Controversial Decisions in boxing

[Davidreed]

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1)Timothy Bradley Defeats Manny Pacquiao, 2012

2) Oscar De La Hoya Defeats Pernell Whitaker, 1997

3) Joe Louis Defeats Jersey Joe Walcott, 1947

4) Floyd Mayweather Defeats Jose Luis Castillo, 2002

5) Pernell Whitaker and Julio Cesar Chavez Draw, 1993

6) Sugar Ray Leonard and Tommy Hearns Draw, 1989

[Rexob]

The biggest rip off of that list, was when sugar ray, got gifted a draw?Hearns absolutely dominated leonard that night proving that leonard got lucky the first time.

[yancey]

The biggest rip off of that list, was when sugar ray, got gifted a draw?Hearns absolutely dominated leonard that night proving that leonard got lucky the first time.

Agree that Tommy got screwed big time in the second Leonard-Hearns fight.

Add Ellis-Patterson to the list.

[SaadOffTheDeck]

Mayweather/Castillo was close, though I scored it for JLC.

Never seen the entire Louis/Walcott fight but what I did jersey was winning.

The rest were all jobs. Whitaker got it even worse from ramirez.

Everett/Escalera & Burnett/Spinks are the first two that come to mind for me. Hagler/Antuofermo is another.

[gilgamesh]

What's your views about these controversies? You can also share your list.

1)Timothy Bradley Defeats Manny Pacquiao, 2012

2) Oscar De La Hoya Defeats Pernell Whitaker, 1997

3) Joe Louis Defeats Jersey Joe Walcott, 1947

4) Floyd Mayweather Defeats Jose Luis Castillo, 2002

5) Pernell Whitaker and Julio Cesar Chavez Draw, 1993

6) Sugar Ray Leonard and Tommy Hearns Draw, 1989

1. Pacquiao 117-111 (I had Bradley winning the last 3 rounds, Pac winning the rest)

2. Pernell Whitaker 115-112

3. Never saw this fight

4. Castillo 115-111 (I had Floyd winning the first 4 rounds I believe)

5. Never saw this fight

6. Hearns 114-112

[gilgamesh]

Not especially high profile fights, but 2 of the worst robberies I've ever seen were...

Richar Abril vs Brandon Rios (I thought Abril won either 11 or 12 rounds...he still lost a Split Decision to Rios)

Tyson Cave vs Oscar Escandon (Cave dominated the fight, winning every single round. Escandon got the decision)

Robberies can't get any worse than that.

[King Carlos]

The biggest rip off of that list, was when sugar ray, got gifted a draw?Hearns absolutely dominated leonard that night proving that leonard got lucky the first time.

[King Carlos]

Not especially high profile fights, but 2 of the worst robberies I've ever seen were...

Richar Abril vs Brandon Rios (I thought Abril won either 11 or 12 rounds...he still lost a Split Decision to Rios)

Tyson Cave vs Oscar Escandon (Cave dominated the fight, winning every single round. Escandon got the decision)

Robberies can't get any worse than that.

Oh, they can. Skip to about 11:40.

https://youtu.be/0xa1uT8fcLs

[gilgamesh]

Not especially high profile fights, but 2 of the worst robberies I've ever seen were...

Richar Abril vs Brandon Rios (I thought Abril won either 11 or 12 rounds...he still lost a Split Decision to Rios)

Tyson Cave vs Oscar Escandon (Cave dominated the fight, winning every single round. Escandon got the decision)

Robberies can't get any worse than that.

Oh, they can. Skip to about 11:40.

https://youtu.be/0xa1uT8fcLs

Wow...un-f*cking-believable. Talk about hometown officiating.

[SaadOffTheDeck]

Not especially high profile fights, but 2 of the worst robberies I've ever seen were...

Richar Abril vs Brandon Rios (I thought Abril won either 11 or 12 rounds...he still lost a Split Decision to Rios)

Tyson Cave vs Oscar Escandon (Cave dominated the fight, winning every single round. Escandon got the decision)

Robberies can't get any worse than that.

Oh, they can. Skip to about 11:40.

https://youtu.be/0xa1uT8fcLs

Wow...un-f*cking-believable. Talk about hometown officiating.

