Remember the second ward Kovalev fight where the ref took away the legit win from Ward? That is kind of what happened with GGG and Canelo. I'll explain.
The fight went about how I expected. I thought that GGG was getting a bit older and slowing down a bit and Canelo was in his prime now. That meant that I assumed that GGG was still going to win but it wouldn't be dominant. I thought he would win convincingly. Which he did IMO.
Here is the issue though. I gained respect for Canelo during the fight. He took big shots and looked exhausted. Despite that, he still threw and at least tried to win the fight. He put it all on the line. He was just outgunned.
Now that we have an obvious paid off judge, it makes us fans lose respect for Canelo and create more of a dislike for him. If he would have just lost, I think he would have gained some fans. Getting a gift only lost him fans. This has obviously been a problem forever and we haven't been able to fix it. I don't know what to do other than everyone just boycott fights where Adelaide Byrd is a judge.
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