Margarito/Williams II

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sorry but i just re-watched the fight and i honest can say Margarito deserves a rematch, Williams won the fight clearly, but it was IMO close enough for there to be a rematch, plus why shouldn't there be a rematch, it was a good fight, and it was a fight IMO that Margarito can win, his defense was actually the best i have seen it in some time, the only thing was he was waiting to long to pick his shots, when he was smothering Williams with punches, he would get the better of the trades, and IMO he connected the harder more solid punches all night, but he didn't throw or land enough of them to get the win, i think Williams did earn his WBO title, but in the process i think Tony did earn his rematch, this is basically like the Hopkins/Taylor scenario, Taylor outworked Hopkins in the early rounds and then Hopkins took over, the only difference is that i felt that B-Hop won both fights, and i felt like Tony lost by 115-113 decision Saturday night

Interesting. I rewatched the fight as well, but came away with the opposite conclusion. I initially had it 116-112 (1-6, 8 & 12 for Williams...7,9, 10 & 11 for Tony), but on review decided that Williams won the 9th pretty clearly. My revised score is 117-111. He just never stopped throwing even when he got stunned and outworked Tony from beginning to end. I don't think Williams has anything to prove, and should move on and try to get another fighter. I think he'll need another win or two before he can get a big name, so maybe a unification bout with Cintron can be made. That would be a great fight and set the winner up for a bout with one of the big money guys.

As far as Williams moving up, I don't think he should ever go any higher than 154. Once he gets to 160, a lot of his natural advantages will become neutralized, and it will be much more difficult for him to absorb the big blows his style requires him to take coming from 160 pound fighters. Besides, all the big fights are going to be at welterweight for the foreseeable future. So, as long as he can keep making weight, there is no need for him to move up.

What do you mean on review?

You said:

"I initially had it 116-112 (1-6, 8 & 12 for Williams...7,9, 10 & 11 for Tony), but on review decided that Williams won the 9th"

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I mean after watching the fight a second time (replay last night on HBO), I decided Williams won the 9th after having given it to Margarito on the first viewing.

I hear what you are saying.
The problem with judging a fight is you have to turn in your results as soon as the round is over. lol There is no going back. Judging a fight is not always as easy as one might think.
But I hear you and I too have done the samething after watching a fight several times, I will score it differently and those contraversial fights where people complain, "I was robbed" I try to find rounds to give them and even then, I still don't have them winning most of time. So go figure
I am just trying to give them the benefit of the doubt when I give them a round or two

Oh, yeah, my "official" scorecard must stand But I was interested to see if there were any extra rounds I could have given to Margarito, and instead found one to take away Bottom line for me...it was a clear win for Williams.