USA replaces Germany as #1 robbery state in the boxing world

[Jip]

i mean the main event was close, even so the clear winner was kovalev by around 2-3 rds.

but the fight before that, where the small latin guy won like 10-12 rds out of 12 and they made a draw out of it

[Freedom2013]

i mean the main event was close, even so the clear winner was kovalev by around 2-3 rds.

but the fight before that, where the small latin guy won like 10-12 rds out of 12 and they made a draw out of it

True. And yet many will deny it.

I'm fed up with boxing. I waste too much time watching it, only to see the same kind of robberies over and over again.

[Killer Blow]

That's why heavy and cruiser are the best divisions. At least most of the time they take matters into their own hands.

[Ezzard]

All sports are the same. There are countless poor decisions and home calls in every single sport.

[davie]

It happens in the USA, it happens here in the UK, it has happened in Germany and Russia.

Let's not kid on any of these major boxing nations are fair.

I'm sure Boxing Prosepct could tell us of numerous home town decisions in Tokyo

[amwsnw]

The decision was fair and correct. A close fight but the decision was the correct one.

[Jip]

yeah sure

[Keko]

people exaggerate

[Cinephile]

The champ was robbed of a career defining victory. Clearly Kovalev out worked and out landed Ward, winning atleast 6 rounds at minimum.

It's such a shame we still have hometown decisions and nationalistic bias in this day and age.

[Keko]

I don't think a close decision is a robbery.
Kov tired in the later stages.

[greg]

All sports are the same. There are countless poor decisions and home calls in every single sport.

good point!

[rd350lc]

It happens in the USA, it happens here in the UK, it has happened in Germany and Russia.

Let's not kid on any of these major boxing nations are fair.

I'm sure Boxing Prosepct could tell us of numerous home town decisions in Tokyo

Spot-on . There has been some shameful decisions in the UK of late so don't let us kid ourselves

[Enlightened-One]

These sort of threads are mildly amusing, because they're clearly created by JK Rowling-like fictional storytellers.

[ValMar]

That's why heavy and cruiser are the best divisions. At least most of the time they take matters into their own hands.

[Tanzio]

Clearly, there are a whole lot of people who have no clue about the difference between a robbery and a close decision that did not go your way. They remind me of the people protesting Trump after the election.

The only satisfactory decision would have been a draw in this case.

There is no way that Ward supporters would have raised so much stink if the decision would have gone against them because probably half of those who picked Ward wanted to see Krusher win, including Americans like me.

I admit that I felt guilty ending up with a 114-113 score for Ward because there were enough close rounds to have swung it between 115-112 either way. I was hoping for a draw if Krusher did not get the close decision.

The only way the word "robbery" can accurately be utilized regarding this fight is to describe how sourpuss Krusher fanatics are robbing us of a discussion purely focused on the great skill and heart demonstrated in that ring last night.

You remind me of a litter of piglets denied their mother's tit.

[Tanzio]

i mean the main event was close, even so the clear winner was kovalev by around 2-3 rds.

but the fight before that, where the small latin guy won like 10-12 rds out of 12 and they made a draw out of it

True. And yet many will deny it.

I'm fed up with boxing. I waste too much time watching it, only to see the same kind of robberies over and over again.

There is the door . . . don't let it hit you in the ass.

[Freedom2013]

i mean the main event was close, even so the clear winner was kovalev by around 2-3 rds.

but the fight before that, where the small latin guy won like 10-12 rds out of 12 and they made a draw out of it

True. And yet many will deny it.

I'm fed up with boxing. I waste too much time watching it, only to see the same kind of robberies over and over again.

There is the door . . . don't let it hit you in the ass.

[Tanzio]

True. And yet many will deny it.

I'm fed up with boxing. I waste too much time watching it, only to see the same kind of robberies over and over again.

There is the door . . . don't let it hit you in the ass.

For someone fed up with boxing, you sure are emotionally involved in a close loss.

[Freedom2013]

There is the door . . . don't let it hit you in the ass.

For someone fed up with boxing, you sure are emotionally involved in a close loss.

For someone who claimed to be rooting for Kovalev, you sure are determined to defend the robbery.

[Tanzio]

For someone fed up with boxing, you sure are emotionally involved in a close loss.

For someone who claimed to be rooting for Kovalev, you sure are determined to defend the robbery.

What robbery?

[G.McClellan]

Disgraceful decisions happen across the globe. America isn't alone in that sense.

Anyone who claims Ward won the fight, could only do so if they ignore Kovalev's contribution. There is talk of close rounds, but as the Champion and the aggressor in the fight, doesn't Kovalev get the benefit of the doubt?

You have to stray too far from any sense of objectivity to agree with this decision. That's the problem I have with it.

[G.McClellan]

Disgraceful decisions happen across the globe. America isn't alone in that sense.

Anyone who claims Ward won the fight, could only do so if they ignore Kovalev's contribution. There is talk of close rounds, but as the Champion and the aggressor in the fight, doesn't Kovalev get the benefit of the doubt?

You have to stray too far from any sense of objectivity, to agree with this decision. That's the problem I have with it.

[Tanzio]

Disgraceful decisions happen across the globe. America isn't alone in that sense.

Anyone who claims Ward won the fight, could only do so if they ignore Kovalev's contribution. There is talk of close rounds, but as the Champion and the aggressor in the fight, doesn't Kovalev get the benefit of the doubt?

You have to stray too far from any sense of objectivity to agree with this decision. That's the problem I have with it.

There is no benefit of the doubt. The rounds are scored individually. They are totalled and the result is announced.

[hoagylt]

116-111 Kov. not close at all and I bet on Ward.

[Freedom2013]

116-111 Kov. not close at all and I bet on Ward.

Thanks for your honesty.