Tim Witherspoon's close decisions

dmt · May 13, 2026

Dynamicpuncher said: ↑

@dmt this is the last of me scoring Witherspoon's controversial decisions. This pretty much closes the chapter on this bit of history that you were interested in.

Just to say i think Witherspoon was a bit fortunate against Carl Williams i thought a draw or a close Williams win was the correct decision. I can't see much case for Witherspoon deserving the win in all honesty.

And finally as for Snipes i think a draw or a close Witherspoon win was the correct decision.

Tim Witherspoon vs Carl Williams

1 Witherspoon
2 Witherspoon
3 Witherspoon
4 Witherspoon
5 Williams
6 Williams
7 Williams
8 Williams
9 Williams
10 Williams
11 Witherspoon
12 Witherspoon

114-114 Draw

I thought Witherspoon did a good job early on of bullying Williams and hurting him numerous times.

But then after the 4th round Williams started to control the fight tying up Witherspoon anytime he got close and picked him off at range with the jab.

Witherspoon was also rocked in the 8th round the only time he was visibly hurt in the right.

I couldn't really see a round to give Witherspoon between 6-10.

But i thought Witherspoon finished the stronger of the two to salvage a draw.

I think there is a stronger case for Williams winning the fight and I can't see 7 rounds for Witherspoon personally.

But I thought a draw would've been reasonable or Williams deserving to win a close fight.

Tim Witherspoon vs Renaldo Snipes

1 Snipes
2 Witherspoon
3 Witherspoon
4 Witherspoon
5 Witherspoon
6 Snipes
7 Snipes
8 Witherspoon
9 Snipes
10 Snipes

95-95 Draw

I think this is probably one of the most legit draws you will ever see honestly.

Witherspoon was the aggressor in the first 5 rounds winning pretty much every round in the 1st half of the fight with effective aggression and landing the harder punches.

Snipes didn't a whole lot in the first 5 rounds just constantly moving around the ring and flicking out an ineffective left jab.

The 2nd half however the momentum of the fight totally turned around.

Now it was Snipes being the aggressor outhustling Witherspoon who looked a bit tired.

I thought Snipes won most of the rounds in the 2nd half of the fight by being the aggressor and throwing many more punches than Witherspoon.

There's 2 debatable rounds in this fight IMO the 1st and the 8th round.

1st round Witherspoon was the aggressor but he didn't land a whole lot and I thought Snipes nicked that round with left jab.

8th round Snipes landed a few more punches but Witherspoon landed the far more effective punches of the round.

Overall it become quite a fun fight down the stretch and I thought a draw would've been pretty fair but I have no issues with Witherspoon just about nicking the decision.
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outstanding work. Really pleased with this. This will help me a lot when i score it.

Saad54 · May 13, 2026

Against Page and Tubbs he was a clear winner, especially Page

He wasn't flashy and didn't have huge punch output but he was effective.

janitor · May 13, 2026

What separates him from those men in my eyes, is that they were all more or less flashes in the pan, while he was relevant over two separate decades.

He enters the Ring end of year top ten in 1982, and he is still there in 1997.

If there is a best among the alphabet boys, then it is probably him.

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