Quote Originally Posted by Mark TKO View Post
I reeally don't get this one in the way that there are cries of 'robbery', 'scandal' and how it all 'stinks'. Especially in some papers today over here.

Come on this isn't exactly Lewis v Holyfield I is it. Or even poor Derek Chisora a couple of weeks back.

This was a close fight. Any sane person knew that Khan, without the deductions, had shaded the fight. So after being docked 2 points why are some shocked that he then lost an MD ?!?

Just don't get it.
I've not read any of the papers but I hardly think it's the judges scorecards people are protesting but the point deductions. Had Khan not been docked two points he would have retained his title on the judges cards. The referee directly influenced the result and most impartial observers believe the deductions were poor calls, terrible according some.

It's like the first Agbeko Mares fight. There the referee directly gave Mares the title by calling a blatent low blow foul shot a knockdown and giving Mares a 10-8 round when he in fact should have been docked a point.

It wasn't the decision that was wrong in either fight but the refereering.

It's no surprise people are upset about yet another fight marred.

Peterson himself deserves credit though, he fought an excellent fight and even without the deductions was still totally in this fight.