp of 26:05) and the whole trio shrugs and splits off, fighters into their corners and Chuck Hassett to a neutral one to idle and hold the ropes for the ring card girl.

Hmm. That is eleven seconds early, and while that certainly benefits Navarrete, there is no apparent reason for me to assume that was malevolence rather than just incompetence on the part of the official timekeeper.

 

Scorecards as of the stoppage:

Chuck Hassett (yes, also the ref) had it level, 95-95
Kee-Yun Kim of South Korea had it to his countryman, 97-94
Wenceslas Trinidad of the Philippines had it to his countryman, 99-96

Our resident scorers had it:

@George Crowcroft level, 94-94
@PhillyPhan69 95-93 Choi
@IntentionalButt 95-93 Navarrete

 

I mean, you're here, taking up residence on this forum, ain't ya?

And despite your tenure not being that long so far, your scorecards already seem to have more intrinsic value than many who seem to presume the importance of (and demand for) theirs.

And yeah would love to get @CST80's take on this one. Choi would be his cup of tea stylistically, but I think he could appreciate things about Navarrete as well.

 

@PinoyProdigy would be another good one to add into the mix. Don't worry, he's perfectly capable of putting any nationalistic biases aside when scoring matches of Filipinos'.

 

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