Good tthread topic. Here is what Kellerman had to say a few years back on ESPN:

"Max Kellerman: As for taking the belt - good point. But taking the belt for the champ does not mean what most people think it means. It is noit simply that at the end of the fight you ignore your scorecard and give the fight tot the champ. What it means is this - in close rounds, the champ gets the benefit of the doubt. And yes, it can be argues that keeping that in mind, Mayorga deserved the decision. However, in this case, it is not a long reigning champion versus some unknown contender. Rather, it is a new champ versus the elite fighter from whom he took the title, which might militate against that "take it from the champ" thing. "