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For the last time Mitchell DID NOT get robbed by Ottke..... Buncey insunated that he did when interviewing Joe in the "joe looks back" programme shown on Setanta.... B/S. It wasn't even close.

Larsen was close (either way), Brewer 1 was close, Reid was close.... The rest were clear cut Ottke wins.

I don't think Mitchell was robbed either. I gave it to Ottke by a point or two. I don't have it an Ottke shutout. I felt it was desperately close, especially with Ottke hurt at the end...But Ottke's name is tained by the word ROBBERY, and many fighters who lost to Ottke are able to raise their stock by saying they won but weren't given the decision.

frankwarrenfan wrote:one minute he's definitely retiring the next he's changed his mind

a few years ago rjj isn't worth fighting and now it's a terrific match up

joe saying he may fight froch really means nothing at this stage

Exactley.

Interview with Joe. Sounds like retirement after Jones to me.

Autobarn wrote:I don't think Mitchell was robbed either. I gave it to Ottke by a point or two. I don't have it an Ottke shutout. I felt it was desperately close, especially with Ottke hurt at the end...But Ottke's name is tained by the word ROBBERY, and many fighters who lost to Ottke are able to raise their stock by saying they won but weren't given the decision.

I'll agree to disagree, it was a boxing lesson - I thought Ottke won 10 rounds, but I gave Mitchell the final round 10-8. It was Ottke's best performance and the one in which I thought that him vs Joe was no forgone conclusion.

I was a little frustrated in the Joe looks back show, Joe big ups the opponents that ran Ottke "close" and mentions that performance (vs Ottke) as a compliment, but throughout his career he basically labelled Ottke a joke.