Could round 12 of Vasquz - Marquez III have been scored a 10-7 round?

**Julius Rain** · 03-13-2008 09:22 PM

isreal dominated that round yes, but he won without a 10-7 12th round and i don't see much argueing his victory so imo 10-7 only adds insult to rafa's injuries.

two great fighter that all i can say. isreal just got the edge though.

**CFH** · 03-13-2008 09:29 PM

Originally Posted by Julius Rain

isreal dominated that round yes, but he won without a 10-7 12th round and i don't see much argueing his victory so imo 10-7 only adds insult to rafa's injuries.

two great fighter that all i can say. isreal just got the edge though.

I'm not arguing the fact that Vasquez won, I feel the decision was fair. A lot of the rounds were incredibly close; I personally had Marquez by 1, but I am not a professional judge.
I just thought when I watched the 12th round that a case could be made for it being scored 10-7, as in my mind it could have been a 10-8 without the KD, so if that was the case, wouldn't the KD make it a 10-7 round?
I also don't think scoring it a 10-7 round takes anything away from Rafa, that's a ridiculous statement in my opinion - he fought a great fight and just came up a bit short. It might have been the best fight I have ever seen.