some ringside scoring

[captainanddew]

Lets all be honest. This wasn't a robbery. It was a close fight that more people thought Marquez won.

Judges-more often give the benefit of the doubt to the bigger name fighter (or hometown fighter in those scenarios). That is the nature of the sport.

While some judges reward aggression, that aggression isn't often rewarded against the bigger name fighter or hometown fighter.

Every time there is a decision and a fight is close (even between two prospects), I ask who is the bigger name (or hometown fighter). If you answer that question then a reasonably high % of the time you will pick the correct winner as that fighter will get the close decision.

[captainanddew]

Lets all be honest. This wasn't a robbery. It was a close fight that more people thought Marquez won.

Judges-more often give the benefit of the doubt to the bigger name fighter (or hometown fighter in those scenarios). That is the nature of the sport.

While some judges reward aggression, that aggression isn't often rewarded against the bigger name fighter or hometown fighter.

Every time there is a decision and a fight is close (even between two prospects), I ask who is the bigger name (or hometown fighter). If you answer that question then a reasonably high % of the time you will pick the correct winner as that fighter will get the close decision.

If you look at scorecards where an upset probably should have occurred and the bigger name fighter (or hometown fighter wins), you can often see the judges give that fighter way too much credit early in the fight.
The judge starts scoring rounds and if it is reasonably close he isn't going against the bigger name guy early in a fight.

Whether you thought Pac won or lost, to have Pac ahead on 2 scorecards after 6 rounds is ridiculous. Even most of the people who thought Pac won, had Pac coming on in the 2nd half of the fight.