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ShadrachSimmo wrote:You mean whack?

Horse wrote:

crusader wrote:He also thought Kell "shaken to his boots" Brook got the better of GGG in round one

So what? Get over it.

wesshaw1985 wrote:Does an immediate rematch go a different way?

don't call it a comeback wrote:

skanksta wrote:

don't call it a comeback wrote:Linares by one for me. Early rounds Linares, middle rounds Crolla - undone by getting caught badly in the sixth - and then final rounds Linares.

Good fight, both fighters deserve credit. Always pretty close.

The Sky commentary was irritating dribble for the most part. Adam Smith has never been able to commentate action in the ring and Malignaggi is the guy if he were a taxi driver you'd slide the partition so you don't have to listen to him warbling on in his falsetto. Froch just agrees with whatever the person who speaks before him says.

I put the commentary on mute at the halfway point - first time I've ever done that.

Waay harsh on The Magic Man - very insightful commentator for me.

Well I suppose if you really believe he was deserving of the Magic Man title you will be disposed towards him.

He says one interesting thing then follows it with repetition, exclamation and argument. He's there to add analysis but he ends up trying to commentate the whole action.

The point at which he started castigating Crolla for trying to referee the fight by calling a low blow I just had to check there weren't two Paulie's and that he really was the fighter that I remember in the ring who had no problem whinging about anything slightly south.

And then his patronising lecture began about how the if Uk really wanted to be in the first rank of boxing countries at some point in the future we would have to stamp this awful refereeing out - I started frantically searching for the mute button.

rossij8 wrote:Hate the booing

No respect

Deno1986 wrote:

expe wrote:Hopefully there's no rematch, far better fights out there for both fighters. Wasn't remotely close, Crolla had his moments but Linares was a class above throughout, had it 118-110, not sure what two of the judges and a good few on here were watching to have it so close, think Horse has been given too much ket today.

But with respect mate, do you not think that when two professional judges and the majority of people on here have it a close fight says more about your scoring? The main thing is that the right man won.

expe wrote:Given the general standard of judging I'd say that's no indication at all, John Keane should be called before the board to explain his scorecard, 115-114 was bad enough but he somehow managed to give 4 of the first 5 rounds to Crolla, hard to believe that anyone could be that incompetent. Everyone on CHB had it at least 116-112 to Linares, bar one who had it by a point and was widely ridiculed. Crolla wasn't close to winning the fight at any stage, struggle to see how anyone could give him more than 4 rounds and even that's pushing it, if there's a rematch with a fair, neutral and unbiased referee who doesn't allow Crolla to referee the fight for him he'll get stopped from the bodyshots.

Horse wrote:

ShadrachSimmo wrote:You mean whack?

No.

Ian1973 wrote:I have to admit I didn't score the fight round by round but Linares won comfortably didn't he? Watching the fight as a whole, Linares definitely won and it wasn't THAT close.

Horse wrote:

Ian1973 wrote:I have to admit I didn't score the fight round by round but Linares won comfortably didn't he? Watching the fight as a whole, Linares definitely won and it wasn't THAT close.

I thought it was close.

Ian1973 wrote:OK. Maybe if I scored it round for round it may have seemed closer?

Ian1973 wrote:I have to admit I didn't score the fight round by round but Linares won comfortably didn't he? Watching the fight as a whole, Linares definitely won and it wasn't THAT close.

Deno1986 wrote:Yes watching the fight as a whole, Linares definitely won because the rounds he won, he won impressively and he finished the last 3 rounds impressively. BUT, he did let Crolla win rounds by letting him outwork him. It's worth pointing out too that judges can't score shots when the ref calls a foul so even though they looked like good shots, they can't be considered when scoring rounds.

This is my scorecard just to show how I scored it:

1: EVEN 10-10 (this easily could have gone to JL)
2: JL 20-19
3: JL 30-28
4: AC 39-38
5: AC 48-48
6: JL 58-57
7: AC 67-67
8: AC 76-77
9: AC 85-87
10: JL 95-96
11: JL 105-105
12: JL 115-114

It's all subjective though and what you like to score in fights.