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Incidentally, miscalculated scorecards are nothing new. In the Jose Luis Castillo-Stevie Johnston lightweight title rematch in 2000, Johnston was declared a majority decision winner to regain the title only to have it discovered that (coincidentally) Morita's card had been added wrong and that he really scored it a draw, thus allowing Castillo to retain the title. Two other examples: Mark Johnson was awarded a victory against Rafael Marquez in their first fight in 2001, only to have it actually have been a split decision win for Marquez; and the 1998 junior middleweight title bout between Winky Wright and Harry Simon, which was initially ruled a draw, allowing Wright to keep his belt, before it was corrected to a majority decision victory for new title holder Simon.
This Morita guy should be banned from judging. I thought Barrera won the fight, but it can not be a coincidence that two title fight's scorecards can be screwed up by the same guy. They should investigate him and keep people like that away from the sport.
an Rafael)=>Incidentally, miscalculated scorecards are nothing new. In the Jose Luis Castillo-Stevie Johnston lightweight title rematch in 2000, Johnston was declared a majority decision winner to regain the title only to have it discovered that (coincidentally) Morita's card had been added wrong and that he really scored it a draw, thus allowing Castillo to retain the title. Two other examples: Mark Johnson was awarded a victory against Rafael Marquez in their first fight in 2001, only to have it actually have been a split decision win for Marquez; and the 1998 junior middleweight title bout between Winky Wright and Harry Simon, which was initially ruled a draw, allowing Wright to keep his belt, before it was corrected to a majority decision victory for new title holder Simon.
This Morita guy should be banned from judging. I thought Barrera won the fight, but it can not be a coincidence that two title fight's scorecards can be screwed up by the same guy. They should investigate him and keep people like that away from the sport.
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