Why I think Rigondeaux vs Ricardo Cordoba was a robbery...

[Salardo]

I watched Rigondeaux vs Cordoba yesterday: I gave Rigondeaux rounds 2, 4, 5 and 10. I gave Cordoba rounds 3, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 12, and I scored rounds 1 and 11 even. So I have Cordoba winning by 2 points.
Rigo started potshotting him and throwing only a few punches per round, but still winning 3 of the first 5 rounds, then his trainer Ronnie Shields told him in the break to be more active (exciting) - so Rigo comes out in the 6th trading punches and he gets dropped - then he runs for the rest of the fight. That is the real story of this fight. Cordoba was chasing him around the ring after the 6th round and how can you give Rigo rounds in which is moving away without throwing or landing anything? I understand Cordoba wasn't throwing a billion punches either, but he was the aggressor and taking the fight to him.
The moment Rigondeaux went toe to toe with Cordoba, he got knocked down. (By the way Cordoba also got knocked down by a bodyshot in the 4th round)

I think Rigondeaux is a very skillful fighter, but on my scorecard he did not win the Cordoba fight.

[-PBP-]

Nowhere in your post did you reference clean, effective punches landed by Cordoba

You don't score chasing. Nothing in the rules of scoring says you should give points to ineffective chasing with no punches landed.

[Salardo]

Nowhere in your post did you reference clean, effective punches landed by Cordoba

You don't score chasing. Nothing in the rules of scoring says you should give points to ineffective chasing with no punches landed.

I explained everything. Cordoba was chasing him, taking it to him while Rigo was running away from him without throwing or landing anything. So Cordoba landed more than Rigo in those rounds because Rigo was basically throwing nothing. You have to be a real hardcore Rigo fanboy who wears Rigondeaux underwear to score this fight for Rigo.

[-PBP-]

I explained everything. Cordoba was chasing him, taking it to him while Rigo was running away from him without throwing or landing anything. So Cordoba landed more than Rigo in those rounds because Rigo was basically throwing nothing. You have to be a real hardcore Rigo fanboy who wears Rigondeaux underwear to score this fight for Rigo.

You posted it. I'm just responding.

You can't score a fight without mentioning clean effective punches and you failed to do that in your post.

Chasing isn't a scoring criteria. Period. Effective aggression is. That's cutting of the ring and trapping your opponent and forcing him into exchanges. None of which Cordoba did.

[Tom Cruise]

It was definitely a poor performance for Rigo (understandable bearing in mind his inexperience and Cordoba's quality) but i had him winning clearly.

When Cordoba was chasing him around the ring for the second half of the fight Rigo was consistently catching him quick right hooks and left hands. The reason i say it was a poor performance is because by his standards his accuracy and timing looked off to me.

Imo he still edged most of the rounds though.

[Jloro]

lol are we really gonna try to say Rigo lost already? Give it time, come up with a better case when he has more fights

[Salardo]

It was definitely a poor performance for Rigo (understandable bearing in mind his inexperience and Cordoba's quality) but i had him winning clearly.

When Cordoba was chasing him around the ring for the second half of the fight Rigo was consistently catching him quick right hooks and left hands. The reason i say it was a poor performance is because by his standards his accuracy and timing looked off to me.

Imo he still edged most of the rounds though.

you got a scorecard for this fight? Because in no world did Rigo "win this fight clearly".
But I say it over and over again: if somebody wants to give a fight to a certain fighter, it will always work.

[.:: JSFD26 ::.]

TS just let it go man. Rigo schooled Donaire and its over with.

That was Rigo getting his feet wet, thats all.


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[Tom Cruise]

you got a scorecard for this fight? Because in no world did Rigo "win this fight clearly".

I actually dont have a scorecard no. If i remember rightly i had it close in rounds but I thought it was an easy fight to score, hence i thought Rigo clearly won.

But I say it over and over again: if somebody wants to give a fight to a certain fighter, it will always work.

If somebody wants to take a fight away from a certain fighter, it will always work.

[manueltf]

Rigo won easily vs Cordoba

I watched Rigondeaux vs Cordoba yesterday: I gave Rigondeaux rounds 2, 4, 5 and 10. I gave Cordoba rounds 3, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 12, and I scored rounds 1 and 11 even. So I have Cordoba winning by 2 points.
Rigo started potshotting him and throwing only a few punches per round, but still winning 3 of the first 5 rounds, then his trainer Ronnie Shields told him in the break to be more active (exciting) - so Rigo comes out in the 6th trading punches and he gets dropped - then he runs for the rest of the fight. That is the real story of this fight. Cordoba was chasing him around the ring after the 6th round and how can you give Rigo rounds in which is moving away without throwing or landing anything? I understand Cordoba wasn't throwing a billion punches either, but he was the aggressor and taking the fight to him.
The moment Rigondeaux went toe to toe with Cordoba, he got knocked down. (By the way Cordoba also got knocked down by a bodyshot in the 4th round)

I think Rigondeaux is a very skillful fighter, but on my scorecard he did not win the Cordoba fight.

What are you saying?
Rigo defeated Cordoba in an easily fight. Officialy it was an split decision, but the judges were wrong.

After the fight, Cordoba team made an official protest. The WBA accepted to review the fight and designed three judges: Danny Nelson and John Poturaj from US, and Steffano Carozza from Italy.

During the annual convention of WBA in november 2010 the judges analized the fight and the scorecards were: Nelson 117-110, Poturaj 116-110 and Carozza 115-112.

So, the WBA championships committee said that Rigo WON THIS FIGHT BY UNANIMOUS DECISION!!! That's all.

Sorry....