Devon Alexander won a close fight....that simple

[Kagami Taiga]

Kotelnik's power shots were far more effective, as were his jabs (which he landed more of).

Power shots are anything that is not a jab. Most of the jabs landed by Kotelnik were cleaner and more effective than a majority of Alexander's power shots...

and once again, judges dnt necessarily score on whos shots were more effective, and i kno wat a power shot is. regardless, it counts for more than a jab.

[Dick Buffman]

dude, dnt talk **** without lookin at the stats. the stats clearly show him landing more power punches. if ur gonna act like u kno how to judge a fight, then make sure u kno what ur seeing. he hit koltenik, even if koltenik's shots were the cleaner shots. and i aint makin excuses im just tired of this whole "it was a robbery" ****. to the ppl on this forum, every fight is a robbery. understand what the hell a robbery is, the judges werent the only ppl who had alexander winning, look around the web.

It was a robbery, and Alexander hardly landed any punches.

He threw more, landed less, and looked like he got beat up.

[Kagami Taiga]

It was a robbery, and Alexander hardly landed any punches.

He threw more, landed less, and looked like he got beat up.

lol, the bottle must be for u, im not the one whining. im trying to rationalize with u fools. but i guess this is just how u dudes are. well, whatever.

[Kevin Malone]

and once again, judges dnt necessarily score on whos shots were more effective

Which is wrong.

and i kno wat a power shot is. regardless, it counts for more than a jab.

Not necessarily. Someone can land 30 "power shots" in a round, and a counter jab could be landed knocking the guy down who landed 30 "power shots"

Compubox for that round:
Powershot guy: 30/40 "power shots", 10/50 "jabs"
Jab guy: 0/10 "power shots", 1/15 "jabs"

Score
Powershot guy: 8 or 9
Jab guy: 10

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Alexander won to me...Kotelnik was landing occasionally early on...later in the fight is when he started winning rounds...

[PrinceCharlez]

I gave Alexander 4 out of the first 6 rounds (he landed some good body shots, and I think landed more overall the first half). I gave Kotelnik the last 6 rounds.

Alexander was just hitting gloves and air the entire 2nd half of the fight.

Basically u had it close which could've been a draw. If you gave him 4 that means he could've won 5. And if you gave Kotelnik the last 6 that means he could've really won 5 which leaves 2 rounds up in the air...thats all im saying...the fight was close...people with these loopsided score cards kill me...I had Alexander winning the whole fight or the other dude winning the whole fight...i dont know what fight these dudes was watching..

[deuce_drop]

Some fans need to get a clear understanding on what a ROBBERY is. Losing a close fight isnt a ROBBERY, but beating a fighter majority of the the rounds and losing is a ROBBERY.

Last night's fight between Alexander & Kotelnik was a close fight and IMO could've went either way. I had Alexander clearly winning the majority of the rounds the first half of the fight. Kotelnik's pressure style was taking a toll on Alexander and he clearly won the majority of the rounds the second half of the fight. No fighter IMO was getting beat clearly so the fight could've went either way or been a draw. I didnt agree with none of the score cards last night and thought the fight was way closer. Both fighters fought a sloppy fight and didnt impress me not one bit.

Alex had home court advantage and pulled it off at the end. That goes to show you, "never leave your fate in the judges hands"...just never know what can happen..

just from your title alone, a close fight is never simple..............

[The Gambler1981]

Judging from ringsideand judging from TV are two completely diferent things, activity goes a long ways in person because it is hard to tell what is always cleanly landed (especially when the crowd goes crazy).

It was a difficult fight to score on tv because you had to pick and choose what you liked, although generally people on here go with activity so that is suprising but it was close enough to be up to the eye of the beholder and it is tough to win against a much more active guy in their home town on the cards.


What is funny are the people that argued for Carl Froch beating Dirrell now arguing that Alexander did nothing to win.

[Kagami Taiga]

Which is wrong.



Not necessarily. Someone can land 30 "power shots" in a round, and a counter jab could be landed knocking the guy down who landed 30 "power shots"

Compubox for that round:
Powershot guy: 30/40 "power shots", 10/50 "jabs"
Jab guy: 0/10 "power shots", 1/15 "jabs"

Score
Powershot guy: 9
Jab guy: 10

are u kidding me dude???

[Kevin Malone]

are u kidding me dude???

You do know that 1 punch can end a fight right?

A guy could dominate a guy through 99% of a fight. He could land 500 power shots and 300 jabs. The other guy could land 0 punches.

All it takes is one shot from the guy who landed nothing for him to with the fight by knockout.