Miranda vs Abraham - Round 5 Fiasco

[amagnin]

Exactly isn't that happening right now with Peter-Toney? Surely there are those who THINK Toney won the fight (myself included) but the FACT is that he lost and now there will be a rematch

[Pantera2000]

Next time you say wacky **** like that try to back it up with solid proof. If you can't then dont throw BS out there.

That's the pot calling the kettle black!

[Pantera2000]

Here's more backup to my robbery claim....

http://www.boxingscene.com/forums/showthread.php?t=92969

[raymon123]

Here's more backup to my robbery claim....

http://www.boxingscene.com/forums/sh...ad.php?t=92969

It proves that mostly everyone except way biased abraham fans that miranda was screwed and should have been the winner by a tko in the 5th round.

[amagnin]

It proves that mostly everyone except way biased abraham fans that miranda was screwed and should have been the winner by a tko in the 5th round.

I totally feel your point...the fight should have been stopped in the 5th round. BUT I wouldn't call it a robbery...the point deductions may have been but not the decision. A Robbery (to me) means that somebody took the fight away from a fighter that would have/should have won. Here the ref/doctor simply let the fight continue. From there, Abraham (arguably) won the fight and Miranda didn't win the fight. I personally don't agree with the decision but I don't have as much sympathy for Miranda than I do for Meldrick Taylor who was ACTUALLY prevented from being able to win. The good thing is that with all of the controversy there will be a rematch to sort this out.

[raymon123]

I totally feel your point...the fight should have been stopped in the 5th round. BUT I wouldn't call it a robbery...the point deductions may have been but not the decision. A Robbery (to me) means that somebody took the fight away from a fighter that would have/should have won. Here the ref/doctor simply let the fight continue. From there, Abraham (arguably) won the fight and Miranda didn't win the fight. I personally don't agree with the decision but I don't have as much sympathy for Miranda than I do for Meldrick Taylor who was ACTUALLY prevented from being able to win. The good thing is that with all of the controversy there will be a rematch to sort this out.

It was a robbery. If you watch the fight in the 5th round, you could clearly see that when the ref ask abraham if he can continue, abraham clearly shake his head no.

[amagnin]

No doubt... but after the poor decision to continue the fight Miranda was not automatically precluded from winning. He simply didn't win. Hence I would call this a bad decision not a robbery. I guess I'm just splitting hairs and am a little disappointed that Miranda couldn't finish him off.

[raymon123]

No doubt... but after the poor decision to continue the fight Miranda was not automatically precluded from winning. He simply didn't win. Hence I would call this a bad decision not a robbery. I guess I'm just splitting hairs and am a little disappointed that Miranda couldn't finish him off.

I respect your opinions. Atleast you make sense unlike the abraham nuthuggers. Hell i'm not even a miranda fan.

[aljon]

Miranda got what he deserved, he's a dirty fighter... Rematch will happen so no need to argue so much...

[amagnin]

If anything I wanted Miranda to win, but boxing sometimes throws fighters a curveball... I was expecting more from Miranda. On the other hand, the ref's flagrant misdiagnosis of fouls probably distracted him.