Originally posted by Rip Chudd
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Do people overuse the word robbery in boxing?
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Originally posted by New England View Postwhat i find hysterical is that people are talking about the golovkin fight as a robbery [that fight was close,] and they're ignoring the real robbery of the evening, the chocolatito robbery. that was one of the more significant robberies in boxing in the last decade. gonzalez was p4p on a lot of lists, and i thought he was handily winning that fight. thai was tough, but he was missing or landing on gloves or when gonzalez was rolling. gonzales landed much cleaner, harder punches in most of the rounds. that knockdown, while you have to call what the referee called at the time, was from a clash of heads. i think that "set the tone" for the judging of the fight, and gave more credit to the power of the thai than he deserved. judges were giving him rounds based on their perception of his power, which was warped because of a kncokdown that was really a massive head clash.
thai also lost a pt for headbutts, meaning that he loses the extra pt for the round he won via knockdown. that was a robbery.
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Only when a fight isnt close and there's a clear winner. Some people like to use the term if their preferred/hated fighter loses/wins. It's pretty pathetic people calling the Kovalev and GGG fights a robbery, both were close. Even the Chocolatito wasn't a robbery (though I believe that was the most controversial fight of the 3 mentioned)
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Originally posted by LetOutTheCage View PostOnly when a fight isnt close and there's a clear winner. Some people like to use the term if their preferred/hated fighter loses/wins. It's pretty pathetic people calling the Kovalev and GGG fights a robbery, both were close. Even the Chocolatito wasn't a robbery (though I believe that was the most controversial fight of the 3 mentioned)
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robbery, exposed, hypejob !!!
well but good news is sanctioning body already ordered rematch between chocolito and thai dude
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