Thread: what did everybody score the provo/algieri fight?

I had it 6 rounds to 6 but with the two knockdowns I had Provo winning. It was a close fight. I'm not upset at the decision but I thought that Provo probably deserved it at the end but it wasn't a terrible decision.

I didn't bother scoring the fight because right off the bat I figured it would end in Prov KO, but I got the feeling that Algieri won. Prov seemed to fall victim to the classic early knockdown curse, where he hurt a guy bad early and then tried to force the KO the rest of the way.

The reality is, you score on clean punching and effective aggressiveness, and I really didn't see Prov land a whole lot that wasn't blocked or at least partially blocked. In contrast, Algieri was constantly VISIBLY snapping Prov's head back with clean, accurate blows.

I had no gripes with the decision at all. I found myself constantly disagreeing with the HBO scorecard, and often had to question what Prov actually did to win the rounds that they were giving to him.

And that's saying a lot for me to say that, because Prov is my favourite current fighter in boxing. I thought he lost the fight.

Man!! I can't watch two fights and they both turn out to be unusuall in one way or another.
According to you guys, Martinez did and did not lose because of a bad knee. Now Provodnikov was and was not robbed in a decision.

Sometimes the money bothers me a little but don't mess with my PPV, there is nothing better than your own eyes.

I thought Prod did enough to win but it was a very close fight so I am not notching about the decision. Algeri fought the good fight. I actually thought it would be over by the third round.

Algeri got off the floor and took over.

I scored it a draw 113-113 but I have no problem with the 114-112 scorecards for Algieri.

The first round was 10-7 and gave Provodnikov an early lead, but Algieri outboxed Provodnikov in most of the rounds.

I had it 114-112 Provodnikov

Originally Posted by Freedom

I scored it a draw 113-113 but I have no problem with the 114-112 scorecards for Algieri.

The first round was 10-7 and gave Provodnikov an early lead, but Algieri outboxed Provodnikov in most of the rounds.

i'm just glad they scored it for the right guy.

Algeri got off the floor and took dude to school....he caught a few hard ones along the way but he still got it done.

Provo's head was getting snapped back on the regular and he as get beat on the inside too.

Draw

I'm sure we all knew Ruslan would have trouble against a guy who can move

Naturally Hbo scored it for Prov. They dont want boxers on their telecasts.

This is comedy gold. Week in and week out. The must literally have a list of people to draw from.

So this is a fight where better connected guy lost or...?

115-111 Provo. On replay had Algieri nicking the 8th. 5th was his first strong round of substance boxing I thought, and the 7th was a microcosm of the fight.

I think Algieri just nicked it, it was one of them fights you could not scream and shout about who,
the clear winner was,! it was a good entertaining scrap.

Algieri deserves full credit and major respect, because the kid showed HUGE heart. He got off the deck and took charge with an eye that was closing rapidly since the first round. Reminded me of JMM/Pac 1.

Listen, I understand pro boxing is not amateur boxing and it isn't necessarily about who lands more. But when you got a guy landing so clean consistently and the power puncher is having most of his shit blocked and is not being effective with that aggression and power, you can't just give him the round over the clean, effective shots.

I guarantee you guys if you watch the fight without the commentary, you'll score more rounds for Algieri. Jim Lampley is fucking HORRIBLE for overreacting to blocked and/or missed punches. He's always done it.