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APerno wrote:

montrealsuper wrote:

Tony1244 wrote:
You misread the thread; it's not outcomes you didn't like.

Fights can be fixed in a multitude of ways. It's not always a mutual fix or a dive. It can be like Lewis vs Holy I where Holy knew if he just played it safe and lasted 12, King had the judges under control.

I looked at the two judges, one who score for Holyfield (Eugenia Williams) and the other who called it a draw (Larry O'Connell) - nothing much stands out in Eugenia Williams history that makes him look crooked, or even having a any history with King fighters. (A more knowledgeable eye might see more.) Eugenia Williams does seem to spend a lot of time in New Jersey

Larry O'Connell on the other hand does have one odd decision - He is out of step with the others judges on the (1999) De La Hoya-Quartey bout; but did King have a contract with Ike Quarterly or De La Hoya? - If King was promoting De La Hoya then he certainly wouldn't have like O'Connell's decision.

Earlier (1998) O'Connell had Gonzalez over Chavez; was King still promoting Chavez in 1998, because if so King certainly couldn't have liked that call.

I don't see which judges you feel Don King had in his pocket. - I do agree with your assessment that fights can be 'fixed' at many levels. I like to reserve the word fixed for 'dives' - fights where the gambling crowed has taken an interest. - But no doubt fixing judges is as old as the game itself.

Chippo wrote:

Controversial wrote:Haye was investigated after the Audley Harrison fight and was reprimanded for saying he made a lot of money after betting on a 3rd round win. It was quite bizarre how nothing happened for two rounds and then it came alive in the 3rd. Match fixing is rife in a lot of sports.

Is this fixing though? It would have been fixing if Audrey had agreed to take a dive in the third but I'm not sure what Haye did qualifies as illegal or not?