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I don't really know who to put at #1 p4p.
Here are some candidates:
Chocolatito - I thought he won 115-111. That being said, its not completely ludicrous to say the Thai won the fight. Lots of close rounds. And it was not a great performance by Choco.
If a decision is bad enough (like Kova-Ward), I ignore the official and wrong result and go forward with my determination of the fight for p4p & ranking purposes.
But if a fight is close enough that it could have gone either way, I accept the official decision, even if my decision differs.
This fight I think is a bad decision, not a "could have gone either way" fight.
Ward - I cant see putting Ward as #1, seeing as he got a gift decision. I've been ranking him as 2a (with Kova as 2b). He did perform well against the best fighter in a 2nd division.
Kova - Ive been ranking him as 2b, bc I believe he beat Ward, who is an excellent fighter. Note that Kova has done all his work in one division.
GGG - I had GGG edging the fight based on the KD (114-113). So he won against his best opponent. But if the judges gave it to Jacobs close, I would have accepted that result. Many close rounds. GGG also stopped looking like he was a class above. I cant see having GGG as #1 based on that performance. Hell, if the dudes behind him (Bud, Loma, Pac, etc) impress, they can overtake him
I don't thing that dudes like Bud, Loma have done enough to be #1. Pac is a possibility, but Vargas & Bradley don't remove how bad he looked v Money, and he is on the downside of his career.
Since I do think it was a bad decision, I may just retain Choco as p4p #1, but it doesn't look right given the official decision.
And Choco is vulnerable at 115, he give up a lot of size and he hit the Thai w/ EVERYTHING to no effect.
Honestly, the top of the p4p list is a mess based on bad decisions and GGG not exactly putting to rest claims that he's more hype than substance.
Here are some candidates:
Chocolatito - I thought he won 115-111. That being said, its not completely ludicrous to say the Thai won the fight. Lots of close rounds. And it was not a great performance by Choco.
If a decision is bad enough (like Kova-Ward), I ignore the official and wrong result and go forward with my determination of the fight for p4p & ranking purposes.
But if a fight is close enough that it could have gone either way, I accept the official decision, even if my decision differs.
This fight I think is a bad decision, not a "could have gone either way" fight.
Ward - I cant see putting Ward as #1, seeing as he got a gift decision. I've been ranking him as 2a (with Kova as 2b). He did perform well against the best fighter in a 2nd division.
Kova - Ive been ranking him as 2b, bc I believe he beat Ward, who is an excellent fighter. Note that Kova has done all his work in one division.
GGG - I had GGG edging the fight based on the KD (114-113). So he won against his best opponent. But if the judges gave it to Jacobs close, I would have accepted that result. Many close rounds. GGG also stopped looking like he was a class above. I cant see having GGG as #1 based on that performance. Hell, if the dudes behind him (Bud, Loma, Pac, etc) impress, they can overtake him
I don't thing that dudes like Bud, Loma have done enough to be #1. Pac is a possibility, but Vargas & Bradley don't remove how bad he looked v Money, and he is on the downside of his career.
Since I do think it was a bad decision, I may just retain Choco as p4p #1, but it doesn't look right given the official decision.
And Choco is vulnerable at 115, he give up a lot of size and he hit the Thai w/ EVERYTHING to no effect.
Honestly, the top of the p4p list is a mess based on bad decisions and GGG not exactly putting to rest claims that he's more hype than substance.
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