Do people overuse the word robbery in boxing?

[Poppo168]

As the title says, people seem to say 'robbery' whenever there's a close fight.

GGG vs Jacobs
Ward vs Kovalev
Pac vs Floyd

Seems a bit childish to label fights as robberies, I can see why people think a decision went one way or another but unless it was a landslide and the judges totally phuck it up then it seems ****** to say it.

RJJ in the olympics was a ******** robbery! Not a close points decision

[yammy25]

As the title says, people seem to say 'robbery' whenever there's a close fight.

GGG vs Jacobs
Ward vs Kovalev
Pac vs Floyd

Seems a bit childish to label fights as robberies, I can see why people think a decision went one way or another but unless it was a landslide and the judges totally phuck it up then it seems ****** to say it.

RJJ in the olympics was a ******** robbery! Not a close points decision

on NSB, when your preferred fighter loses or comes off worse in a very close contest/decision...

It's a robbery.

[DinoCop]

Robbery:
Canelo getting a draw against Floyd.
Canelo scoring 118 and 119 against Cotto.
Canelo again scoring some 117 vs Lara.
In close future, vs 37 y.o. Golovkin
Canelo scoring 120.

[icha]

As the title says, people seem to say 'robbery' whenever there's a close fight.

GGG vs Jacobs
Ward vs Kovalev
Pac vs Floyd

Seems a bit childish to label fights as robberies, I can see why people think a decision went one way or another but unless it was a landslide and the judges totally phuck it up then it seems ****** to say it.

RJJ in the olympics was a ******** robbery! Not a close points decision

yes we do...

[New England]

what i find hysterical is that people are talking about the golovkin fight as a robbery [that fight was close,] and they're ignoring the real robbery of the evening, the chocolatito robbery. that was one of the more significant robberies in boxing in the last decade. gonzalez was p4p on a lot of lists, and i thought he was handily winning that fight. thai was tough, but he was missing or landing on gloves or when gonzalez was rolling. gonzales landed much cleaner, harder punches in most of the rounds. that knockdown, while you have to call what the referee called at the time, was from a clash of heads. i think that "set the tone" for the judging of the fight, and gave more credit to the power of the thai than he deserved. judges were giving him rounds based on their perception of his power, which was warped because of a kncokdown that was really a massive head clash.


thai also lost a pt for headbutts, meaning that he loses the extra pt for the round he won via knockdown. that was a robbery.

[Poppo168]

what i find hysterical is that people are talking about the golovkin fight as a robbery [that fight was close,] and they're ignoring the real robbery of the evening, the chocolatito robbery. that was one of the more significant robberies in boxing in the last decade. gonzalez was p4p on a lot of lists, and i thought he was handily winning that fight. thai was tough, but he was missing or landing on gloves or when gonzalez was rolling. gonzales landed much cleaner, harder punches in most of the rounds. that knockdown, while you have to call what the referee called at the time, was from a clash of heads. i think that "set the tone" for the judging of the fight, and gave more credit to the power of the thai than he deserved. judges were giving him rounds based on their perception of his power, which was warped because of a kncokdown that was really a massive head clash.


thai also lost a pt for headbutts, meaning that he loses the extra pt for the round he won via knockdown. that was a robbery.

Still haven't watched the Chocolatito fight, been too busy, will give it a little watch in a few days

[Rip Chudd]

Exposed and robbery, two words I've started hating as they are used a bit too much

[Poppo168]

Exposed and robbery, two words I've started hating as they are used a bit too much

I agree, unless it was a Bradley-Pacquiao 1 type decision then I don't want to hear those words used

[Baltimore]

Yeah it's annoying. Whenever people don't agree with a decision in a close fight there are some that start calling it a robbery.

I thought Kovakev won the Ward fight but thought it was by a round or two, so when the scorecards were read I disagreed but didn't start saying robbery nonstop.

If you score the fight and have a fighter winning by a round or two, it's not a robbery if the other guy wins by a round or two. A robbery is when you saw a guy clearly win 8 rounds but didn't get his hand raised at the end of the fight.

[Boxfan83]

on NSB, when your preferred fighter loses or comes off worse in a very close contest/decision...

It's a robbery.

And when their favorite fighter win a close disputed decision it becomes a schooling. Welcome to NSB...