thanks. I'm surprised that not one judge scored a 10-8 for the second round, despite Pat Russell's "blunder."
nope you are not reading it right lol I see you edited your post. but it would have been a majory draw not a win for prov.
I had it a draw 113-113. Gave the first 2 and the last 3 to Provodnikov. Scored the 2nd and last rounds 10-8. The shots that hurt Provodnikov were body shots, dont know where Roy Jones was suggesting on at least a couple of occasions that Provodnikov was badly hurt. He was never that in the fight. Though Bradley looked unsteady and vulnerable in many of the rounds, I thought he was on his way to cruising to an comfortable victory but he lost steam in the last few rounds. Coming in 10 lbs heavier than he's accustomed to stepping in the ring at likely contributed to that. Had the first knockdown in the 1st round been scored proper, Provodnikov is a winner on my card.
I agree. Everyone is debating whether the ref should ruled a KD in round 1, but I think the real criticism should be focused on the judges, since Provo should've gotten credit for at least one, if not two other 10-8 rounds regardless of whether the ref actually acknowledged a KD. I've seen rounds scored 10-8 for far less - look at round 2 of the first Ayala-Adams fight, for example.
I had Bradley winning. He had a bad first two rounds and a terrible 12th. Despite that he did box well and had Provodnikov walking on to combinations. He looked rusty and used some naive tactics - that being said he deserved the win and fought bravely making it an entertaining and fan friendly fight. I'd favour him in a rematch if that ever came off.
Fairly well scored by the judges, if the KD was given, and the second round correctly scored as 10-8 for Provodnikov, teh results may have been very different