Judges Should be Banned and Fined

[Mishra100]

That's why for the longest time I avoided getting into boxing.

I didn't like all I heard and had seen about boxing.

The fight that I did end up giving in and watching was DLH/Trinidad.

I was pissed at that time because that was an incredibly bull**** decision.

So after that I stayed away for a few more years and have been watching ever since but still get extremely bothered when **** like this happens.

If only there was some way to better control/regulate/whatever boxing and all the people involved.

Judges should be required to publically explain their score once they make it every round. So basically HBO would sit by all the judges and at the end of the round the judges say what they had and why.

[THE REAL NINJA]

2 or 3 great rounds does not win you 10 ...Quartey should have won

[spinksjinx]

So you seriously thought Vernon won?

No, I thought neither fighter did anything of note and it should have been ruled a draw. I can see Vernon getting the nod because of him occasionally keeping the jab out and hitting the body. While for the most part Quartey plodded and kept coming forward throwing shots far and between.

It was a crappy fight and when two fighters fight like this the decision is always going to be disputed....

The fight was lazy and sloppy. Although the point deduction will be questioned in the scoring considering of how close it was in that case it should have went to Quartey..

[spinksjinx]

2 or 3 great rounds does not win you 10 ...Quartey should have won

It's not like Quartey had a clean sweep of 7 great rounds....

Neither fighter did anything, they both fought like trash.


This proves one thing though, Quartey isnt ready for a prime fighter and Vernon still sucks.

[cold]

It's not like Quartey had a clean sweep of 7 great rounds....

Neither fighter did anything, they both fought like trash.


This proves one thing though, Quartey isnt ready for a prime fighter and Vernon still sucks.

....and Ike Quartey Won...the Judges should be fined and banned

I am donating double the points I lost in protest...I plan on feeling this Ike Quartey WIN close to the same way he does as an unfair, bogus, corrupt, blind decision.

I have now given away all of my points.

[DeltaSigChi4]

bull****! Bull****! Bull****!

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[MKOSPIB2]

No, I thought neither fighter did anything of note and it should have been ruled a draw. I can see Vernon getting the nod because of him occasionally keeping the jab out and hitting the body. While for the most part Quartey plodded and kept coming forward throwing shots far and between.

It was a crappy fight and when two fighters fight like this the decision is always going to be disputed....

The fight was lazy and sloppy. Although the point deduction will be questioned in the scoring considering of how close it was in that case it should have went to Quartey..

thats horrible, and i havent seen nobody sayin forrest won except u or that u think its ok for him to get the nod, and forrest's jab was non-existant so i dont know what ur talkin about...

[cold]

Forrest wins unanimous -- and controversial -- decision

NEW YORK -- Ike Quartey didn't need to be outside in the Manhattan night getting held up by muggers to feel as though he was robbed on Saturday night.

He only had to listen to the scorecards that were read after his junior middleweight fight with fellow former welterweight champ Vernon Forrest at the Madison Square Garden Theater.

Forrest, who had a point deducted in the ninth round for a low blow, still pulled out the fight on all three scorecards.

Judges Steve Weisfeld and Melvina Lathan both scored it 95-94 while Tony Paolillo had it 96-93 for Forrest, scores that elicited chants of "Bull----!" from the crowd of 3,012. ESPN.com scored it 95-94 for Quartey, as did most ringside media and HBO unofficial judge Harold Lederman.

Forrest (38-2) seemed to have the edge when they boxed, but Quartey seemed to have the power advantage when they traded in close, even though Forrest landed regularly to the body.

"I thought I did what I needed to do to win the fight," Forrest said. "I just have to do what I do in the ring."

Quartey (37-3-1), of Ghana, was nearly in tears after the decision. When he addressed the media, he hung his head and shook it in disbelief.

"It happened with [Oscar] De La Hoya, it happened with [Jose Luis] Lopez and it happened again tonight," Quartey said, referring to a close loss to De La Hoya and a draw with Lopez. "You saw what happened. You all saw the fight. I'm disappointed. I thought I won the fight. All the fans thought I won the fight."

Quartey promoter Lou DiBella yelled "Disgrace!" from the ring after the scores were read. When he spoke to the media, he laced his disgust with curse words, lambasting the decision.

"Ike won the fight. I don't care what the judges said," DiBella said. "Why does an entire room see a fight one way and three people see it another way? I'm not saying anything funny happened, but how does that happen? We'll give Forrest a rematch any day of the week if he will take one."

Forrest's activity may have swayed the judges. He threw 818 punches, but landed just 184 (22 percent). Quartey was more economical, landing 201 of 481 (42 percent).

[josenoway]

"Tony Paolillo had it 96-93"

with a point deduction.

You have got to be kidding me.

[spinksjinx]

thats horrible, and i havent seen nobody sayin forrest won except u or that u think its ok for him to get the nod, and forrest's jab was non-existant so i dont know what ur talkin about...

Turn off the sound and watch the fight.

We will take into account that Forrest ran and we will also take in account that Quartey just walked forward without throwing punches.

Taking those 2 factors into consideration look and see who the busier fighter was. Because it definately wasnt Quartey and how many times have you seen busier fighters get the nod despite the other fighter being more effective and aggressive with their punches? I can probably count a million times in a fight this has happened.

This fight just ******, thank god for the JMM fight though.