Worst scorecards ever

Ken Morita (from Japan) had Mike Tyson ahead 87-86 going into the 10th round against Buster Douglas.
That's probably the worst card ever.

The other Japanese judge Masakazu Uchida had it 86-86 which might possibly be the second worst card ever.

 

Yeah, it's not indefensible to score even rounds. Sometimes an even round is just that - usually in opening rounds where not a lot tends to happen and fighters are still going through the feeling out process. But obviously in the Duran-Leonard fight, whilst it was close and competitive, it wasn't that hard to pick a winner of most of the rounds.

 

Duke McKenzie v Jesse Benavides - although I scored the bout 116-113 for Benavides, I can see a partial set of judges coming up with something close for McKenzie. But one judge had it 118-110 for Duke. Even the British commentary team had Benavides the winner.

Angel Espada v Clyde Gray - one judge had Espada the winner by a score of 148-134 (which I can't make heads or tails of). On another site, three of us tackled this fight and all three of us had Gray the winner.

Guts Ishimatsu v Rodolfo Gonzalez II - we spoke earlier of judges like Angelo Poletti who were just fence-sitters throughout a fight. Well in Guts-Gonzalez II, all three judges were Japanese and they just straddled that fence for all they were worth. In rounds I had it 9-0-2 for Gonzalez because Guts stayed on his bike throughout the contest, doing little, and Gonzalez chased and pot-shotted when and where he could. In rounds, Guts' countrymen scored it 1-1-9, 2-2-7 and 1-0-10 (that last one was for Gonzalez).

 

Duran beat the **** out of Leonard for at least 8 rounds and won several more. Atrocious scorecard.

 

Michael Spinks vs. Eddie Davis

Judge: Joe Cortez 119-109 Spinks
Judge: Carol Castellano 115-114 Spinks
Judge: Larry Hazzard 118-111 Spinks

Castellano's card is the only sane one.

 

That was ridiculous. I remember the criticism at the time, and how people were relieved that Douglas stopped Tyson, to prevent what would have been one of the worst robbery decisions ever.

The only round Tyson won was when he dropped Douglas in the 8th, after losing the first 2:55 of the round.

If you are generous, you could find maybe one other close round to give to Tyson, making it 87-83 Douglas.

 

Hey man, you can copy my homework, but be subtle about it, ok?