The difference between a ROBBERY and a CLOSE FIGHT.

Discussion in 'World Boxing Forum' started by El Cepillo, Jun 16, 2009.


  1. El Cepillo

    El Cepillo Baddest Man on the Planet Full Member

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    Seems people are a bit confused about this.

    A robbery is when a fighter clearly wins a fight by a significant margin yet the judges award the fight to his opponent for external reasons. Everyone has to judge for themselves which fights fit this criteria.

    A close fight is just that, a close fight that can be interpreted in favour of either fighter. For example, Cotto-Clottey. Just because a fighter you like happens to not get the decision, doesn't autmatically mean it was a 'robbery'.
     
  2. hmm

    hmm damn chairs Full Member

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    hmm says... true that.... tired of seeing robbery over Cotto and Clottey
     
  3. ]V[ooSeKnUcKLeS

    ]V[ooSeKnUcKLeS YAHHHHH Full Member

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    Tell that to Danny_Rand and a few others around here.
     
  4. McGrain

    McGrain Diamond Dog Staff Member

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    This is as needlessly over-excited as i've seen people on this board. It's pretty crazy.
     
  5. Jeff Young

    Jeff Young Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    so calderon-mayol would go under robbery:D
     
  6. tolindoy

    tolindoy UBESTRIDTE MESTER Full Member

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    who got robbed???:huh
     
  7. El Cepillo

    El Cepillo Baddest Man on the Planet Full Member

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    As I said, its up to each individual to decide what fights fit the above criteria of a robbery, but for me I would suggest Chavez-Whitaker & Lewis Holyfield were certainly robberies. I tend to think Tarver-Jones I, and Mosley-DLH II were also, but I'd have to re-score them again to be certain.
     
  8. Jeff Young

    Jeff Young Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    calderon lost that fight and it fairly lopsided......he was lucky to have the puerto rican, new york cookin.
     
  9. tolindoy

    tolindoy UBESTRIDTE MESTER Full Member

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    It was a close fight but if it gone 12rnds and without the cut, mayol could have win it or even KO calderon cold...:good
     
  10. Losfer_Words

    Losfer_Words Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    I think people find this hard to accept for some reason. A perfect example of how people can see a fight differently is this forum- people are arguing as to whether Cotto won or Clottey won; for me it was Cotto. The refs are just people with opinions, that is all- people have to accept that a close fight can be scored either way.
     
  11. El Cepillo

    El Cepillo Baddest Man on the Planet Full Member

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    I've noticed before that he struggles to accept any opinion that differs from his own.
     
  12. Flea Man

    Flea Man มวยสากล Full Member

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    :lol: Indeed.
     
  13. Danny_Rand

    Danny_Rand Slick N Quick Full Member

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    Find me 6 rounds to give to Cotto thats not total bull****, and I'll conceed that it wasnt a robbery.

    The least you can do is admit there is no way that Cotto won that fight 115-112 let alone 116-111.

    Sorry, the fix was in. The bookies were burning. And snake bob arum had his fingers in the sugar bowl.
     
  14. ]V[ooSeKnUcKLeS

    ]V[ooSeKnUcKLeS YAHHHHH Full Member

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    Everyone is entitled to their opinion. I agree the 116-111 was way off. I had it pretty much the same as Lederman, a close fight for Cotto. A draw was probably the best way to score it. To be honest, as soon as the fight ended I was thinking there has got to be a rematch. Too many variables, the headbutt, the "body slam", Clottey's dramatic attempt to have the ref deduct points from Cotto......Wish it was a cleaner fight. If a rematch were to happen and everything stays clean, I still say Cotto UD.
     
  15. bladerunner

    bladerunner El Intocable Full Member

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    Hes the same guy that thinks that the Castillo-fraud decision was a good one but then he says this one is a robbery,cant take a guy like that serious.