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SaadOffTheDeck wrote:

Trent wrote:I still think Geale would give GGG a good match, has good boxing skill and a good chin, could really push ggg into the later rounds and see what he is made of. I'd still like to see Geale fight GGG.

He'd be done inside of 5 rounds. Geale, or Barker, would be an underdog against Macklin.

I don't know about underdog, but I'd pick Macklin over either of them. I think they'd be close fights though just like the Geale/Barker fight was.

Interestingly enough, the judge who scored the bout 114-113 Barker gave him the final round, even though he was seemingly rocked multiple times and gotten the better of.

crusader wrote:Interestingly enough, the judge who scored the bout 114-113 Barker gave him the final round, even though he was seemingly rocked multiple times and gotten the better of.

That's ridiculous. That's like Duane Ford, who gave the 12th to Taylor in the first Hopkins fight.

Rover wrote:

Trent wrote:I had Geale winning. Barker missed most of his punches and never hurt Geale once. You have to really beat the champ to take his title IMO

He's the champ; so what? That isn't part of the scoring criteria.

It's not, but I do gotta say, if I'm watching a round and it seemed dead even to me and I can't pick a winner. I give it to the Champion by default more often than not.

Rare that this is the case though, almost always I have a pretty clear opinion on who I think got a round and why.

gilgamesh wrote:

Rover wrote:

Trent wrote:I had Geale winning. Barker missed most of his punches and never hurt Geale once. You have to really beat the champ to take his title IMO

He's the champ; so what? That isn't part of the scoring criteria.

It's not, but I do gotta say, if I'm watching a round and it seemed dead even to me and I can't pick a winner. I give it to the Champion by default more often than not.

Rare that this is the case though, almost always I have a pretty clear opinion on who I think got a round and why.

If I think a round's even, I score it even, as I did for the first last night which wound up the reason I had the fight a draw.