Which is the Biggest Robbery in the Last Decade

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  1. asero

    asero Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    http://thedailysportsherald.blogspot.com/2008/11/greatest-boxing-robberies-of-last.html



    here is the top 4 biggest robbery according to the list..


    LEWIS v. HOLYFIELD I (HEAVYWEIGHT) - 1999
    (Draw)


    MOSLEY v. DE LA HOYA (WELTERWEIGHT) - 1999
    (Unanimous Decision)


    TRINIDAD v. DE LA HOYA (WELTERWEIGHT) - 1999
    (Majority Decision)

    MAYWEATHER JR. V. CASTILLO I (LIGHTWEIGHT)- 2004
    (Unanimous Decision)




    which fight do you think is the biggest robbery?
     
  2. BigBone

    BigBone Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Sturm-De La Hoya, Holyfield-Valuev, Lewis-Holyfield 1 (well, it's another decade), Santa Cruz-Casamayor, all bigger than your suggestions IMO.
     
  3. Ponysmallhorse

    Ponysmallhorse Small but proud Full Member

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    Every of last Valuev fight.
     
  4. asero

    asero Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    it's not my list...it's dailysportsherald
     
  5. Arran

    Arran Boxing Junkie banned

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    Sturm v ODLH should be right up there
     
  6. BigBone

    BigBone Boxing Addict Full Member

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    It has a top10 list. I think DLH-Sturm wins it.
     
  7. Brickhaus

    Brickhaus Packs the house Full Member

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    Holyfield-Lewis I was more than a decade ago at this point. To call some of those fights named in the article robberies is ridiculous though. Close fights, sure. Controversial fights, sure. But half the fights named in that article were far from being robberies.

    Anyway, my vote would go to Sturm-DLH. The fact that the author had Mosley-DLH higher than Sturm-DLH highlights that the author has no idea what a robbery is.
     
  8. asero

    asero Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    they just included high profile fights
     
  9. djm

    djm Boxing Addict Full Member

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    My thoughts exactly:
    1) Close does not equal robbery.
    2) Sturm fight too low.

    Poor article.
     
  10. KayEpps

    KayEpps Boxing Addict Full Member

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    What?

    Lewis/Holyfield by a long shot.

    I damn near shitted on myself when the results were read. Plus - I had money on that fight and walked away with nothing because of it. Still makes me mad when I think about it.

    De la Hoya/Strum was pretty bad. All of that - just for him to crawl on the floor from a B-Hop Body shot. That's what you call "For the Love of Money!"
     
  11. Fallow

    Fallow Active Member Full Member

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    Calzaghe-Hopkins was very bad, that should have been a very wide UD to Calzaghe.
     
  12. Hatesrats

    Hatesrats "I'm NOT Suprised..." Full Member

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    Out of those 4 fight's I'd have to say the Lewis fight is the least imortant (legacy wise)

    Those 2 De La Hoya fight's & the JLC fight were defo fight's that would have changed boxing history had it gone the other way, alot of big fight's made or not made cause of the results of those outcomes.
     
  13. K0NPHL1C7

    K0NPHL1C7 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    That is a terrible list. Mayweather vs. Castillo was far from a "robbery". And what about Ruiz vs. Holyfield 1 back in 2000? One of the worst decisions I have ever seen.
     
  14. P.4.P.G.O.A.T.

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  15. pauliemayweathe

    pauliemayweathe Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    I agree with PBF...close fight FARRRR from a robbery???? figueroa over augustus was the biggest I have seen lately