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Quote Originally Posted by Beanflicker View Post
I had Donaire winning 2 rounds, and I can understand giving him 3.

But sweet jesus, I don't see how the fight was close at all. Yeah there was not much happening, but you have to figure there was one guy who had complete control of the ring and was consistently landing the clean, effective punches.

Yeah if you count Compubox totals the rounds seemed close, but Compubox will often give guys credit for punches that are glancing blows, half blocked, blocked entirely, and sometimes punches that miss the target entirely. I don't think there is any question that Rigo was landing the clean, effective blows in the fight, with the exception of course of the knockdown and the nice counter hook he nailed Rigo with early on.

It's always interesting when a fight like this comes up because you get to see the difference in which fight fans view boxing. I suspect a lot of people gave Donaire rounds he got lit up in just because he was moving foward (boxing rewards "effective aggressiveness", not just "aggressiveness").

Anyway I'd love to hear some people justify a close fight or even a Donaire win. Maybe you guys saw something I didn't. I saw Rigo taking Donaire to school.
Mate I was watching Steven Hawking the other night explaining points of view and how people will see different things due to their experiences and also their expectations.
Our eyes physically only see a fraction of what you think you do, your brain fills in the rest to make the overall picture (we are talking way over 50%) !!!.

I found that amazing, but it answers a few questions as to how some can get a score miles aside from some another (their preferences are outweighing the rules ).
A ten point must system is what it is. It has a criteria to be met and not expected. The only reason Rigo won was because it was impossible to hide. They even returned to count the scores. This is simply not what they had in mind.The right guy won in the end on all 3 cards and if that fight went 15 Donaire would have been stopped.