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....I scored the Ali vs Young fight to Young, by 3 rounds.

I also scored the Jones vs Clay fight to Jones, by a round.

However I respect the fact that others may have different opinions, and their right to do so and will not feel the need to resort to abuse and mockery.

Regards

Hat's off to you Knucklez, you are a gentleman and here for the right reasons, there are others here who are simply out on 'assault missions' and it's a shame, this board could be better than that!

jimglen wrote:Hat's off to you Knucklez, you are a gentleman and here for the right reasons, there are others here who are simply out on 'assault missions' and it's a shame, this board could be better than that!

That's what I was trying to accomplish when I had my thread hijacked,ergo:

http://forum.boxrec.com/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=87245

"For the most part, Young was a passive figure against Ali . On six occasions he ducked outside of the ropes and stayed there like a man looking out a window. It was not accidental. He was not slipping a punch. It was unconscionable behavior for a man who wants the heavyweight championship of the world. According to Maryland ring rules, Young should have been censured for this action; it is called a "stand-up knockdown."

If that is the case how can you take the heavyweight championship away from a boxer who knocked down his opponent six times , especially given the fact that up to that point the heavyweight championship had only changed hands three times on a decision in heavyweight history...?

A poster on another board put it much better than me:



"Sticking your head through the ropes to avoid an opponent's punches is in my view an act of surrender and no different to me than a fighter wilfully taking a knee and a mandatory 8 count, which would have been the approximate amount of breathing room Young was afforded each time the referee had to intervene between the fighters so Young could free himself from the ropes. It was an illegal tactic that was used for the sole purpose of avoiding engaging. Unfortunately it was a tactic not seen before in a heavyweight title fight and the referee didn't know how to deal with it. While the referee didn't penalize Young for his passive tactics, obviously the judges did."

-santana

Respectfully,

Brian