Which one of these decisions was the worst?
Carl Froch's win over Andre Dirrell.
Tavoris Cloud's win over Gabriel Campillo.
Brandon Rios' win over Richard Abril.
The draw between Sergio Martinez and Kermit Cintron.
easily abril-rios or martinez-cintron.
cloud dropped campillo twice and won one or two more rounds in addition to it, theres no doubt he lost but he had his moments and it should have been reasonably competetive on the cards due to the knockdowns.
froch-dirrell wasnt even a robbery, it was way too close for that. you could have dirrell winning but you could also have froch winning. in fact i did have froch winning.
abril-rios was really bad, abril schooled him all night and rios just got handled completely. dude was lost all night and the fight wasnt even competetive.
martinez-cintron is bad because in addition to the bad decision sergio knocked him out. the term "you have to knock him out to get a draw" really came true.
I also think it's between those two, but I give the nod to the Abril-Rios fight. In the Martinez fight, Sergio won most of the rounds, but Cintron won at least two, possibly three rounds. The twelfth was at least even, since Martinez had a point deducted for hitting behind the head. Beyond that, Kermit was more competitive overall than Brandon in their respective fights. I thought Sergio won, but it wasn't as one-sided as the Abril fight. For what it's worth, Ronnie Shields told Kermit, before the start of the final round, "You win this round, you win this fight!" A draw was wrong, but at least "Maravilla" didn't get a loss. With an even more decisive performance, it's even more inexplicable how Richard could've gotten handed a loss!
Problem I have with that is the ref counted him out to ten though its clear that Cintron got up at 9.
But the decision stunk.
Agreed on all points.
I just watched Martinez-Cintron. Kermit clearly thought there was a clash of heads. He was obviously clear-headed, and motioned that he had been butted (which he hadn't). Cintron's mistake was not getting up when the ref started counting. Instead, he told the ref a couple of times, "It was a headbutt," while still down on his hands and knees. Kermit appeared to just barely beat the count, but the ref stopped the fight. It sucked for Sergio, because the ref had indeed stopped the fight and then reversed his call.
easily abril-rios or martinez-cintron.
cloud dropped campillo twice and won one or two more rounds in addition to it, theres no doubt he lost but he had his moments and it should have been reasonably competetive on the cards due to the knockdowns.
froch-dirrell wasnt even a robbery, it was way too close for that. you could have dirrell winning but you could also have froch winning. in fact i did have froch winning.
abril-rios was really bad, abril schooled him all night and rios just got handled completely. dude was lost all night and the fight wasnt even competetive.
martinez-cintron is bad because in addition to the bad decision sergio knocked him out. the term "you have to knock him out to get a draw" really came true.
How is it Rios/Abril by a mile when Martinez TKO Cintron and got robbed? Or how is it worst than Campillo/Cloud when Campillo won 9 rounds and they were not close.
I didn't get to see the Rios/Abril fight, but the one I remember getting pissed about the most was the Cloud/Campillo fight. You know you got a gift decision when your own mama faints when you get the win. Plus, Campillo keeps getting the rock hard, oiled up, glistening shaft over and over again. :nonono:
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I didn't get to see the Rios/Abril fight, but the one I remember getting pissed about the most was the Cloud/Campillo fight. You know you got a gift decision when your own mama faints when you get the win. Plus, Campillo keeps getting the rock hard shaft over and over again. :nonono:
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I didn't get to see the Rios/Abril fight, but the one I remember getting pissed about the most was the Cloud/Campillo fight. You know you got a gift decision when your own mama faints when you get the win. Plus, Campillo keeps getting the rock hard shaft over and over again. :nonono: