Who benefits from a robbery?

[RozzySean]

I'm not sure what your point is. How does Paulie getting hurt (figuratively) fit into this alleged decision to award the decision to Diaz? I don't see it as relevant. Nor does the amount of money Diaz will make for himself play into it. It's about the financial benefit of the powers thqt be.

Go back to my first post.

"Paulie took the fight knowing he would have to pitch a shutout to win. He obviously knew there was a good chance this would happen, and I'm sure he understood that he if looked good and got screwed, he would still help his career. Why the hell else would he have gone to Texas?"

The question is "who benefits?". Sure the powers that be benefit. But in some cases, the fighters can benefit, at least indirectly because neither fighters really "lost' in the eyes of the fans. And yes, that benefits the powers that be as well, at least in the short term. That's why we see so much of this. Long term, it hurts everybody, but in the short term, in can help individuals. Paulie got a good paycheck and regardless of the outcome on paper, he is now in a position to get another fight. Basically, fights can be silent accomplices by being willing to put themselves in a position to get robbed. Then they point out the obvious foul play.

In this case, the only people who lost were the fans and the overall integrity and long term health of the sport.

ok, point taken, I think. I didn't address your original post as well as I might have. I was just speaking as to the reasons why a bogus decision might be awarded, which was the benefit of the powers that be. I didn't really try to offer an opinion on some of the other points you made, particularly in regards to Paulie.

And I agree with you on that and it's a great point. I was just pointing out another side of it - fighters and managers being silent accomplices. It's easy to blame promoters and sanctioning bodies or even HBO (clearly they are one of the "powers that be."

Mar hit it on the head = "follow the money". That includes the boxers themselves sometimes.