Barker vs Geale FOTY

[IamInuit]

Incredible fight, but apparently 2 judges gave Barker the 12th round, which in turn gave him the fight. I didn't keep a scorecard prior to that, but a monkey could tell you Geale won the 12th. Kind of shady imo.

I had it even after 9 w/the 10/8 and made it a best out of 3. I leaned to Barker giving him 10 and 11 albeit close rds but thought Geale got the 12th. I wondered about the judges as Barker closed the round.

Here is the card

[p4pking]

Yeah that's what I just saw. I don't doubt Barker deserved the nod, but the fact remains that 2 judges giving him the 12th is absurd, and that's the only reason the cards went to him.

[IamInuit]

Yeah that's what I just saw. I don't doubt Barker deserved the nod, but the fact remains that 2 judges giving him the 12th is absurd, and that's the only reason the cards went to him.

I hear ya. I think the right guy won so that would mean they got it wrong before rd 12. I had Barker winning w/o round 12. Deep down I was expecting a draw.

[BIG H]

Yeah that's what I just saw. I don't doubt Barker deserved the nod, but the fact remains that 2 judges giving him the 12th is absurd, and that's the only reason the cards went to him.

If the judges had've given Barker some of the rounds he clearly one, then that would not be relevant. You can't pick one round's judging as being the deciding factor in a fight.

How Barker got up from that shot I have no idea. Divine Intervention is I can think of!

[p4pking]

Yeah that's what I just saw. I don't doubt Barker deserved the nod, but the fact remains that 2 judges giving him the 12th is absurd, and that's the only reason the cards went to him.

If the judges had've given Barker some of the rounds he clearly one, then that would not be relevant. You can't pick one round's judging as being the deciding factor in a fight.

How Barker got up from that shot I have no idea. Divine Intervention is I can think of!

Not sure why you posted this given that I said as much to begin with. I agree Barker clearly deserved the decision, just don't see how he won the 12th and for whatever reason it WAS the deciding factor.

[Fenster]

When I rewatched the fight I didn't think Geale won the 12th round as big as I originally thought, he still won it mind.

Another theory could be - the judge mixed up who the fighters were as Eddie Cotton did at one point and as Roy did a hundred times for HBO

[BIG H]

Yeah that's what I just saw. I don't doubt Barker deserved the nod, but the fact remains that 2 judges giving him the 12th is absurd, and that's the only reason the cards went to him.

If the judges had've given Barker some of the rounds he clearly one, then that would not be relevant. You can't pick one round's judging as being the deciding factor in a fight.

How Barker got up from that shot I have no idea. Divine Intervention is I can think of!

Not sure why you posted this given that I said as much to begin with. I agree Barker clearly deserved the decision, just don't see how he won the 12th and for whatever reason it WAS the deciding factor.

I know what you said dude, but it WAS NOT the deciding factor. Just because it was the 12th and final round doesn't make it the deciding factor, all 12 rounds have to be judged and any 1 round, be it round 1 or round 12 being scored wrong could be deemed the deciding factor.

[p4pking]

Yeah that's what I just saw. I don't doubt Barker deserved the nod, but the fact remains that 2 judges giving him the 12th is absurd, and that's the only reason the cards went to him.

If the judges had've given Barker some of the rounds he clearly one, then that would not be relevant. You can't pick one round's judging as being the deciding factor in a fight.

How Barker got up from that shot I have no idea. Divine Intervention is I can think of!

Not sure why you posted this given that I said as much to begin with. I agree Barker clearly deserved the decision, just don't see how he won the 12th and for whatever reason it WAS the deciding factor.

I know what you said dude, but it WAS NOT the deciding factor. Just because it was the 12th and final round doesn't make it the deciding factor, all 12 rounds have to be judged and any 1 round, be it round 1 or round 12 being scored wrong could be deemed the deciding factor.

Lol, yes it was..Because 2 judges somehow had Barker needing that round to win. It shouldn't have been the case, but if that 12th round had been scored for Geale, Barker wouldn't have got the decision. Did you see the scorecards? They were posted in this thread. Don't know how to make that any clearer

[p4pking]

The 6th and 12th rounds were the easiest in that whole fight to score is what makes it weird, only reason I posted all that. I think there was only one other round Geale won hands down, yet somehow he doesn't get the last one and it's still very close. Just crap judging as usual.

[BIG H]

Yeah that's what I just saw. I don't doubt Barker deserved the nod, but the fact remains that 2 judges giving him the 12th is absurd, and that's the only reason the cards went to him.

If the judges had've given Barker some of the rounds he clearly one, then that would not be relevant. You can't pick one round's judging as being the deciding factor in a fight.

How Barker got up from that shot I have no idea. Divine Intervention is I can think of!

Not sure why you posted this given that I said as much to begin with. I agree Barker clearly deserved the decision, just don't see how he won the 12th and for whatever reason it WAS the deciding factor.

I know what you said dude, but it WAS NOT the deciding factor. Just because it was the 12th and final round doesn't make it the deciding factor, all 12 rounds have to be judged and any 1 round, be it round 1 or round 12 being scored wrong could be deemed the deciding factor.

Lol, yes it was..Because 2 judges somehow had Barker needing that round to win. It shouldn't have been the case, but if that 12th round had been scored for Geale, Barker wouldn't have got the decision. Did you see the scorecards? They were posted in this thread. Don't know how to make that any clearer

Lol, you are the one missing the point. Yes I understand that had those 2 judges, scored the last round for Geale, then Geale would've won, the point you are missing is, that you are calling round 12 'The deciding' Factor' because it was the 12th and final round. My point is that ANY round scored incorrectly in that fight, could be the 'Deciding Factor' Each round is scored as an individual round. Being the last has no more importance than any other. 12 is just a number, in the case of scoring a fight in makes no difference that it was the last round. When scori8ng a fight, you can put round 12 in the middle of you like, it makes no difference, each round is an individual event and if I say that Barker won round 3,4 and 6 (as an example) and the judges gave those rounds to Geale, then one of those rounds is as much a deciding factor as the 12th.

I think we both know what we mean

[IamInuit]

Btw HBO is replaying the fight in 10 minutes.

[THE THIRD MAN]

Incredible fight, but apparently 2 judges gave Barker the 12th round, which in turn gave him the fight. I didn't keep a scorecard prior to that, but a monkey could tell you Geale won the 12th. Kind of shady imo.

I had it even after 9 w/the 10/8 and made it a best out of 3. I leaned to Barker giving him 10 and 11 albeit close rds but thought Geale got the 12th. I wondered about the judges as Barker closed the round.

Here is the card

Barker's effort after the knockdown was outstanding, taking a body shot like that and continuing shows a lot of heart, he actually improved after the wind was taken out of him. But the judging of the final round is disgraceful.

[ryanman]

Incredible fight, but apparently 2 judges gave Barker the 12th round, which in turn gave him the fight. I didn't keep a scorecard prior to that, but a monkey could tell you Geale won the 12th. Kind of shady imo.

I had it even after 9 w/the 10/8 and made it a best out of 3. I leaned to Barker giving him 10 and 11 albeit close rds but thought Geale got the 12th. I wondered about the judges as Barker closed the round.

Here is the card

Barker's effort after the knockdown was outstanding, taking a body shot like that and continuing shows a lot of heart, he actually improved after the wind was taken out of him. But the judging of the final round is disgraceful.

But the right guy won, right?