Everett was in his hometown when he won 12 or 13 rounds and lost the decision. To make matters worse, his girl killed him after she caught him with a tranny.

[littlepug]

Eubank v close
Eubank v Watson 1
Eubank v Benn 2
Fury v McDermott 1
Chisora v helenuis

[ClivePatrickLyons]

Pacquiao won clearly un dec Bradley
De La Hoya draw Whitaker
Walcott won clearly un dec Louis
Mayweather won close dec 1/2 Point's Castillo
Whitaker won clearly un dec Chavez Sr
Hearns Clearly won clearly un dec Leonard

[Ambling Alp II]

Never saw Pac-Bradley
DLH 114-112 over Whitaker
Never saw Walcott-Louis I
Castillo 117-111 over Mayweather
Whitaker 118-110 over Chavez
Leonard-Hearns 112-112

[Scypion]

Robinson/Fullmer 3. For the NBA version of the middleweight title. I watched that fight and was sure that Robinson was going to get the decision for his 6th middleweight title. The fight was called a draw, so Fullmer kept the title. Ray Robinson was 39 years old at the time.

Robinson/Pender. Both fights. It looked to me like the only time Pender did any fighting was in clinches where he continually hit Robinson with rabbit punches. Both fights were in Pender's home town of Boston, so Paul Pender got both decisions.

[Bodyshot3]

Eubank v close
Eubank v Watson 1
Eubank v Benn 2
Fury v McDermott 1
Chisora v helenuis

Yup, Ray Close should be enjoying all the glory and benefits of being a former world champ right now...rather than being an ex-Eubank opponent.

[Nightgaunt]

Sven Ottkes entire career.

[elmersalsa]

Robinson/Fullmer 3. For the NBA version of the middleweight title. I watched that fight and was sure that Robinson was going to get the decision for his 6th middleweight title. The fight was called a draw, so Fullmer kept the title. Ray Robinson was 39 years old at the time.

Robinson/Pender. Both fights. It looked to me like the only time Pender did any fighting was in clinches where he continually hit Robinson with rabbit punches. Both fights were in Pender's home town of Boston, so Paul Pender got both decisions.

I remember watching Robinson vs Fullmer III on ESPNClassic and clearly, in my view, I saw Sugar Ray winning that fight.

I have never seen Robinson vs Pender fights.

[Rexob]

Hagler vs Leonard another gifted decision given to the sugar man

[Rexob]

Jimmy Vincent vs David Barnes, Vincent got totally ripped off that night very poor decision!

[Rexob]

Richie Woodhall vs Glenn Catley Home town decision for Woodhall.

[Rexob]

Recent fight, Sam Sheedy vs Navid Mansouri, god knows what the judges where watching? Sheedy got ripped off!

[man]

leonard got lucky the first time.

no. it was a tactical master piece.

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What's your views about these controversies? You can also share your list.

1)Timothy Bradley Defeats Manny Pacquiao, 2012

2) Oscar De La Hoya Defeats Pernell Whitaker, 1997

3) Joe Louis Defeats Jersey Joe Walcott, 1947

4) Floyd Mayweather Defeats Jose Luis Castillo, 2002

5) Pernell Whitaker and Julio Cesar Chavez Draw, 1993

6) Sugar Ray Leonard and Tommy Hearns Draw, 1989

Number 5 is the biggest rip-off of the lot, possibly of all time.

Whitaker beat Chavez without any doubt whatsover.

Number 6 is a curious one, because although I think Tommy won the fight, it's closer than many believe it to be.

Leonard fought back well & it was fortunate for Tommy that he learned how to clinch, otherwise he would have been toppled again.

[giacomino]

Of the six listed, I didn't think De La Hoya over Whitaker was horrible, just the scoring was. Thought Castillo beat Money, but something like 115-113.

Campillo getting his lt. Heavy belt taken by two crooked judges and given to Shumenov in 2010 remains the worst scoring/theft I have seen in the past 20 years. You'd probably have to be on crack to give Shumenov more than two or three rounds, but one judge had him taking nine of 12. Apparently for standing up to a one-sided beating.

[gilgamesh]

Manuel Medina vs Johnny Tapia was a bad one

The Draw in the 2nd Rahman vs Tua fight was pretty bad. I thought fat Rahman took the fight