Originally posted by SteveM
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Horn came out in Round 1 and showed that he was there to fight. I honestly think Teddy Atlas had people questioning what they were seeing out there. It was a good tough fight, and I thought Horn deserved a 7-5 win, though I could see 6-6 or even 7-5 for Manny, since Manny was the champ and Horn perhaps didn't do enough to take the belts.
I don't even think any of the judges were from Australia? Look at Manny and Freddie Roach's comments after the fight. They knew they were in a tough fight.
I just honestly don't see how people keep saying Pac got robbed in that fight. Usually I think punch stats help tell the story but they were way off in that fight imo, as far as what Horn was actually landing. Horn was bigger, stronger, younger, fresher than Pac and imposed his will on him at some point in basically every round.
Basically Pac was supposed to go on an end of career victory tour, and Horn was his first opponent. He wasn't supposed to lose and he wasn't supposed to be in a tough fight. Atlas was being a company man and trying to tell a story that wasn't really happening, because if Pac lost it would cost ESPN a lot of money, as no one would want to see his future fights.
Watch the fight without sound some time and tell me what you see.
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