Why did anyone give Arthur the 3rd rd.?

Aren't we all my good man.

 

I might be in the minority but I felt the early rounds and the later rounds were close. There were some clear going either way in the mid rounds but at the end of this fight I found it hard to split them.

 

You're saying round 3 is a clear round for Bivol but that's false none of the 3 judges gave Bivol the 3rd round and many members here scored the round for Beterbiev so clearly it's not a clear round for Bivol

The punchstats also had Beterbiev landing more punches in the 3rd round which are not totally reliable but you can make of that what you will.

I'm not rewatching the fight because the fight itself didn't do much for me and i have no interest in watching it again.

Judges are not allowed to rewatch a fight when scoring a fight so I'm sticking with my original scorecard of 114-114 with Beterbiev winning the 3rd round.

 

Read my post above again.

 

@bandeedo

In round 2 I got the feeling that Bivol had settled. That he had set up shop and was going to control the spirit of the fight off the back foot. At the end of round 3 the complexion of the fight changed. Beterbiev started to bully Bivol and Bivol then surrendered the middle of the ring. From that point on, for the rest of most of the fight, Beterbiev looked like the boss.

 

How about the 9th?

 

Oh man watching it just now thats such an obvious Bivol round! There's no way that can go to Beterbiev! Impossible!

 

Its criminal to give this round to Artur

 

Pro boxing isn't scored by tallying up punches. It's scored on a 10 point must system. At the end of round 3 Bivol surrendered the middle of the ring and got pushed back the rest of the fight. Which is why he lost on the cards.