i think a lot of this actually happens before the fight as much as from what anyone says about the scoring afterwards- people like Bunce talking up the fight as an epic match and going to huge lengths to try to make it seem something other than a mismatch, so yeah, Bunce picked Eubank to win, other people like Bunce also do it and it creates a stupid 'buzz' before the fight where the expectation is that its a real close one not a mismatch, and people's eyes start seeing what they are told to expect not what is actually in front of them. by the way W/R/T Bunce's predictions, i no longer think he believes all of them, at all. I assume he strategically boosts the supposed chances of certauin fighters in certain fights so as not to demean the overal 'franchise' (sic) of British boxing. the irony is he does this whilst using the phrase 'lets get it right, here' about every other sentence.black panther wrote: ↑23 Feb 2018, 07:42 Thanks for all who voted. I can sleep easy knowing the whole world hasn't gone mad and at least 85% of boxrec are sane
I suppose when it comes to boxing writers ini major newspapers, they have an agenda to con the public essentially. "Look at this it's a good fight!" "Look at this it's a close fight!" You get told these things enough you will believe it - especially if you are Joe Public who only watches boxing on occassion.
they did the same before Haye-Bellew except much worse, IMO.
) too fresh, too hungry', literally not a single tangible reason he would win just this Sky-TV era 'who wants it more, heart passion, playing for the badge, its more than a fight its for LEGACY' fluff and bollocks.