Originally posted by Damn Wicked
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Ok, then by my eyes I saw the same performance from Lopez against Thurman, a key round where the other guy is getting beat from pillar to post. Yet it's like, "oh well he wasn't hurt" despite eating NUMEROUS flush shots, way more than Horn, way more damage dished, for way longer. And I was questioning why the ref didn't step in, until I remembered it was Steve Willis.
So why does one round with Manny dominating mean he won a not-close fight (according to NSB) yet one round with Lopez dominating mean he lost in a not-close fight? That's my point. It's inconsistent. It was the same damn circumstance.
The right answer is what it's always been: one round does not and should not decide a fight unless you GET a knockout. Which changes the narrative.
Neither Lopez nor Manny got a knockout. Both needed one. Both lost because they didn't get it, because that was the only way they were going to guarantee a win in their respective fights. It's not even about refs or venues or judges or none of that crap.
But I agree with Lopez that had he been on the other side of that much punishment, it would have been stopped.
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