Im watching Williams vs Lara for the first time, and Im in round 3....

[Clint650]

Thats exactly how I felt....

I would watch the round, and think, Williams was busy, and putting in good work.... Then HBO would talk about how bad he was hit and how he should retire, and then I would start second guessing myself.....

there were rounds where Lara ONLY LANDED 3 or 4 lefts and nothing else, but Williams was pushing forward, and was much busier.....

It was a good, close fight....

if the panel influences you more than the actual fight then you have no business making clear decisions about anything about boxing. you know how many times ive heard Lampley, Kellerman, and Steward favor someone or pick someone apart no matter what the outcome might have been? the thing is they are rarely in agreement. for this fight EVERYONE was disgusted with the decision. the only people who think Paul won, is the two blind judges, Paul's corner, Paul's promoter, YOU, and Paul himself.

[daggum]

Honestly the HBO Bias is so hard to overcome when scoring... I had myself giving Williams rds at times, but the complete biasness and negativity towards Williams literally guilted me into giving Lara more rds.

hbo is biased towards accurate fighters.

[uoykcuf]

hbo is biased towards accurate fighters.

Hbo had Calzaghe beating Hopkins tho. So wouldn't what you just said be incorrect since you felt Hopkins won?

[Holmes]

All i keep hearing you say is Paul is the busier fighter. Being a busy fighter doesnt win you fights. Its landing CLEAN AND EFFECTIVE SHOTS!!!!! How hard is that to get through some peoples ******** heads? For crying out loud Paul in reality won 2 rounds 3 MAYBE but thats stretching it.


**** you guys need to give your head a shake and chill out and have a drink this is pissing me the hell off. Paul Williams sucks compared to the Martinez'z and the Laras.

[DLT]

You dont have to mute it. Just dont let it influnce you. Anyways, I thought Lara clearly won the next 3 rounds to go up 5-4. I also thought he clearly won the 12th round which gives him a 6-4 advantage. In rounds 10 & 11 you could go either way to me, including a draw in them. Lara landed the big blows but Williams outworked him and it added up. Therefore, I could see a judge having it 8-4 for Lara, 6-6, or anything in between

[Guest]

I like the sense of drama in HTown's post.


He does that when he's drunk too.

[mathed]

You dont have to mute it. Just dont let it influnce you. Anyways, I thought Lara clearly won the next 3 rounds to go up 5-4. I also thought he clearly won the 12th round which gives him a 6-4 advantage. In rounds 10 & 11 you could go either way to me, including a draw in them. Lara landed the big blows but Williams outworked him and it added up. Therefore, I could see a judge having it 8-4 for Lara, 6-6, or anything in between

Round 10- punch stats

Williams: 19/104, 18%
Lara: 19/ 48, 40%

Round 11 - punch stats

Williams: 13/89, 15%
Lara: 18/48, 38%

I don't see it and the stats say otherwise....Lara was clearly more effective and much more efficient...ala Mayweather...who never loses.

[King Ju-Ju]

Round 10- punch stats

Williams: 19/104, 18%
Lara: 19/ 48, 40%

Round 11 - punch stats

Williams: 13/89, 15%
Lara: 18/48, 38%

I don't see it and the stats say otherwise....Lara was clearly more effective and much more efficient...ala Mayweather...who never loses.

williams threw bs punches with no pop behind them. laras shots was knocking him out of boxing trunks. 1 thing i hold against lara is that he could have went for the ko imo cuz williams was there to be put to sleep. either way lara still spanked him.

[Holmes]

just look at the numbers. P Will was swinging the bat a million times but it was Lara who was having the big batting average and more runs and rbis. p will didnt stun him or NOTHING. easy win for lara

[daggum]

Hbo had Calzaghe beating Hopkins tho. So wouldn't what you just said be incorrect since you felt Hopkins won?

no because calzaghe landed more punches at a higher connect rate according to compubox so it must be true! also calzaghe vs roy jones on hbo ppv was a done deal if calzaghe won but i'm sure that had nothing to do with it...