Terence Crawford vs Israil Madrimov - DAZN PPV - Fight by Fight thread

[boxing IQ]

The Saudis have made some great fights and I love that. But if they want to really change the sport, they need to try and reform the judging. Not something that can be done overnight but things need to be better than this for the sport to attract/keep fans.

Whoever is reading this, get the message to Turki!

[MulaKO]

We saw. He looked worse than Benavidez against a lesser opponent.

Lesser opponent ???
Check yourself

[boxing IQ]

Break legs ???
Lmao
Yeah unfortunately they are not held responsible for their chatty cards

YASSS

But a good second option is blasting their picture and pathetic scoring on social media

The closer to their hometown the better

(just an idea )

[crimsonfalcon07]

I'd have been happy with 115-113, and I could see 116-112, but no wider. Kaladjzik needed Shakur/Haney judges for this who would score annoying but ineffective offense higher. Morrell was never in any danger and the reverse wasn't true. That often makes a difference.

Looking forward to this next fight though. Someone's hype train is getting derailed here...

[LITTLE JOE]

What fight is next ?

[Joseph]

We saw. He looked worse than Benavidez against a lesser opponent.

I wouldn't necessarily agree with this. Morrell's power obviously carried over to some extent while we're not sure if it has for Benavidez.

Not saying it's fair to compare Hot Rod and Gvozdyk, but... They both looked susceptible to the big dogs, but the difference is Morrell has ten fights. Benavidez has nearly thirty. I'd say taking all that into account, Morrell looked a little better but not much.

[baroidi]

so many empty seats

[boxing IQ]

I'd have been happy with 115-113, and I could see 116-112, but no wider. Kaladjzik needed Shakur/Haney judges for this who would score annoying but ineffective offense higher. Morrell was never in any danger and the reverse wasn't true. That often makes a difference.

Looking forward to this next fight though. Someone's hype train is getting derailed here...

I don't think Rod ever looked like he was in any real trouble outside of the opening rounds

The problem with this A side scoring is that the judges can see literally a few flashy combinations and it's enough to win them the round

[kiaba360]

Dude, it's well documented that I thought Hot Rod was no joke and that he'd take Morrell into some untested waters, and he certainly did. I just didn't expect him to look as comfortable as he did.

Not you in particular, I just meant in general. At the beginning of the fight, the DAZN Fan Zone said only 14% of people thought Hot Rod would win. It shows that Morrell has a growing hype-train, and part of it is built from Canelo not fighting him. Morrell needs to be careful not to start drinking the kool aid. He also needs to get more active.

[-Kev-]

Where is that garfios guy at? I bet he was one of the judges.