Showtime: Léodegario Santa Cruz vs. Abner Mares Martínez II & Jermell Charlo vs. Austin Trout RBR.

I didn't get a chance earlier, but brilliant post. Perhaps my favorite of the night.

 

You would agree that since the 1st, 6th and 12th were razor close, my card for Mares wasn't even remotely outlandish right?

 

Round 1 Trout 10-9 AT controlled range well, landed cleaner shots, Charlo flurries late, missed most.
Round 2 Trout 10-9 JC very tentative, threw next to nothing, Trout picked and pecked him apart.
Round 3 Charlo 10-8 Fairly even round aside from BS knockdown that was actually a slip/push.
Round 4 Charlo 10-9 Near even round again, Trout slipping most JC shots, but fought too negative.
Round 5 Trout 10-9 Once again, low output from JC little clean, Trout looked scared, but still landing cleaner.
Round 6 Trout 10-9 Trout let his hands go, slightly hurt JC, it was a headclash, Trout's best round by far.
Round 7 Trout 10-9 Trout landed far more, nice uppercuts and worked the body of JC throughout.
Round 8 Trout 10-9 Charlo charges out with messy flurry, misses most, AT closes stronger, with sharper work.
Round 9 Charlo 10-8 Clear rabbit punch, another BS knockdown, but strong JC round, he hurt AT a few times.
Round 10 Charlo 10-9 JC comes out aggressive, hurts AT, AT bounces back, but hurt again, JC finishes stronger.
Round 11 Trout 10-9 Good round for Trout, consistent throughout with body work and two beautiful uppercuts.
Round 12 Trout 10-9 Trout closes very stronger letting his hands go with combos and uppercuts. Nice finish.


114-112 Trout

113-113 is fine as well, but in no way shape or form did Charlo deserve the win here.

People's preconceived notions that Trout is fragile, combined with their assumption that Charlo will eventually land the shot that puts Trout to sleep, combined with Trout fighting with a slightly defeated look on his face and hyper defensive and negative as hell, and quite frankly at times fighting scared, colors their perception of what's actually happening in the ring. Which is Charlo is looking mean and vicious, coming forward aggressively, yet he's still tentative as hell and barely letting his hands go, as he says, he's economical, yeah, far too economical. Meanwhile Trout while looking scared is slipping, rolling with and parrying almost everything Charlo is throwing and picking and pecking him apart throughout. CUt the bull****, the judges here judged based on appearances and ring generalship, because if they actually judged based on landed punches and defense, Trout takes this, and if you factor in the not one, but two bull**** calls from the normally decent Reiss, Trout takes this **** wide. Austin has got to be the unluckiest master boxer in the sport. He should have wins over Canelo and both Charlo sisters.