Taylor-Hopkins I revisited

[withoutthee88]

I know it's been done before, but how did you guys score the fight? I had it 7-5 Taylor...I thought Hopkins had it from 9-12, but unfortunately he forgot that every fight has a beginning, middle, and end.

[larryx]

i voted hopkins cause taylor won on points but he got beat up in the fight in other words he won the boxing match but lost the fight

[IMDAZED]

Just one of the strangest decisions I've ever seen. It changed two things about the sport and I see it A LOT, especially on these boards:

1. It suddenly became OK to award a fighter the round if he was more active. I seem to have forgotten when INeffective aggression earned you points. If you throw 50 punches and manage to land 5, I throw 10 solid shots and land 4 who wins the round? That leads to the second thing...

2. The way HBO announcers have heavily influenced watchers, particularly those who were never hardcore fans before. Jim Lampley was in peak form that night, performing his knee bending duties with the excitement of a kid eating cotton candy. It's so subtle too: Opponent A is the house fighter. Opponent B and Opponent A exchange - B lands. Lamps yells out "there's a sharp left hook from Opponent A." Just wow...


There was even one point in the final round where he began screaming about Taylor setting a trap for Hopkins with his back against the ropes. It was then that Roy Jones pointed out to him that Taylor's back was against the ropes because Hops had guided him there with stinging rights.

But back to the fight. I thought Hops won 8-4. Had it 3-3 after six. Like Hops, the crowd that night, and plenty of observers, we don't understand how Taylor won the first six rounds in some eyes. ****, he didn't even win the first.