Who scored it for Eubank Jr?

[Deserter]

I only ask as I've just read Kevin Mitchell's report for The Observer and he seems to be on a completely different planet to everyone else and had Eubank Jr as the winner...

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2018/ ... ght-report

I've always enjoyed Mitchell's writing, but he seems to be an appalling judge of fights, as this is far from the first time he seems to have watched a completely different bout to everyone else.

[jamamb]

ive always found mitchell awful and extremely biased with reporting and judging

[jamamb]

From this vantage point at ringside, the first semi-final was closer than two of the three judges reckoned. Howard Foster scored it 117-112 and Steve Gray had 116-112, both for the winner, while Marcus McDonnell’s card of 115-113 for Groves was closer to many estimates

ya kev, everyone had it like you

i think he likes to be different

groves won clear as day, i hadnt seen a card not for him till you mentioned mitchell

[Deserter]

i hadnt seen a card not for him till you mentioned mitchell

Same here, which is why I was so astonished. He's getting absolutely rinsed in the comments section of the article (rightly so).

[Cas]

Clear as day Groves won. Eubank was also knocked down twice which weren't counted.

Kev perhaps needs to go to specsaver?

[jamamb]

ya just read the comments, there bang on. id bet mitchell is the type not to give a sh!t though

had pac beating mayweather too

[jonnyyorkshu]

He should stick to cockfeeding

[ClivePatrickLyons]

I had it about the same as the judge who had it 115/113 for Grove the commentators ruined the viewing they had the fight over by rounds 6/7 they need to call the fight not predict what the outcome while the fights on i had to turn the volume down by round 9 there were some close rounds especially early round 5 i thought Eubank won that round clearly but one of the commentators had Grove winning it Eubank tactics were dumb but still George did enough to get the nod.

[tobyh5]

He should stick to cockfeeding

You know this is a different Kevin Mitchell?

[samwbr]

He still thinks Manny beat Floyd

[afcpaul]

He should stick to cockfeeding

You know this is a different Kevin Mitchell?

Not Dagenhams (the nam) finest ?.

[keirw]

116-112 was pretty generous towards Eubank, 115-113 was a joke.

Did anyone else feel that there were 3 knockdowns that should have been scored against Eubank?

If they had, my score would have been something like 188-109.

Eubank has a great many physical attributes and is an excellent athlete, but he will never be an elite level boxer due to his and his father's arrogance.

[jamamb]

now i did think groves dominated, but i didnt think he won it quite by 79 points

there couldve been kds called, yes, one from a jab even

[Boxerbeetle]

116-112 was pretty generous towards Eubank, 115-113 was a joke.

Did anyone else feel that there were 3 knockdowns that should have been scored against Eubank?

If they had, my score would have been something like 188-109.

Eubank has a great many physical attributes and is an excellent athlete, but he will never be an elite level boxer due to his and his father's arrogance.

A bit generous to Groves there, mate

[BitPlayer]

The people that felt Eubank won are holding their own press conference.


No way did he win

[Twinkle Toes]

I think Eubank Jr scored it for himself. No one else did other than this guy.

It's the Guardian, no surprise. Groves would be 6 down before the fight even started.

[bripez]

The Eubanks are a pair of ruthless narcissistic fookers (and I was a big fan of senior in his heyday).

After the fight rather than wishing Groves well the first thing Junior said was if Groves has hurt his shoulder does that mean that I box in the final?

Hopefully it doesn't, and without this tournament format the Eubanks are going to find it very difficult to get managers and promoters to deal with them as they are so difficult.

[rhino222]

I had Groves by 2 points at the end. He was 3 up before the last which I gave to CEJ

Boxing is as always very subjective.

[punchers chance]

The Fight Score app collected 430 scores and their collated score is on the link below.
Based on a majority vote for each round they had it 118-110 Groves with Eubank getting the nod from the viewers for rounds 9 and 12 only.
The widest rounds for Groves were 1 & 2 followed by 10 & 11.

This sort of group voting can be manipulated of course as fans of one fighter can vote blindly for their favourite every round but I think this is a pretty fair summary of the fight I saw too.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DWRurnXXkAEoOpv.jpg

[Terminator666]

Can’t believe I thought Eubank could win this- totally exposed- did anyone on here give him more than two rounds?

[jamamb]

The Fight Score app collected 430 scores and their collated score is on the link below.
Based on a majority vote for each round they had it 118-110 Groves with Eubank getting the nod from the viewers for rounds 9 and 12 only.
The widest rounds for Groves were 1 & 2 followed by 10 & 11.

This sort of group voting can be manipulated of course as fans of one fighter can vote blindly for their favourite every round but I think this is a pretty fair summary of the fight I saw too.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DWRurnXXkAEoOpv.jpg

118-110 is how i had it to. personally i think the closest possible is 116-112

[Nightmare Roy]

I only ask as I've just read Kevin Mitchell's report for The Observer and he seems to be on a completely different planet to everyone else and had Eubank Jr as the winner...

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2018/ ... ght-report

I've always enjoyed Mitchell's writing, but he seems to be an appalling judge of fights, as this is far from the first time he seems to have watched a completely different bout to everyone else.

He doesn't know his arse from his elbow, he also said PAC beat Floyd, thank fcuk he isn't a judge.

[keirw]

116-112 was pretty generous towards Eubank, 115-113 was a joke.

Did anyone else feel that there were 3 knockdowns that should have been scored against Eubank?

If they had, my score would have been something like 188-109.

Eubank has a great many physical attributes and is an excellent athlete, but he will never be an elite level boxer due to his and his father's arrogance.

A bit generous to Groves there, mate

Perhaps, but I did only gave Eubank 2 rounds with maybe a share of 1.
The knokdowns weren't counted so my score was more like 118-111.
116-112 is a bit of a stretch, but not a terrible card. 120-108 would be just as accurate in my eyes.

[Boxerbeetle]

116-112 was pretty generous towards Eubank, 115-113 was a joke.

Did anyone else feel that there were 3 knockdowns that should have been scored against Eubank?

If they had, my score would have been something like 188-109.

Eubank has a great many physical attributes and is an excellent athlete, but he will never be an elite level boxer due to his and his father's arrogance.

A bit generous to Groves there, mate

Perhaps, but I did only gave Eubank 2 rounds with maybe a share of 1.
The knokdowns weren't counted so my score was more like 118-111.
116-112 is a bit of a stretch, but not a terrible card. 120-108 would be just as accurate in my eyes.

I actually scored it 118-110 Groves, I was just making a crap joke about your 188 typo

[Taansend]

116-112 was pretty generous towards Eubank, 115-113 was a joke.

Did anyone else feel that there were 3 knockdowns that should have been scored against Eubank?

If they had, my score would have been something like 188-109.

Eubank has a great many physical attributes and is an excellent athlete, but he will never be an elite level boxer due to his and his father's arrogance.

A bit generous to Groves there, mate

Perhaps, but I did only gave Eubank 2 rounds with maybe a share of 1.
The knokdowns weren't counted so my score was more like 118-111.
116-112 is a bit of a stretch, but not a terrible card. 120-108 would be just as accurate in my eyes.

Have another look

You've given Groves EIGHTEEN rounds