Thread: Joshua gets a gift decision!!

Terrible decision. I thought Savon won all 3 rounds

I can't see that. It was close, and forgive the Cuban pun, but no cigar.

Originally Posted by Greenbeanz

I can't see that. It was close, and forgive the Cuban pun, but no cigar.

Surely you didn't see Joshua winning that fight?

If I were Cuban I would have this face -

Joshua was ponderous and couldn't handle the movement. But he will get better from here now. I hope so - my finances need it!

Originally Posted by ryanman

If I were Cuban I would have this face -

Joshua was ponderous and couldn't handle the movement. But he will get better from here now. I hope so - my finances need it!

I do think it was close though.

I didn't think it was close either. I was hoping for a "robbery" going into the final round.

Even the crowd seemed subdued at the end.

Originally Posted by BIG H

Originally Posted by Greenbeanz

I can't see that. It was close, and forgive the Cuban pun, but no cigar.

Surely you didn't see Joshua winning that fight?

Yes, like I said IMO it was close but Joshua won. Savon was no Felix, he was quick but inaccurate. Joshua landed more. The third round could have turned it round for the Cuban and I wouldn't have called it a robbery because it was close. The British gymnasts being demoted to bronze was a robbery after a Japanese dismount that was about as graceful as a polar bear on roller skates, but the boxing wasn't. Joshua can go up a gear in the next round and looks like the pro game will suit him.

Joshua looked like another Bruno a big strong poderous boxer who couldnt keep out of the way of his much smaller opponent.

I thought that last round was a big round for Savon, he hit Joshua at will. I also noticed, either Joshua isnt a massive puncher as everyone would have you believe or Savon has an awesome chin because nothing that landed on Savon did anything but Joshuas legs went a few times.

Joshua is loading up far to much. Id like to see Savon turn pro. He has excellent movement.

I think he was lucky to get the decision, the Cuban definatley won the last round. But this is boxing are you suprised by what happned?

Originally Posted by BIG H

Terrible decision. I thought Savon won all 3 rounds

Yes it was. And yes he did

The punches have to be clean in am boxing no partially blocked shots and all shots must be with the knuckle part of the glove too and savon was slapping a lot of shots like Calzaghe used to, he got warned for it by the ref. That is not a scoring shot in the ams, sorry. It was close and Joshua looked very nervous. He'll get better from here on though and people will see why he is favourite to take gold.

Anthony needs to work on his frankenstein movement and it was close but i thought this was boxing..the better boxer lost.

Originally Posted by imp

Anthony needs to work on his frankenstein movement and it was close but i thought this was boxing..the better boxer lost.

Gotta admit his movement was poor last night but I've never seen him like that before. I think having 10,000 people screaming for him made him nervous and it showed. I expect him to look much better against the chinese lad next time out.

This is the only video I can find at the moment. It's third round...the judges had Savon winning the round 4-3.



Anybody have the full fight

Shows how much I pay attention! I thought they had Savon winning the last round by a point?