38 Boxing writers Score Burns-Crawford

[fightscorecollector]

How did you all score the fight??, should be fairly straight forward scoring in this one.

Who would you like both guys to fight next??

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[JimStone]

I gave it to Crawford 119-109.

[handsofstone]

Crawford 119-110

[Final round]

119-110

[reggaereggae]

I thought it was much closer and the commentary was very biased. 116-112 seemed about right

[expe]

116-113

[expe]

I thought it was much closer and the commentary was very biased. 116-112 seemed about right

Yes, Burns missed a lot, but Crawford didn't throw much in some of the rounds, he probably nicked a couple purely on workrate.

[Finn]

I thought it was much closer and the commentary was very biased. 116-112 seemed about right

Yes, Burns missed a lot, but Crawford didn't throw much in some of the rounds, he probably nicked a couple purely on workrate.

I thought many of the rounds were close but Crawford still won them, i only gave Burns 2 or 3 rounds from what i remember.

[crusader]

I thought it was much closer and the commentary was very biased. 116-112 seemed about right

Yes, Burns missed a lot, but Crawford didn't throw much in some of the rounds, he probably nicked a couple purely on workrate.

Crawford landed more in pretty much every round, even when his workrate is low. Ricky doesn't deserve rounds just for throwing.

116-112 and 116-113 do not seem about right to me.

[johnreilly]

I had it 119-111, round 3 to Burns and round 11 even, the rest to Crawford. Crawford was in control almost for the whole fight and Burns didn't seem to come close to causing him any problems. Commentry was very annoying with Watt going on about Crawford boxing southpaw. He was using it to good effect, keeping Burns out of range and controlling the pace, then switching back to orthodox to deliver fast hard hits to back Burns up.

[jamiedavies02]

I scored it in a very pro-Burns manner, giving every round you could make a case for Burns for for him...

Still had it 115-113 Crawford.

[Final round]

Burns said the ref kept breaking them up and wouldn't let him work on the inside.

[whiskey]

116-113

Wow, just wow.

[TheGman]

Burns lost nearly every round,he was fightin like a guy scared to throw a shot cause he would get countered. Nit the burns of old or just crawford is that tricky and slick.

[forcefraser]

119-110. It was a very clear victory for Crawford. Poor display by Burns.

[Bard of Boxrec]

119-110. It was a very clear victory for Crawford. Poor display by Burns.

Don't see what Burns could have done differently at all.

I think I had it 10-2 Crawford and those two could have gone either way. Burns didn't clearly win any round.

[expe]

119-110. It was a very clear victory for Crawford. Poor display by Burns.

Don't see what Burns could have done differently at all.

I think I had it 10-2 Crawford and those two could have gone either way. Burns didn't clearly win any round.

Would have liked to see him try and walk through Crawford's punches to try and grind him down, but maybe he felt like the punches would fall short because Crawford used the reach advantage really well.

[Final round]

119-110. It was a very clear victory for Crawford. Poor display by Burns.

Don't see what Burns could have done differently at all.

I think I had it 10-2 Crawford and those two could have gone either way. Burns didn't clearly win any round.

Done more work on the inside

[Datsue]

119-110. It was a very clear victory for Crawford. Poor display by Burns.

Don't see what Burns could have done differently at all.

I think I had it 10-2 Crawford and those two could have gone either way. Burns didn't clearly win any round.

Done more work on the inside

He'd have to learn to fight on the inside first.

That quote about the ref breaking it up is hilarious-he did nothing but either stand there with the earmuffs on or flail about to grab hold. The Yank was the only one willing & able to work inside.

[expe]

Don't see what Burns could have done differently at all.

I think I had it 10-2 Crawford and those two could have gone either way. Burns didn't clearly win any round.

Done more work on the inside

He'd have to learn to fight on the inside first.

That quote about the ref breaking it up is hilarious-he did nothing but either stand there with the earmuffs on or flail about to grab hold. The Yank was the only one willing & able to work inside.

Hardly noticed the ref, apart from Jim Watt suggesting point deductions, he left them to it for the most part, the right way for me.

[Final round]

He'd have to learn to fight on the inside first.

That quote about the ref breaking it up is hilarious-he did nothing but either stand there with the earmuffs on or flail about to grab hold. The Yank was the only one willing & able to work inside.

Exactly but at least he's realised the lack of inside work was an issue in the fight but he's laying the blame in the wrong place