Will the judges and referee in Las Vegas be fair to Calzaghe?

[GunStar]

Wow, you've got the archive of the Turpin fight, i thought that had been lost, download it onto youtube or post it here, because I'd love to see it. Its interesting you picked that one, because I've been unable to find much criticism of it from the US, the only reason Robinson lost is was due to lack of preparation from a ridiculous fight schedule and he destroyed Turpin in the rematch.

http://www.sweetfights.com/fighter_10_robinson.html

The two Laguana fights were in Puerto Rico and the US respectively (the WBA were in dispute with the British Boxing Board of control at the time so the fight DIDN'T happen in Britain)

Yup, thanks to Boxrec.

You have also listed three all UK fights Eubank (Eng) v Close (NI); Calzaghe (Wal) v Reid (Eng) and Eubank v Watson (both Eng) which don't really support your argument.

No country protects their stars the way UK does. So the star will always be the favorite with the referees and Judges, it doesn't matter if they are fighting another Limey. Bad judging is bad judging, so you really can't make any excuses about bad judging.

One of the worst robberies I've ever seen in America was Uranga/Rabah, both men are not American. Rabah won 11 out of 12 rounds in my opinion and was robbed!

That leaves you with Eubank Malinga; Buchanan Narvez and Woods Johnson. The Buchanan fight was close, but the with the other two you could have properly supported your theory.

Since you don't want to count British fighters getting robbed by the British Stars. Then that leaves us with

Robinson VS. Turpin
Narvaez Vs. Buchanan
Bueono Vs. McCullough
Johnson VS. woods
Maliniga VS. Eubank
Polo VS. Harrison

By letting the other poster get under your skin you've not done your research and made yourself, as we say in the UK 'look a bit of a twat' which is a shame because I thought Eubank's style got the benefit of the judges far too oftenand I think Malinga was a good fighter that beat a near prime Benn with good boxing skills. Picking on Buchnan was also a bit off given the guy's valiant stand against the brilliant DURAN who hit him with everything bar the kitchen sink and had his balls punched so hard he wore them as earrings for three weeks afterwards

Nope, I just don't appreciate biased fans. Look we all know America is not perfect but I think any person who has been watching boxing for some time can agree that America is still the least biased country when it comes to judging, refereeing and fans. If any person can not agree with this then they are clearly biased.

[GunStar]

Buchanan and Laguna fought twice, once in NY the other time in Puerto Rico. The decision and the officiating was fair in both fights.

I guess I should have checked with Boxrec before I list some fights.

My bad, that fight was a long time ago, so I picked 1 out of 10 wrong.

I prefer you say the decision and the officiating was fair in my opinion, which makes it your opinion, not mine!

[GunStar]

I dont know about you, but I'd rather watch a fighter get stopped prematurely and come back stronger than get KO'd and never speak/walk/wipe thier own ass again, let alone fight. Too bad you are the kind of boxing fan that likes people carried out on stretchers, regardless of what they did for your entertainment. You are scum my friend, nothing but **** eating racist scum. Die of cancer please you ignorant ****.

Wow! Sorry to hurt your feelings.

[Degsy]

I guess I should have checked with Boxrec before I list some fights.

My bad, that fight was a long time ago, so I picked 1 out of 10 wrong.

I prefer you say the decision and the officiating was fair in my opinion, which makes it your opinion, not mine!

Nice response, you'll notice that I didn't include the US as a bad place for judging and there have been some incidences of a favoured fighter in home town matches, Eubank for example lost he second Benn fight in MY opinion, Malinga was also unlucky.

However, I'd say the US and UK **** all over mainland europe. Given that most US fighters are too sensible to go there, you may not have too much of an idea (no disrespect, but the same way your US domestic knowledge would be better than mine) but Italy and Germany are terrible, you would really have to knock some one out for a draw!!. Reid Calzaghe was a matter of opinion, given that Joe broke his left hand early on it was a miracle he boxed one handed for so long. Reid Ottke however was almost as bad as Jones at the Olympics, I must try and dig it out, you wouldn't believe it (with a complicit ref as well)

Peace

[Weebler I]

I have concerns about Joe fighting in las Vegas.

Remember what Cortez did to Hatton?

Remember what the judges did to JL Castillo in Mayweather vs. Castillo I?

Something strange happened to Wlad in Las Vegas when he fought Brewster - was he drugged? He appeared to be.

Felix Sturm was robbed by the judges when he fought DLH in Vegas.

Kali Meehan was robbed by the judges when he fought Brewster there.

Can Joe expect fair treatment from the referee and judges in Las Vegas?

Are they ever fair? this is a money-making business. They couldn't have a no-name Brit coming over and beating one of their biggest stars so the **** was set up./

[KingTito]

it's hard to say, i would hope everything is done fair, i'd hate to have this fight, or any fight, have controversy, but unfortunately that's a part of boxing.. all in all, i think calzaghe will win although i am rooting for hopkins

[DiegoFuego]

lol about the judges being unfair to Hatton. you mean not giving him rounds? well, maybe if he won more than 2 they would have given him some LOL!

[Weebler I]

lol about the judges being unfair to Hatton. you mean not giving him rounds? well, maybe if he won more than 2 they would have given him some LOL!

Cortez wouldn't let him fight

[The Hammer]

Another example of the crooked judges was Lennox Lewis vs. Evander Holyfield I, where not only did Lewis deserve to win, he dominated the fight - yet came out with a draw.

This happened in New York not Las Vegas, but is a perfect example of what can happen to British fighters when they come over here.

[CardioMonster]

The bottom line is that under hand tactics have been used in the US and the UK. It has been part of boxing for as long as boxing has been around. When there is money exchanging hands on bets, corruption can be involved and it doesn`t start or end on any county's borders.