Was Tyson really ahead on the cards against Douglas (as is often said)?

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  1. D.T

    D.T Guest

    I often hear that Tyson was ahead on the scorecards at the time of the KO.


    Is this true?
     
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  2. TheGreatA

    TheGreatA Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    The cards were even at the time of the KO. Larry Rodzilla had Douglas winning a near shutout, Masakazu Uchida had it a draw and Ken Morita had Tyson winning. Morita can be a garbage judge yet he still gets big assignments. This was his only bad blunder though, thankfully it didn't go to the cards.
     
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  3. Kalasinn

    Kalasinn ♧ OG Kally ♤ Full Member

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    judge: Larry Rozadilla 82-88 | judge: Ken Morita 87-86 | judge: Masakazu Uchida 86-86

    What a waste of money those two crooked judges were, King should've payed for a competent ref instead...
     
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  4. TheGreatA

    TheGreatA Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Morita has been judging fights since Fighting Harada's championship days so you have to give him credit. Wonder what he was thinking during the Tyson fight though.
     
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  5. Valane

    Valane Active Member Full Member

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    :lol::lol:
     
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  6. Boxed Ears

    Boxed Ears this my daddy's account (RIP daddy) Full Member

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    :rofl:rofl:rofl
     
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  7. lufcrazy

    lufcrazy requiescat in pace Full Member

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    good god i hope not. douglas schooled tyson. i thought it was all over with the uppercut and infact didn't one of the belts try overturning the decision? but that aside, there is no way tyson was up on the cards.
     
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  8. Unforgiven

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    He was obviously biased to the extreme, personally and purposefully favouring Tyson.
    Or he was paid off.

    I think his score equates to 4-4-1, with perhaps the KD tipping it to Tyson.

    I'm not sure Tyson won a single round. I'll have to watch it again though.
     
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  9. DannyL12345

    DannyL12345 Active Member Full Member

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    I actually looked up that fight on boxrec yesterday. I dont see how anybody could have the fight close.
     
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  10. lefthook31

    lefthook31 Obsessed with Boxing banned

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    Of course Tyson was tied as was Holyfield against Lewis Chavez against Whitaker Trinidad vs DLH and Chavez in the second Randall fight.
     
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  11. Muchmoore

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    Well Tyson's KD in the 8th makes it a 10-8 round so that makes it closer than would initially appear. Douglas was a real dummy for getting hit by that uppercut.

    But yeah, Tyson got his ass kicked and was definitely clearly losing. Watched it yesterday actually, Tyson looked like a bobblehead with how often his head was snapping back :lol: Classic fight, good thing Douglas finished him off though with the scorecards being as they were.
     
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  12. johnmaff36

    johnmaff36 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    With respect, have you watched it?

    Offically no
    Unoffically hell no
     
    johnmaff36, Apr 25, 2011
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  13. PetethePrince

    PetethePrince Slick & Redheaded Full Member

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    Yep. And hardly talked about. How sorry. Awful scorecards.
     
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  14. Rock0052

    Rock0052 Loyal Member Full Member

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    Agreed on all counts....I didn't realize just how bad they were until this thread. The only decent one was 88-82, and that was probably the one judge they wanted to judge honestly so it wouldn't look like an out and out fix.
     
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  15. MagnaNasakki

    MagnaNasakki Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Douglas won every round apart from the 8th, and won that round until the KD. I scored it 10-9 Tyson, not 10-8, cause he had no offense in the round and was getting smacked around until the uppercut.

    Morita scorecard is possibly one of the most shameful in boxing history. Tyson did not outright win a single 3 minutes of that entire fight.
     
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