What's next if Usyk is robbed

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  1. BigBone

    BigBone Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Fella won like 8 rounds, could've earned a TKO, beat Fury to a pulp and almost got robbed for his efforts. I guarantee if the 2nd fight is close, the robbery becomes official.

    What's next then?
     
  2. UniversalPart

    UniversalPart Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Turki doesn't want the bad press and I don't think he is that way inclined
     
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  3. BigBone

    BigBone Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Yet at the same venue where the rematch is, if there's no knockdown ruled, Usyk is robbed of a victory per scorecards so the 1st fight was already tainted.
     
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  4. Chuck Norris

    Chuck Norris Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    If Usyk is robbed in the rematch, they will make a third fight, so they can rob Usyk again!
     
  5. Faz42

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    Have you rewatched it recently?

    On the night I had it just for fury, next day rematch uysk by 2. Watched it 3 times this week and had 3 different scores at the end.

    Only thing I stand by is that every time I've watched it there could be no complaints if the ref called it off in the 9th.

    There's always going to be someone thinking the other side is hard done by.
     
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  6. BigBone

    BigBone Boxing Addict Full Member

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    If you watch a fight 4 times and have a different scorecard each time perhaps you need to refine those scoring skills.
     
  7. lufcrazy

    lufcrazy requiescat in pace Full Member

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    No danger of a robbery imo
     
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  8. senpai

    senpai Boxing Addict Full Member

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    I don't care, just don't hold the HW division.


    He deserves a loss from Beterbiev at CW.
     
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  9. MaccaveliMacc

    MaccaveliMacc Boxing Addict Full Member

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  10. MaccaveliMacc

    MaccaveliMacc Boxing Addict Full Member

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    That's not always the case to be fair. There are some rounds that are so close that can legitly go either way and sometimes if you don't score rounds as a draw you can have different result. Try scoring Ruiz vs Golota for example. A nightmare! Haney vs Loma is one of the most recent examples.

    This doesn't apply to Fury vs Usyk I of course. Usyk clearly won 6 rounds, Fury clearly won 3 and 3 were swing rounds.
     
  11. lone star

    lone star Active Member Full Member

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    Another Patterson vs Johansson situation. 2 heavy’s in a trilogy while the rest of the division sits there stagnating. Eventually most boxing fans will say “who gives a ****?” 20 odd years to get a unified undisputed champion and here we go again.
     
  12. Perkin Warbeck

    Perkin Warbeck Boxing aficionado Full Member

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    Fury by robbery decision is probably the most likely outcome.

    Somehow stinking Craig Metcalfe scored the first fight for Fury. I just re-watched the fight, it was a very clear Usyk win - when the announcer said "Craig Metcalfe", old Fish Eyes had the look of assured confidence, as if he knew he would score it for Fury. The referee too was helping Fury, it should have been stoppage but before that when Fury was hurt he blocked Usyk.

    No doubt, old Fish Eyes will offer the judges and referee an incentive to favor Fury.
     
  13. Scar

    Scar VIP Member Full Member

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    There won’t be a robbery. Though, I hope the referee this time doesn’t rescue Fury if he’s hurt and ready to go.
     
  14. catchwtboxing

    catchwtboxing Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Go back and watch the 11 and12 rounds and tell me how many judges voted for Fury and how they could?

    The fix was on last time and it is on this time.
     
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  15. Finkel

    Finkel Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Well, it depends.
    Comparing cards against multiple judges (inter-rater reliability)
    Comparing the rescoring of your own card (intra-rater reliability)
    Ideally, they should all be close to each other. If the results are not repeatable...then there was a problem with the scoring criteria or someone's inability to follow it.

    But I get your point. For fans like us, sure, we get drunk, we're tired, we might deliberately change our criteria for fun to see how it changes the outcome of a bout.

    And ultimately, scoring a boxing bout is not a social science. More of a dark art. ;)
     
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