General consensus that you disagree with

[Lenny]

After reading the Haye v Khan chin topic with Stu and Gobbles being willing to argue their point against the whole forum and Gobbles saying "it's a real mob rule forum", is there a consensus forum opinion that you disagree with? I'll start...

The general consensus is that Brodie v Jorrin was a massive robbery on home soil and denied Michael a world title that should have been his.

I reckon Brodie wasn't robbed against Jorrin, the fight was close but I felt the right man won.

[Chambers2]

The general consensus was that Audley wasn't going to dominate HW boxing for a decade......... I disagreed

[My T Sharp]

I disagreed when everyone was saying Margarito would beat Mosley

[chinny]

The general consensus on here is that Britain’s biggest promoter is a tiresome, blinkered, mis-match making, genuine title disregarding, real fight dodging, shameless, former fighter suing, WBO rating influencing, Steve Robinson shafting charlatan.

I don’t see where they are coming from

[Stegsie]

The general consensus that Ali was "The Greatest"

Was a very good fighter and he transended the sport - however, "The Greatest" he was not.

[stevieb_8006]

Herol graham should have been world champ!! How many cracks did he get? 3? Most fighters dont get 1 so he cant complain!

[Dioufy]

A lot of people seem to call Valuev/Holyfield a robbery, whereas I had it 115/113 to the big freak. And Lynes/Branco - I had it very close, quite possibly a draw, so I had no problem with the split that Branco received.

[banjo]

The general consensus that Floyd Jr. is one of the greatest fighters of all time, even though his biggest win was over an inactive fighter who had only fought 5 full rounds in nearly two years.

[forcefraser]

I disagreed stronly that De la Hoya would beat the Pacman.

[Eraserhead]

That Joe Calzaghe beat Bernard Hopkins. He didn't in my book. The Executioner was robbed.

[gobbles]

That every close decision is a "robbery", from Hatton-Collazo to Valuev-Holyfield

[Wales]

Ottke Reid was a robbery, close yes, bad reffing yes, "robbery" - nah

[Autobarn]

x good fighter is too slow, he cannot beat y good fighter and in fact has no chance

or maybe that belongs in KG's BoxRec Cliches thread

[Datsue]

That Jack Kerouac will have a bigger impact on coming generations than William S. Burroughs; Kerouac's one-trick pony, narcissistic ramblings will one day fade into memory whilst Burroughs' innovative use of cut-ups, satire, appropriation of genre plot stylings & hardcore gay pron will be looked upon as...

Oh, hang on, were we talking about boxing?

Right then: I strongly disagree that James Toney is still fighting. He retired circa 1999 & the Pilsbury DoughBoy has been pulling a "ringer" for him ever since.

[Herol]

Haye and Macaroni was a competitive match up.

It wasn't, and that was proven in 2 rounds.

[whiskey]

I disagree that Calzaghe beat Hopkins.

'Shoe Shining' old men does not make greatness, especially when you get flattened in the opener and get split-decision by the skin of your teeth.

[Old bones Ian]

I always thought that the first Holyfield v Lewis fight was a fair result, i couldn't see this great big robbery that everyone was shouting about.

I watched it whilst in Indoneasia, with non-english commentary, which means i wasn't swayed by any of them.

[banjo]

That Hagler was robbed against Leonard, should have been a UD for Leonard not an SD.

[THEBUTCH]

Jimmy Vincent lost to David Barnes, according to John Keene's scorecard....I say he didn't

[dondada]

I always thought that the first Holyfield v Lewis fight was a fair result, i couldn't see this great big robbery that everyone was shouting about.

I watched it whilst in Indoneasia, with non-english commentary, which means i wasn't swayed by any of them.

Really? Blimey, that is a big call. Don't think I've ever met anyone who thought Lewis didn't win. Might have to torture myself and watch it again.

As for Reid-Ottke, I think it was a robbery BECAUSE of the appalling reffing. Actually, it was a robbery anyway, yeah. 8)

[Dirk Kelly]

Oscar De La Hoya has been beaten 6 times. I strongly disagree, that only men to beat Oscar are refs and judges. FFS he was on the canvas having a time out, thinking about strategy against Hopkins and the few stopped the bloody fight. Bernard was so lucky that night!

[stujones]

Ottke Reid was a robbery, close yes, bad reffing yes, "robbery" - nah

[stujones]

Holyfield was going to lose to Bowe in the rematch

Tyson was going to beat Buster Douglas

Leonard vs Hearns 2 is the worst decision in boxing history - Hearns might have nicked a close decision, very close.

Danny Williams wasn't going to KO Mike Tyson in round 4 (Dream inspired pick that one).

Oscar lost to Felix Sturm.

Amir Khan was in queer street against Gomez

I suppose the "worst" one was......

Calzaghe beat Kessler (draw on my card).

[stujones]

I always thought that the first Holyfield v Lewis fight was a fair result, i couldn't see this great big robbery that everyone was shouting about.

I watched it whilst in Indoneasia, with non-english commentary, which means i wasn't swayed by any of them.

Mine is slightly different on this one - That over 24 rounds Lennox Lewis won more rounds than Evander Holyfield... I disagree. My cards are the same - fight 1 Lewis by 2, fight 2 Holyfield by 2.

[oliverfennell]

Not really a general consensus issue, but I never change my prediction AFTER a fight. If I get it wrong, so be it, but when you read any of these forums after an upset, you'd swear 90% of the posters ALWAYS knew it was going to happen