What's the biggest boxing robbery of all time.

[superheavyrhun]

I totally agree but let me word it differently. There are far too many fans that think just because their favourite fighter lost,it was a robbery when in fact the fight was close. Far too many close fights are viewed as robberies nowadays when in actual fact,very few are.

Well said mate. For me, it would have to be a serious miscarriage of justice to make it a robbery. When it's a round or two either way, I think you have to admit that judges can give it either way, as they all have seperate views of the fight, and sometimes slightly different criteria for judging.

In order to make it a robbery....I think the judges would have to get at least four or five rounds which were quite clearly to one fighter wrong.

[El Gamo]

I totally agree but let me word it differently. There are far too many fans that think just because their favourite fighter lost,it was a robbery when in fact the fight was close. Far too many close fights are viewed as robberies nowadays when in actual fact,very few are.

Well said mate. For me, it would have to be a serious miscarriage of justice to make it a robbery. When it's a round or two either way, I think you have to admit that judges can give it either way, as they all have seperate views of the fight, and sometimes slightly different criteria for judging.

In order to make it a robbery....I think the judges would have to get at least four or five rounds which were quite clearly to one fighter wrong.

Totally agree brother,well said.

[Spicoli]

Any One Mention Dave Tiberi v.James Toney?Toney Was Gassed From Bell 1.There Are Alot Of Unjust Decisions ,Way To Many.One Major "fix" Had To Be One I Saw On Univision When They Did Those 1 bout Sunday Morning shows.martin a. coggi v.Eder Gonzalaz.I Think Coggi Actually Got The tko but man the ref Had to be Payed Off.I Remember He Actually Was Holding Coggi Up In The Corner,after Gonzalez clocked Him big,giving Him All Kinds Of Time And Whispering In Coggis Ear.It Just Stands Out To This Day.If I Remember Right The Ref Was Banned For Life After?Foggy On tHe Details right now,Gotta Go pull It Off The Shelf.Instant Replay Is Way Past Due .

[ICB]

Any One Mention Dave Tiberi v.James Toney?Toney Was Gassed From Bell 1.There Are Alot Of Unjust Decisions ,Way To Many.One Major "fix" Had To Be One I Saw On Univision When They Did Those 1 bout Sunday Morning shows.martin a. coggi v.Eder Gonzalaz.I Think Coggi Actually Got The tko but man the ref Had to be Payed Off.I Remember He Actually Was Holding Coggi Up In The Corner,after Gonzalez clocked Him big,giving Him All Kinds Of Time And Whispering In Coggis Ear.It Just Stands Out To This Day.If I Remember Right The Ref Was Banned For Life After?Foggy On tHe Details right now,Gotta Go pull It Off The Shelf.Instant Replay Is Way Past Due .

Yea i mentioned that one bro Tiberi never fought again because he was so disgusted even though he was in his prime what a shame

[Trainer Monkey]

Nugyen/Lubaczewski
Stopped on a flash knockdown with no count

[Spicoli]

Any One Mention Dave Tiberi v.James Toney?Toney Was Gassed From Bell 1.There Are Alot Of Unjust Decisions ,Way To Many.One Major "fix" Had To Be One I Saw On Univision When They Did Those 1 bout Sunday Morning shows.martin a. coggi v.Eder Gonzalaz.I Think Coggi Actually Got The tko but man the ref Had to be Payed Off.I Remember He Actually Was Holding Coggi Up In The Corner,after Gonzalez clocked Him big,giving Him All Kinds Of Time And Whispering In Coggis Ear.It Just Stands Out To This Day.If I Remember Right The Ref Was Banned For Life After?Foggy On tHe Details right now,Gotta Go pull It Off The Shelf.Instant Replay Is Way Past Due .

Yea i mentioned that one bro Tiberi never fought again because he was so disgusted even though he was in his prime what a shame

GOOD JOB,CC TO yA.hE Was like A Machine That Day.Some One Told Me He Ran For State Office Or Something.

[THE THIRD MAN]

Lewis V Holyfield 1....Lewis clearly won this fight, i had it 116-112 ! Result Draw
Lewis v Holyfield 2....Holyfield clearly won this fight, i had it 117-111 ! Result Lewis UD

So by your scoring 2nd fight was even more of robbery than the 1st ?? no way bro.

