Rafael: Several writers had 114-113 for Berto, T. Smith, R. Borges, Farhood, Marley.

[xcaret v4]

they just hate to see the mexican beat the black man

[King Ju-Ju]

I have no idea how can anyone score that fight and have Berto winning

[GhostfaceKillah]

maybe sitting ringside he saw things differently like being distracted by a chillie dog and a large bucket of chicken. With that said if you watched it on TV there is no possible way you could score that fight berto. He won like 3 rounds.

Exactly.

I could understand them giving him 4 rounds max and even thats a stretch for me...... but they all score it for Berto? Hes laying on the ropes basically all night, looking sloppy as hell, no jabs, simply being outfought.

Harold Lederman was in the exact same arena and he scored it pretty well, so did his daughter if I remember correctly.

[Double_L]

I think people need to give Rafael some slack, he gets some huge hate over here lol. Yeah it was a bad scoring card, but his opinion is just that... an opinion.

I don't really like his written articles that much (seems biased sometimes), but I don't loathe the guy. And from what I've seen he doesn't always put out terrible scorecards. Why do people hate him so much?

[ProTrainer]

Dan Rafael was probably looking away to much at his sandwhich.
I mean Ortiz only landed over 200 power shots on the flat footed Berto and only 100 + clean to his face.

[GhostfaceKillah]

I think people need to give Rafael some slack, he gets some huge hate over here lol. Yeah it was a bad scoring card, but his opinion is just that... an opinion.

I don't really like his written articles that much (seems biased sometimes), but I don't loathe the guy. And from what I've seen he doesn't always put out terrible scorecards. Why do people hate him so much?

Because hes never stepped foot in a ring but talks all this garbage about some truly hard working fighters.

Its funny how he critiques some of the most top athletes in the world, yet hes a fat slob of a human being, he knows very little about boxing.. hes just on a big platform (ESPN) to make people think he does.

Industry people hate him, ask around.

[Steven Adams]

damn, If i was sitting in the cheap seat.. I couldve swore Berto won no more than 2 rounds.

[Dsanchez]

i was there and there's no way u can give that fight to berto! plain and simple other than round 2 and most of rd 6 he was dominated. he hit ortiz with some shots but ortiz was just not gonna be denied, not that night

[Dsanchez]

damn, If i was sitting in the cheap seat.. I couldve swore Berto won no more than 2 rounds.

i agree i gave him 2 maybe 3 rds