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********** and maxboxing both have articles about how they felt b hop won and that he landed the more crisper blows..I still got to see this fight but damn rematch has got to happen
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i think it was all due to the fact that the one judge gave Taylor the 12th...
But those early rounds could have gone either way so you could argue that Taylor had already won enough rounds to win the fight.
I mean my roommate after hearing the decision started yelling hysterically "BURN IT DOWN!!... BURN IT ALL DOWN!!!"
but really i thought it was pretty justified.
I saw it at LEAST a draw for Taylor ... if not decision in 12. -
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I guess they tuned in at round 9 then. Seriously, the people whose fighter LOST always scream louder, because they LOST. This time however, unlike Oquendo-Byrd, the decision is LEGIT.
Nobody stole Hopkins' belts but father time and a country boy from Little Rock, Arkansas.
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To take the champs belt you have to beat him & Taylor did not do enough in my opinion. Should have been a draw or a Hopkins 115-113.Originally posted by Super_LightweightI guess they tuned in at round 9 then. Seriously, the people whose fighter LOST always scream louder, because they LOST. This time however, unlike Oquendo-Byrd, the decision is LEGIT.
Nobody stole Hopkins' belts but father time and a country boy from Little Rock, Arkansas.Comment
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The rules are not and should not be adjusted to favor anyone, champ or not. Hopkins didn't do enough to retain his belts. He thought he was going to pull an Eastman on Taylor, and it didn't work. Taylor did do enough, because he won more rounds. The late rounds don't count any more than the early rounds.
It was a close fight, I'l say that. Nowhere near a robbery though. 60-70% of people agree Taylor won by my count so far from these polls. Losers scream the loudest.Comment
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Why are all of your posts in half caps and most of your thread titles misspelled? Makes your posts look bad.Originally posted by Zab Super JudahComment
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we should just appreciate the fight and let the rematch do the talking for both of the fighters...
I dont think there will be any doubts after the second fight....
but it was pretty interesting how Taylor's facial expression didn't really show that he was confident about the win... he sort of looked SUPER SURPRISED when they were like "AND ... NEW... WORLD MIDDLEWEIGHT.... CHAMPION"....
He needs to just go in there a knock the old fart out...
Or the old guy needs to go in there and outwork Taylor for 12 rounds
What happened to the good ol' days of middleweights where they just tried to take each other's heads off... wussup with this circling and holding hands???
Whatever happens i think it'll be more action packed...Comment
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Guys! B-hop was NOT robbed. His "crisper, cleaner blows" helped him win 4-5 rounds. He lost the rest. Why is that so hard to understand?????
This isn't Pride where they judge the overall match. If Taylor won rounds 1-11 by only throwing 5 shots & B-hop won round 12 by throwing 100 shots & knocking Taylor down twice, TAYLOR STILL WINS BY DECISION.
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Even if Hopkins had KO'd Taylor...
I wouldn't put him in the same league as Hagler. Hagler fought a prime Hearns (he'd destroyed Duran, and would have destroyed Leonard if they'd fought around this time too) and beat him in one of the most memorable middleweight fights EVER. Hagler also fought and arguably beat Leonard, Fletcher, Roldan,(his quality of opposition was MUCH tougher) and avenged his two previous loses easily. I don't think Hopkins could have avenged his loss to RJJ had RJJ remained a middleweight.Comment
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Only reason Jermain got that second judge's last round was because of the pro-taylor crowd. Had it been pro-Hop it'd have ended the opposite way. Bernard got robbed and this kid was sloppy.
They both are skinny runts tho. Ruiz **** them up, both at the same time.Comment
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