I see what you mean with my scoring but 116-112 is still pretty conclusive for Lewis in the first fight. I just thought Holyfield did a great job in fight two and Lewis was lazy, i gave holyfield the last round as well because Lewis just didn't do enough in that round.
You will always get discrepancies with scorecards, take Mosley V DLH for example, Mosley gets a MD decision over DLH in their first fight and he clearly won it, yet in fight two he gets a UD when i thought he lost it 115-113. (Neither of those fights were robberies by the way, although DLH was stiff to lose fight two) It's still Whitaker V Chavez at the top of my list as far as robberies are concerned.

[LeftHookToTheBody]

Hagler-Antuofermo I.

Just watched that fight again, Hagler won at least 10 rounds. Cossell's commentary was a disgrace in that fight. Hagler would land these vicious uppercuts and straight lefts to no comment, then Vito would land a wild, glancing right hand as he was lunging in and Cossell would scream that Hagler was hurt. Marvelous boxed beautifully and got the best of most of the slugging exchanges that took place in the later rounds.

[RozzySean]

true, but it stopped ottke

Being featherfisted did not stop Ottke creating a better legacy. What cost him, were them robberies; he already had a boring style of fighting, so that is going to annoy a lot of people, and then when he started getting hometown decisions in his favour, he pissed these people off even more.

That is why Ottke does not get the credit his career deserves, but I am sure he does not care, because he got more money, by making title defences, with a title that should of belonged to other people.

Why does his boxing career deserve any credit when he got loads of hometown, gift decision and he fought his hold career without going on the road for whole career. The guys signature wins are close decisions against Robin Reid, Charles Brewer, and Anthony Mundine with 10 fights under his belt.

He actually gets more credit than he deserves - and lots more cash, too. He was a B-grade fighter, and it seems like he knew he was a B-grade fighter, because he never even tried to take on an A-grade fighter. From a business POV, he deserves credit, but from a boxing perspective, he was way overrated and he deserves every bit of the crap he takes.

[SKINYBOY]

floyd patterson-jimmy ellis. paterson should have been the first 3 time heavyweight champ

[Mr140]

I am so sick of hearing that leonard vs hagler was a robbery it was a close fight and i think leornard put on a hell of a performance and thought he won but i love SRL so i am biased but if you like haggler you could say he won but your biased as well i think it was a close fight and not a robbery at all so i am sick of hearing about it but i happy though cause it goes down as a win for leornard so i am not bitter

[RozzySean]

I am so sick of hearing that leonard vs hagler was a robbery it was a close fight and i think leornard put on a hell of a performance and thought he won but i love SRL so i am biased but if you like haggler you could say he won but your biased as well i think it was a close fight and not a robbery at all so i am sick of hearing about it but i happy though cause it goes down as a win for leornard so i am not bitter

You are right, it was a close fight. Hagler should have won by a round or two, but the judges bought Leonards smoke and mirrors and Hagler fought a stupid fight. If Hagler was less stubourn and was a little more active, the fight would have been his. I disagree with the decision, but I don't think the JUDGES "stole it" from Hagler, and in fact, complaining about Hagler getting robbed by judges is like complaining that something got stolen out of your car when you didn't lock it.

As far as the scoring goes, it wasn't robbery, not at all. But in a way, Leonard did steal the fight. Here's the thing that creases me about that fight and makes it seem a little like robbery to me. Hear me out. Leonard never intended to really "Win" the decisively. His whole gameplan was to steal rounds. He admits this this. If you listen to him, he is proud of it. His whole gameplan was to steal the fight. He could never BEAT Hagler in the real sense of the word...land more effect blows than he took, but he could land a lot of shoeshine and slaps. There has never been a fighter alive who could play to the judges as well as SRL and probably only Ali could execute use his brains as well in the ring.

If you are a Leonard fan, you say, fine, that's good enough, he impressed the judges and made it close enough to give himself a chance to win a slim decision. If you are Hagler fan, even you can admit, like me, that it was very close on points, you think SLR performance was all style and no substance.

[Pugilistic]

has to be jones in the olympics

[Mr140]

Well SeanE nice reply and cc for a good answer it seems like you are reasonable when it comes to your judgemeant

[jmbtandy]

What is the worst result you have ever seen, and then had the most impact on the career of the losing fighter?

De La Hoya v Felix Sturm - Sturm had to wait 2 years before getting another title shot

Ali v Norton 3 - Norton is never remembered in the same light of Frazier, Foreman and Ali, but another win over Ali could have seen him up there

Sven Ottke v Mads Larson - Larson was never the same fighter and took years out of the sport because of the decision

Joel Casamayor v Jose Santa Cruz - Casamayor has gone on to beat Katsidis and is lining up a fight with Nate Campbell or Juan Diaz while Santa Cruz is left to re build his career