Name the ROBBERIES in Boxing

[Deeznuts]

Golota vs. Byrd
Golota vs. Ruiz

He got unfair decisions in both fights especially the Ruiz fight.

[PRboxingfan]

I have seen no worse than Burton-Augustus two years ago. After that, I'd say the draw between JC Superstar and Pernell Whitaker is a close second.

The Oquendo-Byrd was bad, but DLH-Trinidad and DLH-Quartey were not robberies: they were both close fights. Even if I had DLH losing against Quartey and drawing Trinidad, I could live with either fighter taking the nod on those nights. People who claim those to be robberies are usually terrible fight scorers.

Here is a very good article I read a while back: http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/box...=2371089&num=0

[werewolf]

Robberies in boxing? You'd need a volume of books as big as the encyclopedia!


"Oquendo vs Byrd"

That blatant robbery was interesting because it cost George Foreman - who was the ONLY decent commentator! - his job. After the gangsters announced their phony decision, Foreman was going on about how boxers should not accept that sort of thing meekly, as Oquendo and his team were pathetically doing. He then said that they were "the best judges that money could buy", leaving the "buy" unsaid. And that was the end of Foreman as an announcer, that was his last job. Ultimately, he was allowed back after promising to toe the Party Line and be a good shill for the mobsters like the rest of their BS announcers.

Byrd got another crooked decision win in his next fight, too, vs. Andrew Golota, blatantly incompetant and crooked Randy Neumann pretending to referee that one.

Byrd's people must have been giving big bucks to Don King's bag men. On the other hand, Oquendo's people must not have been donating anything to the Don King fund, since Oquendo was robbed again when he fought - if you can call that marathon waltz contest a fight - Ruiz, and the crook who was pretending to be a referee jumped in and stopped the fight the instant action finally started. It was so obvious that he was just waiting for an excuse!




Werewolf

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pea vs jc
(as a decision)
no more no less

and yes reid-ottke was ridiculous in terms of reffing

[Evil_Meat]

peter vs toney

[werewolf]

Peter vs. Toney was NOT a robbery, but Toney vs. Rahmna WAS.




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[FibreOptic]

Peter vs. Toney was NOT a robbery, but Toney vs. Rahmna WAS.




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Peter-Toney was a robbery. In Toney-Rahman, which fighter do you think was robbed?

[werewolf]

I think that Rahman clearly defeated Toney.




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[PRboxingfan]

Rahman landed the harder punches, Toney landed more punches and great counters. It was a very hard fight to score, as was Peter-Toney.

I had Rahman ahead 7-5 and Toney ahead 7-5, respectively, but there were many rounds that could've went either way, depending on your point of view (remember, we don't see the fight from the judges angles). Also, judges can see how hard the punches are whereas we, as a TV audience, cannot.

[iron mike tyson]

sturm vs de la hoya
lewis vs hollyfield