Do people really think this is the worst robbery ever?

[TheGreatA]

I thought Ellis vs Patterson was a bit of a robbery, the only judge was the referee who scored it 9-6 for Ellis.

Patterson would've been a 3-time world champion if the decision had been given to him.


Many believe Jersey Joe Walcott was robbed against Louis. Louis did KO Walcott in their second fight while behind on points.

[Dynamite Kid]

I'm rewatching Whitaker-Chavez right now... I do remember the fight being a hell of a lot closer than most people make it out to be. Right now I have watched the first 6 rounds, and I have to tell you... I think Chavez won 4 of them. 1, 2, 4 and 6. I do remember Pernell comes on pretty damn strong in the later rounds, but even if Chavez doesn't win another round, it would end up 116-112 on my card.

Now, I'm not the best judge in the world, or probably even in the upper half, but I can tell you that it means something when I see a brawler/swarmer win a round from a counterpunching slickster, because I usually see a slickster avoiding most of the incoming damage and returning some of his own, yet I still have Chavez winning 4 rounds.

But seriously... people act like this fight was a 12 round to 0 assbeating by Whitaker, and truth is, it wasn't. He clearly won. He clearly got screwed. It clearly was not even close to the worst robbery.

My Sentiments exactly i dont know why people make out that Whitaker was horribly robbed ,he win but it was still a relatively close fight IMO & not the landslide some people make out

[Scott9945]

I thought Ellis vs Patterson was a bit of a robbery, the only judge was the referee who scored it 9-6 for Ellis.

Patterson would've been a 3-time world champion if the decision had been given to him.

Many believe Jersey Joe Walcott was robbed against Louis. Louis did KO Walcott in their second fight while behind on points.

Those were two all time terrible decisions. I have the Ellis-Patterson fight on tape. It was heartbreaking that one man stole the title from Floyd. At least Walcott got a rematch.

[Dorian]

[Scott9945]

Good clip. The crowd response tells it all. They were booing at the 95-94 scores before they even knew they were for Forrest. They couldn't believe it was even that close.

[Dorian]

forrest won round 3, that's it!!

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the forrest quartey fight was closer than people make it seem before the winner was announced i told my girl i wasn't to sure if quartey won the fight yea he was the one doing most of the fighting but his punches were not landing clean and the whitaker chavez fight is also a close fight i thiuoght it was a draw the ramirez fight is a robbery for sure

what are the 6 rounds Chavez won?

[Fox McCloud]

what are the 6 rounds Chavez won?

I couldn't find a 6th round to give to Chavez, but I had him winning these 5:

1, 2, 4, 6 and 12.

Bobby Czyz endorses the first 4 by the way, because he said he had Chavez up one after 7, and Pernell pretty clearly won 3, 5 and 7.

[TheGreatA]

Whitaker vs Chavez

http://youtube.com/watch?v=UWYMp1_UbQM part 2
http://youtube.com/watch?v=Du2n_5bL68k part 3
http://youtube.com/watch?v=qa863ndk9f8 part 4
http://youtube.com/watch?v=QXq8gf_pe_E part 5
http://youtube.com/watch?v=UESjn9gR1wE part 6

The reason many call this fight the biggest robbery ever is because it was two of the best in boxing p4p fighting each other.
I'm sure there are worse robberies where a fighter wasn't even competitive but still won but they aren't as big as this fight was.


Here is a fight from my country Finland that was awarded for the 'homefighter' Tony Halme even though he barely landed a punch.

[oldgringo]

I had Whitaker winning by several points. Bad robbery. So was his first bout with Ramirez. Maybe not the worst robbery ever, but if its not, what is? It was on par with the other bad decisions throughout history, and it was one of the most high profile fights in the modern era....