Steve Kim: "I have no problem with the decision"

[Canelo Phresh]

Glad he doesnt write for boxingscene. That ass clown seriously dont know chit about boxing.

[The Gambler1981]

Glad he doesnt write for boxingscene. That ass clown seriously dont know chit about boxing.

You want to know the sad thing, he does actually know a lot about boxing. If he was an ignorant fool I could overlook that much easier, but being a dishonest bought man is a much worse offense for a journalist IMO.

[Mr. Philadel]

I hate that dude...if I ever meet him I'm slapping him!!!

[Hougigo]

He's a journalist. They write what gets people's attention.

[mathed]

Can't believe he actually said this.

phuck steve Kim

[Heru]

Steve Kim's columns were one of the first boxing columns I frequented; he's a good writer that brings up good points, but he's partial to Bob Arum and Top Rank to a point where the line of honestly partial writer and shill is blurred...

He constantly tries to justify Top Rank's decisions, whether if they're clearly in the wrong or not.

I haven't watched the fight, but I dislike excessive clinching and using clinching as a persistent tactic. It can completely change fights for the worse. If the Berto-Collazo ref wouldn't have warned and deducted a point from Berto early in the fight, Berto probably would have hit and hugged his way to another ho hum decision instead of having both fighters dig down deep in a FOTY candidate. It puts inside fighters at a disadvantage by allowing fighters that don't have inside defense to use clinching as their defense (Mosley, Berto, Molina, Abril, Wlad, Alexander, etc.).

[New England]

Steve Kim's columns were one of the first boxing columns I frequented; he's a good writer that brings up good points, but he's partial to Bob Arum and Top Rank to a point where the line of honestly partial writer and shill is blurred...

He constantly tries to justify Top Rank's decisions, whether if they're clearly in the wrong or not.

I haven't watched the fight, but I dislike excessive clinching and using clinching as a persistent tactic. It can completely change fights for the worse. If the Berto-Collazo ref wouldn't have warned and deducted a point from Berto early in the fight, Berto probably would have hit and hugged his way to another ho hum decision instead of having both fighters dig down deep in a FOTY candidate. It puts inside fighters at a disadvantage by allowing fighters that don't have inside defense to use clinching as their defense (Mosley, Berto, Molina, Abril, Wlad, Alexander, etc.).

abril beat the bag out of him and it had very little to do with the clinches.

rios looked horrible and abril boxed well

[Heru]

abril beat the bag out of him and it had very little to do with the clinches.

rios looked horrible and abril boxed well

I'll watch the fight to see if Abril's usage of clinches fits my criteria. If it does, Kim has a point. If it doesn't, Abril deserves all the credit for his performance against Rios and it is another example of Kim being a Top Rank shill.

[Ray*]

You want to know the sad thing, he does actually know a lot about boxing. If he was an ignorant fool I could overlook that much easier, but being a dishonest bought man is a much worse offense for a journalist IMO.

Thats the scariest thing about this whole thing..

[pesticid]

Steve Kim's columns were one of the first boxing columns I frequented; he's a good writer that brings up good points, but he's partial to Bob Arum and Top Rank to a point where the line of honestly partial writer and shill is blurred...

He constantly tries to justify Top Rank's decisions, whether if they're clearly in the wrong or not.

I haven't watched the fight, but I dislike excessive clinching and using clinching as a persistent tactic. It can completely change fights for the worse. If the Berto-Collazo ref wouldn't have warned and deducted a point from Berto early in the fight, Berto probably would have hit and hugged his way to another ho hum decision instead of having both fighters dig down deep in a FOTY candidate. It puts inside fighters at a disadvantage by allowing fighters that don't have inside defense to use clinching as their defense (Mosley, Berto, Molina, Abril, Wlad, Alexander, etc.).

Don't forget about Ward and Bhop.