Do people understand what robberies really mean? Holyfield-Lewis=Robbery.

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"There's no such thing as a robbery." -sven ottke

[turkas]

I am sick of so many people complaining about robberies in every single close fight. Holyfield Lewis I was a 'robbery'. It led to a federal investigation and it let to Emmaneul Steward calling out boxing and it's integrity for one of the few times in his life.

'This is what's killing boxing' A robbery is when Lewis clearly beat up Holyfield for 9 of 12 rounds and there were 3 swing rounds... Than it's a draw. A robbery is NOT Bradley-Ruslan.. A robbery is NOT Mayweather Castillo. Those are close fights that could have gone EITHER way. A Ruslan win? Sure. A Castillo win? Sure. Not a robbery.

We as boxing fans are over doing the 'robbery' claims. I even heard some people say Martinez-Williams was a robbery. I think viewers are influenced by the commentators and fans to a certain degree and will incorrectly make judgement.

A classic example of fans in attendance not knowing what the hell is going on was. the booing of Roy Jones Jr after a hard fought courageous win over Tarver during their first fight. It was a very clear Jones win yet because of Tarver's upset factor, boos were rain down upon Roy and you would think that was a 'robbery' of sorts when it was nothing remotely close to a robbery.

Preech! I have been saying this on here for years.



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[Weebler I]

I think one of the issues with last night is that we all know that even if Provodnikov won the fight he still wasn't getting the decision. He had to knock out Bradley to win.