Hopkins should be the Ring magazine champion

[Bombardier]

1 - People say a lot about Duane Ford giving Taylor the 12th round, but no one ever says anything about Jerry Roth giving Hopkins the 3rd round. There is no way Hopkins won that round. Roth also gave Hopkins the 4th round, which is very debatable.

2 - To all of you who are saying Hopkins wobbled Taylor, while that is true, you do realize that Taylor had lost a lot of blood AND suffered a concusion by the championship rounds dont you? Lets see what happens when Taylor doesnt lose a ton of blood in the rematch.

3 - People really need to stop bitching about this. It has almost been a month, a rematch is on the way, and it wasn't the robbery that a lot of you make it out to be.

Good points, karma coming your way.

[taylorfan]

That's Ridiculous

hopkins did win the last round.......... but what was even more unfair than duane ford giving the last round to taylor was when the third round was given to hopkins by one of the judges! Taylor won the fight due to hopkins losing to himself.

[RAESAAD]

hopkins did win the last round.......... but what was even more unfair than duane ford giving the last round to taylor was when the third round was given to hopkins by one of the judges! Taylor won the fight due to hopkins losing to himself.

**** the first couple of rounds were so boring by both fighter they should have been 10-10 in a perfect world and Hopkins dominated without question the championship rounds take nothing from Taylor but he should have had to win a clear cut fight to take the title from the longtime Champ and he did not. Not a Taylor hater either just being honest.

[riz]

this wasn't grand larsity it was a close fight, could've gone either way. hopkins has bitched too much about it. if u dont want to rely on the judges KO the ****er.
this wasn't a landslide victory, like DLH sturm, where it seemed that sturm won, or DLH mosely II (whre it seemed LDH won)

[PRboxingfan]

The Extortionist is just making waves. If Duane Ford had scored rounds 3, 4, and 5 for Taylor, as did the other two judges, his scorecard wouldn't have read 116-112 for Hopkins but 115-113 for Taylor. Then, in that case, the 12th round wouldn't have mattered as it would be 115-113 Taylor twice and 114-114 for a Majority Decision in Taylor's favor. If you're going to talk about one judge's card talk about them all.

Maybe boxing can go to a 2-1 vote. If two judges see a round for a fighter he gets the round 10-9 minus any KDs. That would discourage any bought judges (unless you buy two).

[Mike Tyson Jr.]

The Extortionist is just making waves. If Duane Ford had scored rounds 3, 4, and 5 for Taylor, as did the other two judges, his scorecard wouldn't have read 116-112 for Hopkins but 115-113 for Taylor. Then, in that case, the 12th round wouldn't have mattered as it would be 115-113 Taylor twice and 114-114 for a Majority Decision in Taylor's favor. If you're going to talk about one judge's card talk about them all.

Maybe boxing can go to a 2-1 vote. If two judges see a round for a fighter he gets the round 10-9 minus any KDs. That would discourage any bought judges (unless you buy two).

your just hating on Hopkins
just because he whipped Titos
ass. anyway the fight with
Taylor was really a draw no one won
that fight, Hopkins did NOT win.

[tracylee]

But the Hopkins vs Taylor fight wasn't a robbery.

It was an extremely close fight...

Any fight that is as close in scoring as this one was can't be called a "Robbery".

Agreed! I've been told too many time in the past that close fights are not robberies. Taylor is the 'rightful' champ.

[Mike Tyson Jr.]

Agreed! I've been told too many time in the past that close fights are not robberies. Taylor is the 'rightful' champ.

not really because that
fight was really a draw
when I judged it. No one
won that fight.

[tracylee]

not really because that
fight was really a draw
when I judged it. No one
won that fight.

When you scored it, which doesnt mean anything. Your score counts the same as mine does, which is not at all. Taylor won, fair and square, period.

[Mike Tyson Jr.]

When you scored it, which doesnt mean anything. Your score counts the same as mine does, which is not at all. Taylor won, fair and square, period.

he didnt win and hopkins
did NOT win. a draw is a draw.