I'll explain Adelaide Byrd's scores.
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Disclaimer: I had Golovkin winning, 115-113. I can accept a draw, because I saw at least two swing rounds.
Much has been made of Byrd's scores. But if you look at the rounds in question it's clear what she was going by.
First let's do some comparative work:
- All three judges gave Canelo round 1. I actually disagreed, but I get why - Golovkin was tenative and looked uncomfortable. He wasn't his "usual self" - aggressive, throwing caution to the wind.
- All three judges gave Canelo Round 2. I agree.
- All three judges gave Canelo 10, 11 and 12. I disagree with 10 but that's fine. Golovkin had gassed from the earlier rounds and wasn't himself again.
So right there you have Canelo up 5 rounds.
- All three judges gave Golovkin Round 4. I agree.
There you have 1 round for him.
So what went wrong with the other rounds, 3, 5, 6, 8, and 9 - which Byrd gave all to Canelo?
There's a pattern...it's defensive aggression she favors. Otherwise known as setting traps and countering, or rope-a-dope countering. Even when you don't actually connect consistently or cleanly.
Here's some other examples she scored:- Canelo/Khan (scored for Khan for setting traps)
- Hopkins/Calslappy (scored for Hopkins for setting traps)
- Calslappy/Lacy (scored for Calslappy for setting traps)
- Broner/Porter (scored for Broner for rope-a-dope countering)
and now Canelo/Golovkin.
In the rounds she deviates, she flat out gave the round to Canelo for the appearance of effective countering and evasion regardless of what Golovkin was doing. Even in those situations where Canelo got tagged on the way out or was on the ropes trying to rope-a-dope yet still getting hit, which happened quite a few times when he gassed.
On my card, if what Canelo was doing still got him hit, I didn't give him credit. Thus why I had Golovkin winning by one round.Comment
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No matter how you slice it
Ggg won CLEARLY rds 4-9..
That's 6 rds..
I had it a draw.. but no way did canelo win this fight..
6-6
But rds 1,3,10 could have gone to ggg.
I have canelo first 3 and last 3 rounds.. ggg dominated everything elseComment
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GGG landed about 25% more punches and controlled most of the fight. Canelo only out landed GGG in the 2nd round and that was by 2 punches. He tied punches in the 12 and lost every other round. Nothing Canelo landed fazed GGG and he just kept coming forward. Canelo avoided fighting and got hit more often for most of the fight. The fight was stolen from GGG...the fans know what happened and booed Canelo. Honestly...giving 5 rounds to Canelo would be generous. Byrd either has no idea about boxing or was paid off...probably both.
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