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Na mate Hatton just wasn't given as much leniency to do all the dirty crap he was allowed to do in England. That said, Floyd loves his elbows and pushing down on people's heads too.
Burton/Augustus gets my vote (it's the worst I've seen), not necessarily because it was a clear that Augustus won by a mile or anything, but more because of the behaviour of the referee and the judges scorecards.
Ref disallows a rd.3 body shot knockdown, which isn't too bad because maybe he didn't have a good view, but then later on when Augustus was starting to put some punches together the ref stopped the action to warn Augustus for a low blow when no punch was anywhere near low. Either way Burton was being protected.
Then he ignored all the rabbit punches Burton threw, only to warn Augustus to "watch his head". Then he deducted a point from Augustus for spinning out of a clinch - one of the many clinches Burton instigated by wrestling and grabbing Augustus around the neck.
Then the judges scorecards were blatantly biased. 2 judges clearly gave it to Burton, 92-97 & 90-99, while the one with eyes had it 98-94.
When was the last time you saw a split decision with a scorecard of 99-90??
Blatant robbery.
/rant
Burton/Augustus gets my vote (it's the worst I've seen), not necessarily because it was a clear that Augustus won by a mile or anything, but more because of the behaviour of the referee and the judges scorecards.
Ref disallows a rd.3 body shot knockdown, which isn't too bad because maybe he didn't have a good view, but then later on when Augustus was starting to put some punches together the ref stopped the action to warn Augustus for a low blow when no punch was anywhere near low. Either way Burton was being protected.
Then he ignored all the rabbit punches Burton threw, only to warn Augustus to "watch his head". Then he deducted a point from Augustus for spinning out of a clinch - one of the many clinches Burton instigated by wrestling and grabbing Augustus around the neck.
Then the judges scorecards were blatantly biased. 2 judges clearly gave it to Burton, 92-97 & 90-99, while the one with eyes had it 98-94.
When was the last time you saw a split decision with a scorecard of 99-90??
Blatant robbery.
/rant
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