Quote Originally Posted by hattonthehammer View Post
Quote Originally Posted by Fenster View Post
The Showtime interviewer basically told Dirrell he was robbed. The majority of fans don't think it was 50/50 they think Dirrell won the fight (check the polls). Most of that majority think he was robbed too.

By the way my initial comments about the robbery were meant tongue-in-cheek. But the more I think about it the more it makes sense for an American victory.

Kessler is getting robbed. Fact.

He wont, we`ve spent a hell of a lot of time getting to the stage where a fight of this magnitude can be scored correctly.

20 years ago definitely
10 years ago possibly

you have to be very vindictive to believe 3judges and a ref are to be told before a fight the hometown fighter needs to win due to something that happened across the pond a few weeks back

PS:Showtime believe the boxing world revolves solely around US fighters and that even a remotely average fight has to be scored for the US fighter hence the extremely byest dribble they produced on the night
Right.. and who is running this comp? Showtime!!!

Robberies don't always occur through 100% pure corruption. Sometimes they happen because the sentiment is swayed towards the home guy.

It's good for business.