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Originally Posted by Sho Nuff
I refuse to buy into the myth that Taylor consistently landed harder shots. If you watch the fight with the sound off and look where those shots were landing without Lampley hyping them up you'll see that most of those hard shots were hitting Winky's guard. We see this over and over again from HBO fighters. Anytime an HBO champion looses a close decision it comes back a draw with one of the judges scoring the final round for the champion when there is no possible reason for it.
I had Winky by 1 round the first time I saw it. With the volume muted and watching punch placement closely, I had Winky by 3.
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Well, unfortunately, judges don't get to watch the fight three times before they make their decision. They also don't get to "turn the sound off" for a completely objectve viewpoint. Sound is important, especially if you're a ringside judge. It's pretty obvious to them who's landing the harder shots.
It's a fly-by-the-seat of your pants sport, and there are no goals to be scored or baskets to be counted. The judging is as subjective as the judges themselves are, and it will always be this way in fighting sports.
Don't get me wrong; Winky's the fuckin' man. But so is Taylor. The HBO announcers don't make the scorecards. And even if they did, they didn't know which way to call it at the end. Not to mention press row was all over the place with their scoring also.
Lennox was robbed when he fought Holyfield to a draw. This was nothing like that.