oliverc wrote:I am tired by the BBB of C's refusal to deal with serial incompetence, I am tired with poor officiating (which almost always exclusively benefiting the home fighter), I am tired of the promoter who can not be named, I am tired of a particular personality who purports to be a plain speaking messiah but is little more than a dimwitted cockney loudmouth, I am tired of apologists and company men
Well said. Journalists cannot form objective opinions if they are financially linked to parties involved in the subject matter. It renders whatever they say pretty meaningless, for me. I haven't exactly trawled the internet looking for objective opinions of what happened during the Maccarinelli v McPhilbin first round - I don't need to, I can see what happened and form my own.
It's interesting that the BBC don't even mention it in their poxy little piece on the fight. Why? It was certainly the most interesting thing that happened. Shame on the BBC. Or whoever is supplying the BBC with their news.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/boxing/17495987
Also, when certain 'journalists' use their 'i know all about boxing, trust me' spiel to try and guide reader opinion rather than present the facts, it's particularly insulting. A decent journalist would have got their stopwatch out, and timed the fkin round themselves to try and explain what happened, rather than just look at the TV channel's clock (which was all over the place).
The first round was 2.18 in when the bell is first sounded. The bell was rung again 5.5 seconds after that.
The break was 42 seconds long from the first bell. That makes 3 minutes, and presumably that's why most people went with the 'no conspiracy theory' theory. Which is opinion, not fact.
To quote Bunce in an article for the 'independent':
"I have to say that, from my ringside seat, the man in charge of the bell looked a bit shell-shocked and that can happen to people at big fights in small venues when it seems that everybody is screaming down your ear"
Who did it 'seem' was screaming down the timekeepers ear then?
To stop the first round at 2.18, straight after Maccarinelli had risen gingerly from a count, and has no chance of lasting another 42 seconds, looks very suspect indeed. Not saying it is, I'm saying that's how it looks to me. Regardless of the short break.
