Will the Alvarez v Golovkin scoring be fair to Alvarez?

[leejonesjnr]

Alvarez didn't get a draw, he lost against Mayweather. The contest is scored by 3 judges to get a result, or do you also say that De La Hoya won against Mayweather?

No, I don't say that DLH won against Mayweather; what happened there was the most popular bankable fighter in the world got the benefit of a dodgy scorecard in a fight he definitely didn't win.

Which if you change the names, reminds me eerily of this fight!

If Mayweather & DLH fought again, though, I wouldn't go around hand-wringing going "Well perhaps Mayweather will stand to benefit in the scoring even if he loses 'cos one judge was blind the other way last time", which it seems to me is what you're going on about.

No, the idea I put forward is incredibly simple.
Given the massive, yet false’ ‘Golovkin was robbed’ perception, I wondered if it may transpire that in an effort to be seen as utterly neutral and fair, judges may actually end up with a pro Golovkin bias.

[samwbr]

He was robbed, it's not a false perception.

[Stuarty]

I had GGG winning the first fight 7-5 but Alvarez fought and moved well. I can see Alvarez getting the nod in any close rounds here though. He won't need to worry about getting jobbed.