To those who think HBO "bought judges" in past Taylor fights......

Yeah, was Julie Letterman a judge that night? I think she had it 5-1 for Taylor. Poor thing is not only ulgy as sin, but blind to boot. Or she got a nice little extra under the table.

She could probably use a little something under the table, too!

 

she should never judge again after seeing that disgraceful scorecard.....obviously paid off

 

Yeah, that's true.

Would you say you have a lot of respect for Dan Rafael's articles and opinions? I personally have more respect for what you say here than what he writes on ESPN.

 

I don't think HBO has anything to do with it. But I've seen other fighters who have the same promoter as Taylor, have referees helping them and judges who give them rounds they really lost. Does it have something to do with Lou Dibella that Taylor seems to have the judges on his side? I'm not saying it does, but it something to think about.

 

Im not saying anybody bought any judges, but there have been some HBO cards lately that were way more lopsided than I would have scored them to be.

 

I hate to break this to you but nobody respects Rafael.

He had Ruiz winning a comfortable decision against Toney.atsch

 

Come to think of it there has been a handful of them lately....Mali/Herman, Taylor/Pav, Cotto/SSM.....etc

 

I agree. She scored the Peter vs. McCline fight accurately, so it couldn't have been incompetence - she was either biased or paid off.

 

Paulie vs Herman was on showtime.

 

Oh yeh my bad there

 

He is just as bad or good as the rest at this point. Honestly, I think he was better when he was at USA Today. But that's just one man's opinion. He seems to be lost on what's going on in the ring sometimes, but others he seems spot on. I think most judges are that way when you review their records.

 

would you drop the Taylor ****.. I had it even, many had it for Pavlik, many for Taylor.. it was a close fight, that Taylor seemed to be edging.

 

i'm a huge Hopkins fan and not a big Taylor fan but Taylor beat Hopkins imo

I had Taylor up 58-55 at the time of the stoppage in what was an easy fight to score imo.

 

I had Pavlik ahead and pulling away.

 

Hopkins won the first fight. I had Taylor winning the second. I thought Winky beat Taylor as well. And had the Taylor/Pavlik fight even until the stoppage.