When an obvious scorecard robbery takes place, who's doing the paying?

[nveleven]

Close fights are one thing, but when canelo won on one of the judge's score cards against Mayweather, there was clearly some shadiness going on. So my question is: who's the most likely culprit in a fix?
I know people like Arum are slime, but this seems like too big of a risk these days for a major promoter to be in on to be worth it. Everything we do is documented now. And if a major promoter gets caught once, their whole career tanks. So does the fix-organizing get sub-contracted out to a major bookie?
Anyway, just curious.

[Sugar Adam Ali]

Not sure, probably alot of different scenarios, promoters, bookies, etc...

But i honestly think, the bad judges keep getting the fights because they dont have to be told who to score for.. They know who is expected to win and they quietly make it happen without ever taking a "bribe" because they already make 7-8k per fight, and its a nice cush job, and they dont want to lose their judging spot, so they show loyalty to promoter or whatever, and they get to keep collecting fat checks for judging..

[HanzGruber]

Most likely bookies. I think PAC was -450 vs Bradley 1. And the whole world was on him lol. Someone made a lot of money

[nveleven]

Interesting--I hadn't considered the judges' inherent bias. Makes sense

[New England]

i'd like to thank god and...

[Golden Boi 360]

I just don't believe that bribes/fixes take place at the highest level in boxing. I feel that judges are just bad at scoring fights.

This isn't the 20's anymore.

[UTEP]

I just don't believe that bribes/fixes take place at the highest level in boxing. I feel that judges are just bad at scoring fights.

This isn't the 20's anymore.

^^^^^^This. The sport of boxing is clean nowadays

[jas]

i'd like to thank god and...

explains the scorecard on hopkins shumenov card


paulie agreed with you

[teddycanyon]

hometown decisions it could be the promoter. Promoter almost certainly had a hand in the De La Hoya-Sturm decision as he knew De La Hoya-Hopkins was right around the corner.

Also seedy individuals/organizations who are taking bets on the fight. CJ Ross probably had action on a Bradley win and a Floyd majority decision and was getting paid off by somebody to influence the decision. She'll deny it but it's more than likely true.

[Capaedia]

Probably the highest bidder


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