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Originally Posted by Sho Nuff
I agree about the open scoring. I am completely convinced that draw was a fix. No one could justify a decision for Taylor. For me it was Wright or a draw. Winky controlled the fight, but from a wholelistic standpoint I dont think he did enough to dethrone an undefeated champion. Still, if you evaluate the fight objectively, round by round on clean effective punching and ring generalship the fight would go to Wright. That includes round 12.
PS - I am trying to cut down on my internet time by just going to tfp and quitting all the other forums, including boxing insider. I am glad there are some other fight fans around here.
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Oh, please.
How anyone can yell "fix" after a fight this close is really irritating. Boxing is not like football, where the scoring has exact rules and touchdowns are worth an exact amount. Different judges judge things different ways, and the fact that all three judges were within two rounds of each other's scoring makes a "fix" sound just ridiculous.
I scored every round myself. I was rooting for Taylor, but when the fight was over, I had Winky up by a point. A point is not much. And withl close rounds, you just never know.
Taylor's eye was caused by a butt. Taylor landed much harder punches. Winky may have pushed Taylor back, but Taylor consistently landed harder combinations.
Like I said, I had Winky up by a point. But I see no problems with the outcome. What I have a problem with is Winky's attitude after the fight. I've been a fan of his for a long time and I just lost a bit of respect for him on Saturday. Taylor was humble after the fight, acknowledged he knew it was very close, gave props to Winky and immediately said "rematch." Winky acted as if he'd scored a knockdown or dominated every round. Just not the case. Sorry Wink. Have some class and accept a rematch. You were not robbed. You actually didn't even loose; you almost won. Grow up.