handsofstone wrote:I had it 117-112 Saunders,i was also surprised it was that close,although my scorecard was wide, it wasnt that i thought Billy Joe totally dominated the fight,my score was quite flattering at first glance,i just thought they were a lot of close hustling rounds and i just preferred Saunders neater work but it was a hard fight to score and im certain every round i scored,roughly 50% of you guys agreed with me
Also in my defence,id watched Skys show the night before in its entirety inc red button went to bed,got up and watched all BN show,putting up with some stinkers(Gavin/Barnes=worst fight ive seen) so by the time Ryder fight was on,i was pretty deflated
Well matched them 2 though,no doubt about it,despite my scorecard
I had it for Saunders by 2 rounds and pretty much everyone around me ringside had a similar scorecard (i.e. for Saunders by a small margin). The rounds which Ryder won were won easily (i.e. they were won by a big margin) but they still count as a 10-9. Therefore if someone watched the fight without scoring individual rounds then it would appear as if Ryder won the fight but on a round by round basis I definitely had Saunders ahead. I think the judges' scorecards were spot on.
Scored it RBR and had it to Ryder but Ryder needed a bigger 10 and 11. If he gave it then BJS might not have finished the fight. It was a really good fight though and one where you can't complain either way.