Decision wins...

[DuckAdonis]

Why are decision wins looked at as outboxing a guy when the boxer is a defensively minded fighter but looked at as 'exposed' when an offensively minded power puncher has the same result ?

Do agressively minded fighters have to prove themselves more in this era ?

[daggum]

Why are decision wins looked at as outboxing a guy when the boxer is a defensively minded fighter but looked at as 'exposed' when an offensively minded power puncher has the same result ?

Do agressively minded fighters have to prove themselves more in this era ?

yes its cause some fighters start with low expectations and some with higher. ggg beat jacobs and canelo but because it was by decision and not by ko some bashed him for not living up to expectations. ward "beat" kovalev and guys like froch by decision and even if it was extremely dubious he was given credit simply for surviving the big puncher and "winning" by decision

[The Gambler1981]

Why are decision wins looked at as outboxing a guy when the boxer is a defensively minded fighter but looked at as 'exposed' when an offensively minded power puncher has the same result ?

Do agressively minded fighters have to prove themselves more in this era ?

It is kind of what is your aim~

If you go in to accomplish one thing and that doesn't go down then that creates a certain perception even if a guy easily wins. So an aggressive guy going for the knockout, if he doesn't achieve that (even though that could be difficult or impossible) the he didn't really do what he set out to do.

If a defensive boxers takes a guy to decision that was his aim so he achieved his goal. If he happens to score a knockout that is a bonus.

Yea it is kind of unfair but the aggressive guy will generally get more opportunities because they bring better entertainment even if a defensive guy is a better fighter. So it is not like they don't get some advantages also.

[HarvardBlue]

You can't really tell how skillful a fighter is from a short fight. In 12 round fights you see how well the skill of KO artist hold up. After fatigue sets in some boxers get sloppy, make mistakes, and it looks like they're getting exposed. It's not always true but in some cases it is.

[A.K]

There is 12 rounds to the chess match its looked as outboxing when someone sweeps, when it’s close looked at as a good fight but there is always a better man most the time.