Joshua gets a gift decision!!

[BIG H]

Terrible decision. I thought Savon won all 3 rounds

[Beanz]

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

[BIG H]

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?

[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!

[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.

[Fenster]

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.

[Beanz]

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.

[ross]

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.

[Althugz]

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.

This is why I'm glad I'm not a blind patriot and can judge a sport on the performances/merits of individual athletes regardless of where they're from. Saves me making posts like the one quoted above and looking like a complete pillock.

I like Joshua. He's a heavy in good shape which is more than can be said for 90% of heavyweights in this day and age. He'll suit the pro game perfectly and if it was a pro fight probably would have battered Savon. However, he boxed Joshua's head off in this contest.

Also your "Robbery" in gymnastics is explained here (it was also explained by the British commentators who mentioned it was the right call but hey..robbery ) :

"After Japanese star Kohei Uchimura fell during his pommel horse dismount, the British team moved into second place, and Ukraine took third. Japan, who had been in second all day, was shockingly out of the medals.

It didn't seem right, and that's because it wasn't. The judges made an error on Uchimura's score. As the British crowd danced and cheered for their country's first gymnastics team medal in 100 years, the Japanese delegation filed an inquiry.

Their party was short-lived. The gymnastics federation found they made a mistake in Uchimura's start value by not crediting him for his dismount. The half-point awarded to Uchimura made the difference. Japan moved into second, Great Britain into third, and Ukraine was left out of the medals."

[TitoFan]

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.

This is why I'm glad I'm not a blind patriot and can judge a sport on the performances/merits of individual athletes regardless of where they're from. Saves me making posts like the one quoted above and looking like a complete pillock.

I like Joshua. He's a heavy in good shape which is more than can be said for 90% of heavyweights in this day and age. He'll suit the pro game perfectly and if it was a pro fight probably would have battered Savon. However, he boxed Joshua's head off in this contest.

Also your "Robbery" in gymnastics is explained here (it was also explained by the British commentators who mentioned it was the right call but hey..robbery ) :

"After Japanese star Kohei Uchimura fell during his pommel horse dismount, the British team moved into second place, and Ukraine took third. Japan, who had been in second all day, was shockingly out of the medals.

It didn't seem right, and that's because it wasn't. The judges made an error on Uchimura's score. As the British crowd danced and cheered for their country's first gymnastics team medal in 100 years, the Japanese delegation filed an inquiry.

Their party was short-lived. The gymnastics federation found they made a mistake in Uchimura's start value by not crediting him for his dismount. The half-point awarded to Uchimura made the difference. Japan moved into second, Great Britain into third, and Ukraine was left out of the medals."

To be fair... have you ever noticed where is previous Olympics the host countries' medal count suddenly surges from previous Olympics? One crass example was Spain during the 1992 games. I'm not discrediting the vast improvements made by the Spaniards in different sports, especially AFTER those Olympics..... but there was an obvious jump in medal count which at least in part has to be due to some of the "judging" events.

Using this same reasoning, expect a sudden surge in Brazil's medal count in the 2016 Olympics.

[Beanz]

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.

This is why I'm glad I'm not a blind patriot and can judge a sport on the performances/merits of individual athletes regardless of where they're from. Saves me making posts like the one quoted above and looking like a complete pillock.

I like Joshua. He's a heavy in good shape which is more than can be said for 90% of heavyweights in this day and age. He'll suit the pro game perfectly and if it was a pro fight probably would have battered Savon. However, he boxed Joshua's head off in this contest.

Also your "Robbery" in gymnastics is explained here (it was also explained by the British commentators who mentioned it was the right call but hey..robbery ) :

"After Japanese star Kohei Uchimura fell during his pommel horse dismount, the British team moved into second place, and Ukraine took third. Japan, who had been in second all day, was shockingly out of the medals.

It didn't seem right, and that's because it wasn't. The judges made an error on Uchimura's score. As the British crowd danced and cheered for their country's first gymnastics team medal in 100 years, the Japanese delegation filed an inquiry.

Their party was short-lived. The gymnastics federation found they made a mistake in Uchimura's start value by not crediting him for his dismount. The half-point awarded to Uchimura made the difference. Japan moved into second, Great Britain into third, and Ukraine was left out of the medals."

What a nasty vain and vindictive twat you are. How am I blind patriot? You are just souless, clueless and friendless

[Tam Seddon]

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?

[Violent Demise]

Terrible decision. I thought Savon won all 3 rounds

Yes it was. And yes he did

[rjj tszyu]

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.

[imp]

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