Comments Thread For: Leo Santa Cruz-Carl Frampton - Examining The Scorecards

[1nonlymre]

That 117-111 just doesn't sit right. It was like, if the round was going to be close, Frampton was going to get the nod. Shouldn't that advantage be placed on the champion instead?

I woul say no. A challenger must beat tthechampion. Conversely, the champion must sshowtthechallenger he is bbetteras the champion. Neither get bonus points going in.

[TheMexHurricane]

I agree with Dibella with Frampton edging rounds at 6-5-1. I had Frampton winning the 1st 5 with the 6th tied. I had Leo winning 5 of the last 6 and a slightly more faded/fading Frampton winning 1 round on pure determination and pulling out the fight. Lastly, the rounds were close but the rounds that Frampton won were won a bit more clearly than the ones Leo won. Good boy this Frampton!

[BrometheusBob.]

Frampton won the majority of the judges over in 8 of the rounds. Sounds about right to me.

[PETUFF]

The decision was fair! Frampton win no doubt! always going to be cry babies around!

[Eubankjr]

People seem to think that close rounds should be shared equally and that's not the case.

If you think fighter A did a bit more in each round you give him every round don't you ?

So 9-3 isn't unreasonable if it was 5-2 with 5 close rounds.

[JulianQ]

As a neutral fight fan I saw it as a draw. I would be ok with any judge scoring the fight to either man by +2 rounds. The one judge with the wide margin needs his eyes tested. That was a dead even fight. Respect to both men.

[Bronx2245]

I had it a draw, but not disappointed in the decison. Those were some tough rounds to judge, but I agree with Paulie, Frampton's shots seem to be more powerful. Definitely worth a rematch! I hope Russell Jr. vs. Selby comes next, with winner facing Frampton, and loser facing LSC! Rigo needs to come to 126!

[The Big Dunn]

I had Frampton winning 115-113. I thought the 117-111 score was too much but I could see how a judge could give close rounds to Frampton

[Bronx2245]

5-2, Frampton (with 5 rounds in the lurch)

Anywhere from 10-2 Frampton to 7-5 Santa Cruz was apparently viable.

I thought a draw, or 7-5 LSC. It's hard though, because LSC would get hit hard, even rocked in Rd 2, then he would come back late in the round, but I wasn't sure if he did enough to erase the "memorable" shots! Frampton had good ring generalship, and LSC was coming forward! REMATCH... in 2017! LSC is going to have to go to Ireland, but they'll love him because of is fight-friendly style! CLASSIC!

[just the facts]

While I had it a draw and would accept any score card that was close, someone needs to explain how a professional boxing judge had a champion that threw many more punches, landed more punches, and was the aggressor at least 80% of the fight only won 3 rounds.