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People must be blind when it comes to Chavez vs. Whitaker
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Originally posted by Terrible... View PostDwiens made a thread very similar to this one quite a while back and he echoed exactly the same points you raised that is was a close fight and not a robbery that it is made out to be
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Originally posted by K-Nan View PostCalling it a close fight is a stretch, to be honest. But it wasn't wide enough of a win for Sweet Pea that you could call it a robbery.
http://www.boxingscene.com/forums/sh...light=whitaker
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How can it NOT be a robbery? JCC was getting the jabed popped in his face all day. Whitaker was also beating him up on the inside and landed some mean left straights.
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Not nearly as competitive as Whitaker vs McGirt/ Hurtado that is for sure. ****, I honestly, don't even think it was competive. JCC just culdn't land much on him.
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Originally posted by El Dominicano View PostWorst robbery in the history of the sport is Whitaker vs JLR. Imagine getting beat every round and NOT be competitive in any...then winning the fight. By the way, I gave JCC 4 rounds and sorry, I still gotta say JCC got schooled.
maybe we just have a different definition of what schooled is. When I hear schooled, I think something like Hopkins-Pavlik or Calzaghe-Lacyish. the only two rounds that Chavez actually lost hugely were the 7th and 8th rounds, the rest he was definately in the fight, even if he was losing.
I dont know how you get schooled if you only lose by two rounds. did Leonard get schooled by Duran by losing to him by more than 2 rounds? did Whitaker himself get schooled by Trinidad, even though he lost by more than two rounds?
I say no to both.
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Originally posted by El Dominicano View PostHow can it NOT be a robbery? JCC was getting the jabed popped in his face all day. Whitaker was also beating him up on the inside and landed some mean left straights.Last edited by Dynamite Kid; 11-03-2008, 01:35 PM.
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Originally posted by El Dominicano View PostNot nearly as competitive as Whitaker vs McGirt/ Hurtado that is for sure. ****, I honestly, don't even think it was competive. JCC just culdn't land much on him.
McGirt got dominated in the rematch though.
Originally posted by K-Nan View PostCalling it a close fight is a stretch, to be honest. But it wasn't wide enough of a win for Sweet Pea that you could call it a robbery.
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Originally posted by blackirish137 View Postthe Whitaker-Ramirez fight was a horrible robbery, I have no idea how that even happened. but its not incredibly uncommon for an ATG to get robbed in his first title shot, has happened to others before.
maybe we just have a different definition of what schooled is. When I hear schooled, I think something like Hopkins-Pavlik or Calzaghe-Lacyish. the only two rounds that Chavez actually lost hugely were the 7th and 8th rounds, the rest he was definately in the fight, even if he was losing.
I dont know how you get schooled if you only lose by two rounds. did Leonard get schooled by Duran by losing to him by more than 2 rounds? did Whitaker himself get schooled by Trinidad, even though he lost by more than two rounds?
I say no to both.
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I've seen much worse than this (especially since it was a draw) but...that was a robbery. 8-4 clearly IMO.
Chavez had a good first two rounds but, after that, you could hear a pin drop in that arena for the next eight. Whitaker did a number on him. Considering the magnitude of the fight, the crowd reaction and even Chavez himself (initially), they all knew who won the fight. That makes it a robbery.
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