Worst home-COUNTRY robberies

[BattlingNelson]

I was going to mention this before I saw your post I think it was in round 4 or 5 where the ref warned Reid for landing a clean hook right on Ottke's jaw and Reid was just like WTF?

That's a myth. The ref warned Reid for fouling.

[BattlingNelson]

Speaking of appauling hometown officiating. Check this:

[Boxing Bob]

I have to say USA.

Based on what exactly?

[FloydTBE]

germany no doubts man

[Spray_resistant]

That's a myth. The ref warned Reid for fouling.

No its not, and rewatch the fight he lands a clean punch and is warned for it.

[bigcursedawg]

Germany isn't half as bad as it was 5-10 years ago. When was the last "robbery" decision that they had there?

Look at Sturm-Geale. Felix Sturm is a beloved German home fighter and he lost a very close fight that could have gone in his favor. If Germany is so bad why didn't he get the decision?

Sturm was given favorable decisions against Macklin and Murray. How many times were they going to save him? There have been plenty of bad decisions in Germany lately. Provetkin vs Huck, and Huck vs Afolabi were both bad decisions, they might not have been robberies, but they were decisions that saved the fighters that saved the losers of those fights.

[bigcursedawg]

Marquez vs John was one of the worst home country robberies IMO. Marquez won that fight comfortably. He landed the cleaner punches, pressed the fight, and just over all out boxed John. Even the ref knew John was losing and he deducted JMM 2 points for borderline body shots. Bad reffing, bad judging, and bad decision on the part of Marquez for taking that fight in Indonesia.

[White_Knight]

USA
De la Hoya vs Felix Sturm
Bradley vs Pacquiao
Holyfield vs Lewis
Khan vs Peterson

Finland
Helenius vs Chisora

[White_Knight]

Sturm was given favorable decisions against Macklin and Murray. How many times were they going to save him? There have been plenty of bad decisions in Germany lately. Provetkin vs Huck, and Huck vs Afolabi were both bad decisions, they might not have been robberies, but they were decisions that saved the fighters that saved the losers of those fights.

I'm not sure about the 2nd fight you mention, but Povetkin definitely deserved the win over Huck.

[Slyboots]

Looks like a lot of people didn't understand the topic of this thread.

Only ones I can recall of the top of my head are Macklin-Sturm and Ottke-Reid.