Disclaimer: I had Golovkin winning, 115-113. I can accept a draw, because I saw at least two swing rounds.
Much has been made of Byrd's scores. But if you look at the rounds in question it's clear what she was going by.
First let's do some comparative work:
So right there you have Canelo up 5 rounds.
There you have 1 round for him.
So what went wrong with the other rounds, 3, 5, 6, 8, and 9 - which Byrd gave all to Canelo?
There's a pattern...it's defensive aggression she favors. Otherwise known as setting traps and countering, or rope-a-dope countering. Even when you don't actually connect consistently or cleanly.
Here's some other examples she scored:
and now Canelo/Golovkin.
In the rounds she deviates, she flat out gave the round to Canelo for the appearance of effective countering and evasion regardless of what Golovkin was doing. Even in those situations where Canelo got tagged on the way out or was on the ropes trying to rope-a-dope yet still getting hit, which happened quite a few times when he gassed.
On my card, if what Canelo was doing still got him hit, I didn't give him credit. Thus why I had Golovkin winning by one round.
Much has been made of Byrd's scores. But if you look at the rounds in question it's clear what she was going by.
First let's do some comparative work:
- All three judges gave Canelo round 1. I actually disagreed, but I get why - Golovkin was tenative and looked uncomfortable. He wasn't his "usual self" - aggressive, throwing caution to the wind.
- All three judges gave Canelo Round 2. I agree.
- All three judges gave Canelo 10, 11 and 12. I disagree with 10 but that's fine. Golovkin had gassed from the earlier rounds and wasn't himself again.
So right there you have Canelo up 5 rounds.
- All three judges gave Golovkin Round 4. I agree.
There you have 1 round for him.
So what went wrong with the other rounds, 3, 5, 6, 8, and 9 - which Byrd gave all to Canelo?
There's a pattern...it's defensive aggression she favors. Otherwise known as setting traps and countering, or rope-a-dope countering. Even when you don't actually connect consistently or cleanly.
Here's some other examples she scored:
- Canelo/Khan (scored for Khan for setting traps)
- Hopkins/Calslappy (scored for Hopkins for setting traps)
- Calslappy/Lacy (scored for Calslappy for setting traps)
- Broner/Porter (scored for Broner for rope-a-dope countering)
and now Canelo/Golovkin.
In the rounds she deviates, she flat out gave the round to Canelo for the appearance of effective countering and evasion regardless of what Golovkin was doing. Even in those situations where Canelo got tagged on the way out or was on the ropes trying to rope-a-dope yet still getting hit, which happened quite a few times when he gassed.
On my card, if what Canelo was doing still got him hit, I didn't give him credit. Thus why I had Golovkin winning by one round.
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