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I had it 114-113 Alvarez. The KD made the difference
You know I'm fine with that. The fact that Trout needed a ko to win on the open corner scoring at rd 8 and behind that far makes me want to barf. As in puke. Trout lost the first 3 rounds on the way to the ring. He was losing a fight that he was winning obviously in the first 6 rounds. Explain that to me. At rd 8 he needed a ko to win. Explain that?
They give the scores out after four and eight rounds so after four rounds Trout knew he needed a KO. That changed the whole fight as Trout had to be more aggressive and take more risks. If they'd scored the fight honestly Alvarez would have been the guy who had to take risks from the fifth round onwards and Trout could have just sat back and countered him all night.

It was the WBA judge with the ridiculous scorecard as well.
That is supposed to be part of the intent but after 8 and being told of the mountain to climb while him thinking he's in a close fight would be devastating to the psyche. Christodoulou is for sale by the highest bidder whether he's a card carrying Wba member or not. The 118/109 card would seem to sustain that even if you don't take some of his other bad decisions into account. Close fight.

Anyway its over but it left a bad taste cause it looked so dam predetermined. The entire process but hey life goes on.