After Lara-Williams I didn't think something would top it for a long time, and then I see Agbeko-Mares and I start to lose faith in boxing.
Mora was obviously paid off.
Mares vs Agbeko was the worst. After what just happened and the Williams-Lara decision I think fighters and their trainers are really going to be critical of the referee and judges selected for upcoming fights.
After Lara-Williams I didn't think something would top it for a long time, and then I see Agbeko-Mares and I start to lose faith in boxing.
Mora was obviously paid off.
Agbeko-Mares, clearly for me. Lara-Williams was based on the judges and opinions based on their point of view, literally, much of what they saw could've depended on where they sat and the angle of a given sequence....I'm not defending it (much less for all 3 judges), but it's more realistic than a referee standing in the ring, in front of the fighters. A referee who moves with the fighters allowing him any and all angles of the fight, one who has the best ticket in the house. 2ndly, Lara-Williams was a bit of an illusion in itself; Williams threw a good 1000 punches, landing about as much as Lara had (200/1047 for Williams to 224/530 for Lara). Williams appeared and was the busier fighter. Although Lara did land the harder, cleaner shots, with only a 24 punch landing gap between the two, one could imagine how a judge might give the fight to Williams. Agbeko-Mares unfortunately can't be judged to that extent because there was a fighter in the ring constantly fouling his opponent. These blows take a toll on a fighter. Mora, I think, warned Mares once, after what may have been 7 low blows and refused to take a single point away from Mares afterwards. If you account for a warning, a point deduction, and no knockdown in the 11th, you have a totally different fight on your hands - you have a Fight of the Year candidate. What was a great fight turned out to be quite a disappointment, when it shouldn't have been.
Lara... that was a blatant robbery
the mares agbeko fight was just Mares getting favored and not calling Low Blows
Mares was still up on points IMO despite the low blow knockdown.
I guess you can argue Agbeko would've done better with out the low blows and would've possibly of taken the win.
I think Mares would of won regardless ..
If the biased ref would of taked points like he was supposed to and not counted the stupid KD in the 11th, agbeko or what ever would of won
Every boxer takes the chance of getting a bad decision if they dont stop their opponent, so I can accept that even though it still sucks. Biased refereeing is unacceptable.
I totally agree with this post...
They are evenly disgusting in different ways. Lara was completely and indisputably robbed of a win he deserved. Mares deserved the decision, he fought a good fight, but there is no way to know how that fight goes if Mora was so incompetent/corrupt. Maybe Agbeko would have won.
They are equally horrible for different reasons.
Every boxer takes the chance of getting a bad decision if they dont stop their opponent, so I can accept that even though it still sucks. Biased refereeing is unacceptable.
IMO the Punisher-Lara was worse. That fight was thoroughly one sided shelaking, period. People claim Agbeko was fighting 2 men. Under that same standard I say Lara was fighting more. The Punisher & the judges.
I felt that Mares strayed low a few times, but not as much as showtime claimed. Most of the replays showed the blows on the belt line. Mares was winning regardless. Deduct a point from Mares & he still won in my opinion.
There is no way that the Punisher beat Lara, IMO. This is coming from a real Punisher fan too.
I have to go with the Mares Agbeko fight,had to fight two people in the ring and was fouled to no end in this fight..It was worse to watch then the Pwilly fight..
Mares vs Agbeko was by far more disgusting.
Williams vs Lara was actually a good fight and then the judjes came to ruin it all. As for Agbeko vs Mares, when that 11th round low blow ref turned it into a knockdown I was so angry that for the first time I closed the video before the end of the fight.
If you guys defending Mares, make the math, with a point deduction(I though he should of gotten disqulified), and without the KD called in the 11th, Agbeko had a draw, and if you dont count the first KD wich technically was a KD, because Mares landed a punch when Agbeko went down, Agbeko would had won that fight.
In any case for me both were equally disgusting because both fights were blatanly wrong officiate or scored, and cost a guy a fight and make or sport look stupid
Agbeko-Mares was worse
Lara-Williams was fine until the decision was announced
Agbeko-Mares was fucked up throughout
stupid ref couldn't do his job
and his incompetence played into the scores costing a champ his belt
Mares should have been Dq'd, that was the first time in a fight where I saw a boxer get away with so many low-blows without being Dq'd.
he would've stopped if the damn ref would've deducted a point
What's here to argue??? Have you ever been hit in the balls??? Now imagine that pain throught the fight, that fight was disgusting.
Sure....
and I'm sure it affected him. It still doesn't mean he would've beat Mares.
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