Cap wrote:All the best to your lad. Canada's Steve Molitor went over to Bligthy and beat the hometown boy, so it can be done. Let's hope this time it's not a case of having to knock the bloke out to get a draw!DD
Wonder who the judges are going to be?
Cap
Cap,
I guess it's a bit tough to categorise and maybe even slight the judges, who will work this event, but in the past, quite a few Aussie's have travelled to the UK for Commonwealth title fights, only to be robbed blind. However back then, it was also the old system where the referee was also the only Judge, and often, they favoured the local, again not everytime, but there have been some absolute shockers.
I attended a few Commonwealth Council meetings and fought as hard as i could to get the system changed, I have some good friends within the Council, and they simply would not change the system citing that's the way they score their fights in the UK and that's the way it'll stay.
Eventually they bowed to pressure from most of the other Commonwealth countries and changed to the fairer 4 man panel, which just bought them in-line with the rest of the world, It's such a shame that we often think of the system in the UK as being unfair and even slightly corrupt as a result, because there are some very good officials over there, who take their job seriously, but as in all countries, there are those who just don't get it, and want to do things their way.
As i said earlier, on face value and everything being equal, If Fletcher fights to his natural ability and Saunders fights to his, then i truly believe that Jarrod wins, by the slimmest of margins, they're that close, they are both good athletes, and as in most cases, it will come down to whose feeling better on the night and who has a good night at the office.
So lets just hope the Officials assigned to this fight, just do their job without favour or bias and we end up with a good result, no matter which way the result goes, provided it's the correct decision, naturally, being an Aussie, i hope Fletch get's up, but all the best to them both.