Top locations to avoid fights for whatever reason

Germany is just horrendous. Awful paid-off judges and paid-off referees. I still remember the shambles that was Robin Reid vs Sven Ottke. At one point Reid hit Ottke with a clean shot and was warned by the ref. Absolutely sickening. That's only one of countless other incidents. Any foreign fighter who decides to fight there (and doesn't have a goofy made up name like Sebastian Battleaxe or speak fluent German) needs to know exactly what they're getting into. It's an entirely hostile environment in more ways than one. The UK isn't quite so bad, though we do have terrible referees that let the hometown fan get away with murder. Case in point, Haye vs Ruiz, where Haye blatantly hits Ruiz behind the head two or three times and knocks him down. Ruiz is then counted before the ref decides to warn Haye about behind the head shots. I mean WTF? They also stop fights way too soon, and wave you off even if you look perfectly fine to continue. They do this to British fighters as well though (eg Groves). Texas and Chechnya and places like that tend to be the wild west. Anything goes. Fights generally seem to be on the level there, but you don't know what sort of shady shenanigans they're going to pull off. Russia's a mixed bag. Fights tend to be relatively fairly reffed and judged, but there's a huge issue with PED testing going on there at the moment, and that can't be ignored.

Germany, The Uk, Russia.. Thats my top 3

never fight in vegas if your fighting floyd, never

If you're facing a hometown fighter in Texas, and Gale Van Hoy is the judge, you better get the knockout... I don't recall many judging problems in England, but their refs are horrible. Fights that come to mind, Terry O'Connor in the Kovalev Cleverly fight, the ref in the Selby Hunter fight, the ref who did the Calzaghe vs. Manfredo fight and most of his fights actually. Howard Foster comes to mind. Then there's also Ian John-Lewis. So they have some really terrible refs.

Definitely dc, germany, texas, england, and puerto rico. Just like everyone said...want to get robbed with the judges? In each one but in England you have to worry about taking 2-3 consecutive punches and being stopped..heaven forbid if youre on the ropes. They're blatant as hell in Texas, DC and Germany though. Like they don't even make sense. At least in puerto rico's case a lot of times the fight is good and it's obvious but it makes you go "well every close round is gonna go to him...big punches will seem better, etc". You can beat the holy helll out of the german favorite and that s hit isnt going to be stopped and you wont win the round.

Totally true. Khan as delusional as he is and as much as I love watching him get knocked out ,shouldn't have that loss on his record. Not just because of Khan look at Jack vs Bute and Degale vs Porky

Dc......... Totally true. Khan as delusional as he is and as much as I love watching him get knocked out ,shouldn't have that loss on his record.

Dc.........

Terrible decisions happen all the time, most of the time I think not due to hometown cooking but come on how else did dusty harrison hernandez fight to a decision? Anyway this thread isnt about harrison-hernandez/dallas jr but it did raise the question of the worst location to fight for a prospect or fighter looking to get back into the title picture. Horrible decisions happen anywhere. So it doesn't really matter what place you choose.

Germany- the worst robberies UK-the refs stop the fights too soon Puerto Rico-Juanma was winning both Salido fights on the scorecards, and Herrera was robbed against Garcia. Texas- They don't bother even with the commissions drug test. If i were a fighter I would never fight in those places. What about USSR win and then an automatic failed drug test

Germany- the worst robberies UK-the refs stop the fights too soon Puerto Rico-Juanma was winning both Salido fights on the scorecards, and Herrera was robbed against Garcia. Texas- They don't bother even with the commissions drug test. If i were a fighter I would never fight in those places.