Quote Originally Posted by ross View Post
Unfortunately judges can be influenced by the crowd. Iv sat next to a judge who awarded the home favourite a fight he didn't deserve because 800 drunk locals were cheering for him. He actually said to me "we cant have him losing if we want to walk out"!

Now imagine a crowd of 20,000 probably half are travellers there to see Saunders beat Eubank.

One traveller right behind me in someone else's seat said if Saunders loses evacuate the building because its getting turned over.

That was one brave judge, going against the crowd and on a Warren show against a Warren fighter. Maybe he was the right one.
Thats completely different. Home fighters just dont lose fights on these small cards. Its all part of the game. They know the ticket seller needs to win so he can sell tickets for the next fight. Always the way with up and comers and always will be.

Kristian Laight - Boxer

This guy is good enough to have beaten at least 50% of his fights but he knows if he does he wont get a call to fight the next week and wont make his livelihood.

The excuse of Saunders being a home fighter and there was loads of travellers at the fight for Eubank losing is just pathetic. He lost because he got his tactics wrong and started far too slow. Plain and simple.