Boxing Thread

[JimStynes]

Great fight again. Let's hope they go for a third one!

[JimStynes]

So you have a guy winning a fight by 4 rounds but its bollocks that its a robbery that he didn't get the decision?

He did say that all the rounds were razor thin.

I had it GGG but very close.

[heganboy]

Aw now c'mon. GGG has got to be feeling like a blind man could have called that. You say the margins were thin but you are still clear the margins were his.

Someone bought and paid for that, question is who?

Oh wait trilogy- no way, who'd have thunk it...

[omaghjoe]

So you have a guy winning a fight by 4 rounds but its bollocks that its a robbery that he didn't get the decision?

He did say that all the rounds were razor thin.

I had it GGG but very close.

Likewise, but we all had Golovkin.... and he lost.
Its the definition of robbery

[gallsman]

So you have a guy winning a fight by 4 rounds but its bollocks that its a robbery that he didn't get the decision?

Yes. Every single round was razor close. You do understand how boxing is scored, yes?

I gave him those four. A punch here and there and somebody else gives them to Canelo. There are world champion boxers who scored it 8-4 to Canelo. There are others who did the same for GGG.

For it to be a robbery, GGG would have to have won clearly. When you acknowledge that the rounds were incredibly close, it's impossible to win clearly.

[gallsman]

Aw now c'mon. GGG has got to be feeling like a blind man could have called that. You say the margins were thin but you are still clear the margins were his.

Someone bought and paid for that, question is who?

Oh wait trilogy- no way, who'd have thunk it...

Oh ffs, bought and paid for?

I'm clear the margins were his. I could conceivably watch it again tomorrow and score it differently.

[omaghjoe]

So you have a guy winning a fight by 4 rounds but its bollocks that its a robbery that he didn't get the decision?

Yes. Every single round was razor close. You do understand how boxing is scored, yes?

I gave him those four. A punch here and there and somebody else gives them to Canelo. There are world champion boxers who scored it 8-4 to Canelo. There are others who did the same for GGG.

For it to be a robbery, GGG would have to have won clearly. When you acknowledge that the rounds were incredibly close, it's impossible to win clearly.

Thanks for your definition of robbery I will spread the word around the forum to send you a PM next time anyone wants to use it on this thread to ensure that it meets your strict subjective standards.

[gallsman]

The absolute state of you.

[Walter Cronc]

Oh to have the knowledge of Gallsman.

[gallsman]

Oh to have the knowledge of Gallsman.

It's nothing to do with knowledge. It's about the capacity to objectively think about what you've just watched.

A fighter lost a razor thin decision. That's it.

[Walter Cronc]

Oh to have the knowledge of Gallsman.

It's nothing to do with knowledge. It's about the capacity to objectively think about what you've just watched.

A fighter lost a razor thin decision. That's it.

No doubting your ability to think objectively. Just the manner of dismissing the views of others.

[gallsman]

Oh to have the knowledge of Gallsman.

It's nothing to do with knowledge. It's about the capacity to objectively think about what you've just watched.

A fighter lost a razor thin decision. That's it.

No doubting your ability to think objectively. Just the manner of dismissing the views of others.

Dismissing biased, nonsensical views that refuse to contemplate an alternative point of view? Guilty as charged.

[heganboy]

Ok in cold light of day...

The purse and PPV revenue for round 3 will be enormous and the longer they let it stew the higher the money it will rise. 

Alvarez got 55% of last night's purse if I remember correctly.

Still think GGG had it by 3/4 rounds.

[bennydorano]

I reckon Povetkin has a very good chance of knocking out Joshua next weekend, was checking the betting and a round by round KO for Povetkin ranges from a minimum of 50/1 to a max of 100/. Thinking of backing him in every round for something different.

[nrico2006]

The bias of the commentators would have led you to believe that Alvarez was coasting the first half of the fight and that staying off the ropes should equal points for Alvarez