Oh Jack, Jack. Are you saying professional judges, paid to watch a fight and be objective, are incapable or otherwise should not be held accountable for failing to block out crowd applause!? What a high standard you hold them to!
He was the betting favorite, meaning that he was favored to win the fight against Hopkins. Now at the time Hopkins fought Pavlik he was still considered the top middleweight in the world. Losing to Hopkins and then Martinez has taken alot of steam off from his mystique but make no mistake he was considered a dangerous fighter when he faced Bernard Hopkins. Like I said short memory, it wasn't long ago that Pavlik would have been favored over the top contenders at 160. Now that he's lost twice you're taking away from the win.
biggest mistake Joe.C did was not fight Pavlik caz he would of schooled him and exposed him the same old man Hopkins did and then Joe would of had both names on his C.V. Hey Pavlik was a good powerfull middleweight but a simple move up to super middleweight changes evey thing.
Ive just re watched the fight. No Robbery it could have been for either fighter. I was happy with the draw. Thought it was close. But without the 2 knockdowns B-Hop gets the win but the fact remains he did get the Knockdowns.