Comments Thread For: Sorry, But Close Fight in Scotland Doesn't Register on Robbery Scale

[Tatabanya]

Basically, one also has to get seriously battered when robbed. If you are merely pickpocketed, you're not registering as "robbed" on the Fitzsimmons scale.

[P to the J]

Here's an idea Fitzsimmons: if the fight should be scored for Catterall, yet Taylor was awarded it, then its the proverbial 'robbery' no matter how 'close' it was.

[P to the J]

Basically, one also has to get seriously battered when robbed. If you are merely pickpocketed, you're not registering as "robbed" on the Fitzsimmons scale.

Exactly, thank you

[GlassJoey]

Andre Ward watched Jose Ramirez barely win a round against Postol and had him 6-0 up. His justification was that Ramirez had Postol right where he wanted him.

Boxingscene love claiming robberies were close with articles like this.

[786]

The thing I've been saying since the fight is that Catteral seemed to coast from the 9th which gives judges/people an excuse to say "it was a close enough fight to not be a robbery" and this is what this article is. Taylor was competitive throughout but it wasn't a close fight, there was a clear winner and it wasn't Taylor.

[youbeight]

Dude wrote an article going against the grain to get style points. Sad.

[hogey]

Lyle Fitzsimmons must have the same optician as Ian John Lewis, if you could watch that fight and not see a clear win for the man who threw and landed double the punches than his opponent then you are an utter clown and not worth listening to.

[Boxing Beast]

The thing that gets me is there is no excuse. I'd like to see a ten point must system with reasoned scoring. So after each round the judge would have to state why the thought whoever won the round won. Without input there is nothing to correct. Catteral won and should be one of the few undisputed champions in history. The consequences are worse than a robbery. Lyle is wrong.

[vinnieq]

I think the biggest takeaway from it is that Taylor didn't have a good strategy..
No matter how done he is at the weight, he looked like he hadn't a clue how to approach Catterall's style.
Catterall was completely side-on and Taylor just walked into his firing line repeatedly.
Ben Davidson seems good at the drills and technique. But even in the Fury fight, he seemed a bit timid in his strategy.

[byfbnz]

Taylor had a sloppy performance. Catterral had a crisp performance when not being mauled by Taylor. Sure it's not a robbery in Scotland because the fight was IN Scotland.