Quote Originally Posted by ICE COLD BOXING
Quote Originally Posted by LeftHookToTheBody
Well, maybe you can explain to me what you saw that earned Spinks the middleweight championship of the world? I saw a guy who was in survival mode, who knew he was physically overmatched but took the fight to get a paycheck and survive, who landed a pot shot here and there (but never anything of substance) and immediately retreated. Even if you thought he won, surely he did not do enough to where you could call it a robbery? I really would like to know what you saw and under what criteria you scored the thing.
I didn't call it a robbery i said most people think it was a gift decision i had the fight very close fact of the matter is Taylor was lacklusture against natural Welterweight and didn't even really try Spinks was the one throwing alot more punches than Taylor.
OK, when I read "gift" I read it as something unearned. If you had it very close then that is not what I think of when I think of a "gift decision." I think of a fight where one guy clearly won by a fairly wide margin but lost the decision. Sorry for the confusion.

Anyway, I may need to watch the thing again, as many more people appear to have scored it for Spinks than I ever imagined. I don't know if I can stomach watching that dreadful thing again, though.