Quote Originally Posted by markb018 View Post
My biggest thing is as Bilbo has already stated were, Paulie had to drop 2 pounds, fight in a small ring in houston 2 out of 3 judges from texas the other from oklahoma which ain't much better and the ref from texas as well. Paulie was never winning that fight

I would be okay with a 115-113 card for diaz, one of them were, 116-112 is hometown judging and 118-110 is just criminal

Paulie threw more shots, maybe not more power shots, but he did throw and land more punches overall

punch stats were 123/434 power for diaz 80/328 for paulie

total punches 178/663 diaz 191/949 paulie

with that paulie dictated most of the rounds, boxing beautifully and showing a great defense
What that also shows is that Diaz was connecting at a significantly better percentage, supporting what Ouma said. I'd have to say of the 2 fighters, Diaz was the one who seemed to be winning rounds more decisively. I think pretty much every round I gave to him, he won decidedly. I think anyone looking at it honestly & forgetting the shit that happened afterwards, couldn't say that Paulie was winning ALL his rounds that decisively.

The scorecards were shocking, but Paulie did himself no favours beforehand & his comments about Raul Caiz Sr were just out of order. Shall we say that Don Trella can never be a judge for any of Paulie's fights because he's Italian-American? I had sympathy for him at the time, because I do feel he won, but it was very close & all his crying about it now just makes him seem a dick. Which is a shame because when he's not complaining about the world, he actually seems quite a cool guy.