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A fighter will never admit he lost a fight. Just like in any other sport.
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thats not the case at all.
it was obvious to us that he lost the fight, so to us it seems equally obvious that he should know it also. but when you are in the ring you are not always aware of how the fight is going, somtimes u get wrapped into teh action and at teh end of a round have no clue how it went (without getting rocked).
half the time my trainer tells me how i did after a sparring session im in shock, sometimes i thought i did good and he says i didnt and even more often i think i did bad and it turns out i did well.
the fight was closer than hbos team of clowns called it. on top of that williams was pushing forward all the time, threw more punches and did some great work on the inside. lara clearly won, but its not like williams didnt have his moments.
i can see how he thought he won from inside the ring. regardless i couldnt have more respect of williams than i do.Comment
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I played bball both in high school and college and I never ONCE gave another team props for handing a loss to us. Any loss that happened, happened because we didnt play right, not the other teams talent or will. I dont know too many ballers/fighters ect. that would openly give props like that; most internalize a loss and blame themselves, not the other.
In P-Will's case (as big of a fan as i am of his) i had it 7-5 for Lara. The fact that he said he won the fight is refreshing, f**k it. Humbleness happens once a fighter retires. To hell with being humble and saying another man won. That's the attitude he needs right now. Everyone knows he wants a Martinez scrap. Admitting he lost wont help his case of getting one last go-round with Sergio.
And, sometimes, HBO exaggerates the s**t out of some fighter's performances. If you listen to the commentators, you would think Lara won all 12 rounds.. Williams didnt get destroyed, just outboxed. Lara's left hand was the telling tale of the night, but the clash of heads is what caused all the blood from Williams. If you take away the left hand from Lara, things would have looked different..Comment
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Paul knows he got that ass whooped. That was written all over his face along with 100% of his team from the end of the fight until the decision was read. And if you think this fight was any closer than 116-112, scoring fights just ain't for you. I'm done with Paul if he won't admit he prevailed in the face of robbery. I always thought he was a stand-up guy, but that's some b*tch ass ****.Comment
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I was really disappointed to hear Paul say he thought he won. Especially since they have him on recording admitting he needed a KO to win. Kellerman should have gone a step further in the interview and been like "well you said you needed a KO to win, did you get the KO? Did I miss something here?"
I like Paul, he comes off as a really nice dude, but that was disappointing to hear.
And in regards to everyone saying no fighter admits they lost or should admit it. OK, maybe he doesn't say "damn, I just got my butt whipped". But he could be like Felix Sturm a couple weeks back. He didn't necessarily admit defeat, but he said "yes it was a close fight, I will grant him an immediate rematch". He at least had the class to admit it was controversial.
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