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I watched the Taylor-Wright fight tonight (3 unintentional rhymes in a row...) and was really disappointed in the decision. I come on here and see a lot of guys having a completely opposite view of the fight. Very puzzling to me. I have the fight recorded in hdtv and still can't see what others are seeing. I finally figured it all out.
First, Winky's 12th round coast. While watching the 12th round I, along with others, was confused by Winky's coasting. It only briefly crossed my mind that he was doing this because he though he won the fight already. Seemed so improbably that the though quickly left my mind. Now looking back, hearing him answer Merchant after the fight (after merchant asked repeatedly why he gave away the 12th round) that he thought he had it won, I know why he did it. He knew he was losing the fight at the time. Furthermore, he knew he would lose the fight even if he won the 12th and he knew there was no possibility he could knock out Taylor. So he played the unfair card and coasted to pretend to his fans that he thought he was so far ahead on the scorecards at that point that it didn't matter. He could then later claim that the scores were unfair. Merchant even asked him in the post fight interview why he already threw out his arms in disgust before the 3rd scorecard was read. He stumbled and responded that he knew it would be a draw. But he really didn't know that, how could he? It could've been a split decision for him. As ridiculous, to me, as any kind of decision win for him sounds, 1 judge had just given him the fight. Now I'm not saying that Winky consciously came up with this scheme. This is the psychology of fighters. He instinctively did this seeing no way to win the fight. At least he could hope to keep his fans. The funny thing is, with the scoring as nonsensical as it was, Winky would've won a majority decision had he simply participated in the 12th round.
So why are there people giving Winky the fight on this board? Even on my own board, 1 person called this a robbery against Winky. A combination of bias towards Winky to begin with and the big swollen left eye Taylor developed early in the fight and had completely shut by the end is the reason. I hadn't realized so many boxing fans were picking Winky to win. To be honest, I've only seen Winky fight once a long time ago, can't even remember his opponent's name. So I wasn't a member of his bandwagon. A lot of boxing experts also picked Winky to win. The big puffy eye must've made people feel that Taylor was getting beat up and Winky's punches were causing damage. To be honest, I didn't see the headbutt that caused this. But it was clearly a headbutt. Winky's jabs were not causing that and Taylor was, unintentionally, getting hit many times in that area with headbutts.
Although many rounds were close, this was a clearcut victory for Taylor as 7 rounds were not close.
First, Winky's 12th round coast. While watching the 12th round I, along with others, was confused by Winky's coasting. It only briefly crossed my mind that he was doing this because he though he won the fight already. Seemed so improbably that the though quickly left my mind. Now looking back, hearing him answer Merchant after the fight (after merchant asked repeatedly why he gave away the 12th round) that he thought he had it won, I know why he did it. He knew he was losing the fight at the time. Furthermore, he knew he would lose the fight even if he won the 12th and he knew there was no possibility he could knock out Taylor. So he played the unfair card and coasted to pretend to his fans that he thought he was so far ahead on the scorecards at that point that it didn't matter. He could then later claim that the scores were unfair. Merchant even asked him in the post fight interview why he already threw out his arms in disgust before the 3rd scorecard was read. He stumbled and responded that he knew it would be a draw. But he really didn't know that, how could he? It could've been a split decision for him. As ridiculous, to me, as any kind of decision win for him sounds, 1 judge had just given him the fight. Now I'm not saying that Winky consciously came up with this scheme. This is the psychology of fighters. He instinctively did this seeing no way to win the fight. At least he could hope to keep his fans. The funny thing is, with the scoring as nonsensical as it was, Winky would've won a majority decision had he simply participated in the 12th round.
So why are there people giving Winky the fight on this board? Even on my own board, 1 person called this a robbery against Winky. A combination of bias towards Winky to begin with and the big swollen left eye Taylor developed early in the fight and had completely shut by the end is the reason. I hadn't realized so many boxing fans were picking Winky to win. To be honest, I've only seen Winky fight once a long time ago, can't even remember his opponent's name. So I wasn't a member of his bandwagon. A lot of boxing experts also picked Winky to win. The big puffy eye must've made people feel that Taylor was getting beat up and Winky's punches were causing damage. To be honest, I didn't see the headbutt that caused this. But it was clearly a headbutt. Winky's jabs were not causing that and Taylor was, unintentionally, getting hit many times in that area with headbutts.
Although many rounds were close, this was a clearcut victory for Taylor as 7 rounds were not close.
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