Comments Thread For: Team Akhmedov To Protest Decision Loss To Mario Barrios

[_Rexy_]

I was at the fight so I didn't have the advantage (disadvantage?) of hearing the commentary or seeing the unofficial scoring, but I felt it was a close fight and the knockdowns likely made the difference. I was a little confused by the booing when the decision was read. Now, to be fair, I was stuck in the pizza line for the first 3 rounds so I saw those on TV and not up close, but still.

Even the commentary....They were riding Barrios for the first 6-7 rounds, and then they slowly changed once it became "obvious" that Batyr was going to win the fight.

[ShoulderRoll]

Close fight. The knockdowns made the difference.

[paulf]

Akhmedov beat Barrios around the ring every round he stayed on his feet. Calling it a draw would be extremely generous to Barrios, giving him the W was downright criminal.

[RJJ-94-02=GOAT]

It was a robbery, even if he didn’t get dropped in the last he still would’ve been down on the cards

[ELHITMAN606]

It was a close fight probably should have been a draw those 2 knockdowns he suffered made a big impact

[sicko]

He got Dropped that first time and I thought he won every round in between until he got dropped again which to me could've saved Mario 0 with a DRAW but hell no he did not WIN that fight

Should get a immediate rematch

[Patsfan bri]

If you thought Fury Wilder was a robbery ( which I didn't ) then you have to clearly think this was. Barrios took all kinds of punishment in this fight and even with the 2 knockdowns he only won 2 other rds therefore he loses by 1 point on my card ( which doesn't mean ***** ). The problem I have and I think many people have is how wide the scorecards were for Barrios. This isn't the worst decision I have ever seen but by far and away the worse scoring I have ever seen and that includes Lewis Holyfield one.

[Combat Talk Radio]

Where it not for the knockdowns Batyr would have won the fight but its very hard to claim a win when you got two 10-8 rounds against you

One judge gave Barrios 8 rounds. I found no more than four for him even WITH the knockdowns.

This was a Williams/Lara special.

[richardt]

They should protest. Saturday Akhmedov beat the sht out of Barrios and was robbed. But more than that, you dont give a fighter a 2 point round when he lost the round up to that point. And they need to start giving fighters 2 point rounds when they beat an opponent from pillar to post busting him up and beating him down. This was nothing short of a beat down.

[baroidi]

scoring boxing is so subjective, the only thing definitive are Knockdowns and KOs, that's why scorecards are all over the place and corruption is so rampant and easy to get away with. It's gonna be impossible for Akmedov's team to prove their win when he got knocked down twice. It's very easy for Judges to say his workrate and aggressiveness was not effective, and you can't use Barrio's battered face because some fighters bruise easily. I had it at worst a draw for Akemedov, I thought he did enough to win despite the two knockdowns..