Zhang vs parker is the biggest robbery in boxing in the last decade
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Zhang did nothing to win that fight at the end …….he literally had no gas after the 6th round and all (e had to do was push for a couple of late rounds and he would have won but he didn’t and Parker deserved the victory 100%Comment
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I didn't give Zhang much of a chance to win a decision going into this. He needed a KO. Parker set himself up for a big fight after beating Wilder. It makes more sense to back Parker at this point and put him another big matchup in Saudia when the time is right. This a return on investment type deal with Parker at this point. He wasn't supposed to beat Wilder. Now they're trying to make the most out of the upset.
Granted, that's just my political viewing and not of the fight itself. You can argue Zhang didn't get hit enough with clean punches and he got the 2 KDs, so maybe he deserved to win by a point. Though I'd like to believe there are politics involved with close fights and who has more potential for future bouts. Zhang is what? 40? 41 already? I don't think the Saudia see much more from him.Comment
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No, in fact. Just a consideration.
Look, this is more of a case of Zhang having thrown away a win than anything else. I agree with you that scoring a fight should go beyond the surface, but the reality is that the judges saw what many people saw. Namely, a well-trained athlete who recovered from two knockdowns and was generally more active against a big fat man who spent a lot of time making faces, shrugging, not throwing and - worst of all - not closing the show when he had the chance to. That he ended the fight completely spent definitely didn't help in the judges' perception.
Unfortunately, how one ends a fight is remembered more than the earlier rounds. Nick Ball is perceived to have been robbed last Friday because he ended with a crescendo enhanced by two knockdowns. But in the first half of the fight Vargas had completely dominated him, making him look ****** several times. Therefore the draw was fair.
Finally, the Saudi people are looking to stage big events all the time, and I'm sure they prefer watching spectacular fighters than people who just do the minimum to get the job done. I'm afraid Zhang, for them, belongs to the latter category.Last edited by Tatabanya; 03-12-2024, 12:50 PM.Comment
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No, in fact. Just a consideration.
Look, this is more of a case of Zhang having thrown away a win than anything else. I agree with you that scoring a fight should go beyond the surface, but the reality is that the judges saw what many people saw. Namely, a well-trained athlete who recovered from two knockdowns and was generally more active against a big fat man who spent a lot of time making faces, shrugging, not throwing and - worst of all - not closing the show when he had the chance to. That he ended the fight completely spent definitely didn't help in the judges' perception.
Unfortunately, how one ends a fight is remembered more than the earlier rounds. Nick Ball is perceived to have been robbed last Friday because he ended with a crescendo enhanced by two knockdowns. But in the first half of the fight Vargas had completely dominated him, making him look ****** several times. Therefore the draw was fair.
Finally, the Saudi people are looking to stage big events all the time, and I'm sure they prefer watching spectacular fighters than people who just do the minimum to get the job done. I'm afraid Zhang, for them, belongs to the latter category.
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