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I haven't been following boxing for a few months, but out of the fights I've seen this year this is the best one I've seen. I just watched a replay this morning amazing fight never a dull round and a dramatic ROTY, congrats to Barker he's done Britain proud that was the best Middleweight fight I've seen since Pavlik/Taylor 1, and one of the most determined efforts I've seen from a British fighter in years.
No doubts it was one of the best fights I've seen this year...if not the best.
I cant recall any fighter ever getting up from a body shot like that and getting up to fight out of the round.
Ever.
Neither can I recall such a great weekend of quality punch ups from FNF through Saturday evening. Truly a weekend that justified the bandwidth.
need to see this fight!
Here's my fight of the year to date.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XLaYx80dokM
Incredible fight, but apparently 2 judges gave Barker the 12th round, which in turn gave him the fight. I didn't keep a scorecard prior to that, but a monkey could tell you Geale won the 12th. Kind of shady imo.
I had it even after 9 w/the 10/8 and made it a best out of 3. I leaned to Barker giving him 10 and 11 albeit close rds but thought Geale got the 12th. I wondered about the judges as Barker closed the round.Quote:
Originally Posted by p4pking
Here is the card
http://fightnews.com/Boxing/geale-barker_scorecard.jpg
Yeah that's what I just saw. I don't doubt Barker deserved the nod, but the fact remains that 2 judges giving him the 12th is absurd, and that's the only reason the cards went to him.
Btw HBO is replaying the fight in 10 minutes.
I hear ya. I think the right guy won so that would mean they got it wrong before rd 12. I had Barker winning w/o round 12. Deep down I was expecting a draw.Quote:
Originally Posted by p4pking
I think Darren Barker was the only person looking at that who didn't think the fight was over right there. That almost ripped him in two. Great finish to that round.Quote:
Originally Posted by IamInuit
Well done to both of them, a great advert.
I knew this was gonna happen... I thought this was a fight I could afford to miss, but it ended up like Gatti/Ward, huh??
:-\
It wasnt quite Gatti Ward but it was a really good honest scrap between two really honest fighters. The body shot that Barker got up from and then fought back from was nothing short of heroic.
I think we all like a bit of 'show' but nothing warms the cockles more than a good honest dust up between two good blokes.
People calling this a FOTY clearly don't watch boxing. Doubt this is in the top 10. It was a good fight but compared to the likes of Lebedev - Jones. Come on
I had Geale by one. Level after 7 gave Geale 8, 9 and 12 then. How 2 judges gave Barker the 12th is ridiculous.
I had Barker winning a close one. Perez gave Geale the 12th and still had Barker winning 116/111. In reality that's the most disturbing card.