Which fights do you suspect were fixed in order not to ruin another, major fight?

I feel like there's an unspoken agreement between sanctioning bodies and judges that says 'if the fight is close, side with the person who sells.'

 

Hoya vs sturm

 

Wilder Scott

 

Don’t know if you want to say Fix but I could see Fury being stopped on a cut against Wallin if he was just another fighter.

 

I’m not sure I get the Hagler and Hearns example.

Hagler and Hearns massacred Hamsho and Hutchings respectively. There’s no way either fighter could have lost to those guys. Hagler had already dominated Hamsho once before and Hutchings was pretty much a sacrificial lamb to a Hearns who was firing on all cylinders after the Duran KO win.

I don’t think anyone needed to talk to either Hamsho or Hutchings. Hagler and Hearns were just ready to take care of business.

 

Briggs getting the win over Foreman so the fight with Lewis could happen.

 

Wait- to clarify are you a girl who became a man? Sorry, I hope I’m not being disrespectful.

 

A couple of examples:

1) Federico Thompson v Gaspar Ortega - This was an unbelievably stupid gamble for Thompson to be taking on Ortega when he had a world title shot at Benny Paret coming up in 6 weeks. I scored the fight 5-4-1 for Ortega, as did the AP. So, to be fair, it was a very close fight. However, the fight took place in MSG and the upcoming title fight was also in MSG. All a part of an MSG promotion. Clearly, I wouldn't call this a robbery but I would call this favorable judging to keep the title fight/promotion on track.

2) Mustafa Hamsho v Curtis Parker I - 2 judges scored this 5-4-1 for Hamsho and the third judge had it 7-3 for Parker. I've seen this fight twice and there is no way Hamsho won. I had it 6-2-2 for Parker and have never seen or spoken to anyone who had it for Hamsho. I once read that Parker said the Hamsho already had been signed to fight Hagler at the time. I can't see that because he still had to fight Alan Minter before signing for the title fight later in the year. But clearly there was a promotional trajectory in place for Hamsho. So I would once again call this favorable judging (Richard F Murry, who scored for Parker clearly didn't get the memo) because I felt this actually was a robbery.

3) Rubin Carter v Holly Mims - this one's a little different. The story on this fight was that Holly Mims came in as a late substitute to fight carter and Carter raised holy hell when he heard he was fighting a cutie like Mims. Again, the story goes, that Teddy Brenner, MSG matchmaker, had to settle Carter down by saying to him, "Rubin...you...can't...lose!" Now Mims dropped Carter in the 4th, but took his foot off the gas in the 5th and 6th which was a bit funny. Mims supposedly said after the fight about his 4th round knockdown, "I at least like to let them know I was there." In this case there was nothing wrong with the judging (I personally scored it 8-2 for Carter) but did Mims have the cuffs on? Like Hamsho, there was a promotional trajectory in place. Carter was really being promoted by MSG as a box office star. Especially after his near-decapitation of Florentino Fernandez. So it's up to the individual to draw their own conclusions.