I just watched and scored Martinez' fight with Cintron and had it 117-109 for Martinez. I had Cintron legitimately winning only two rounds the entire fight. Three at the very most. I had the 12th 9-9 because of the point deduction but Martinez won the rest of the round handily. That was probably the worst decision I've ever seen.
Martinez is Euro. Euro's are hated in America, at least by the American media and judges. Spain is a part of Europe.
Marquez is originally from Spain. Check it out. However, they are also biased against South Americans.
Blah, blah, blah....everybody is biased against everybody else......... can we all get past saying the same things over and over and over and over again......Not just with this fight...... There's no conspiracy in the U.S. or Germany or the U.K....... or anywhere else(don't want to offend anybody who feels like their hometown is a homerville). Boxing has a shoddy record when it comes to objectivity....until the powers that be accept a real power that can effect fundamental change, controversial decisions will continue to happen. Not to say that its right or should be, but its money that drives it, not nationality.....and money knows no difference. Can we all just stop being drama queens and crying about it for all time?
They also love Williams to an excess. Dude throws and misses a million punches and even most that land are slapping punches and he still gets points on the scorecards. Personally I had him losing this fight 8 - 4. What a shitstorm of bad decisions we've had this year.. and don't go on and tell me that many fights this year were close and they could've gone to either guy blah, blah, blah. If that's so then how come the star fighter always got the win? Diaz, Berto, Williams, Gamboa... All benefited from unjust scorecards this year. Coincidence? I think not.
You're right. It's the money. Although, I thought Williams won the fight, I could easily see it going the other way. This was a tight, tight fight and they can go either way.....and almost always to the bigger name fighter.