Quote Originally Posted by amat View Post
I agree the commentary glossed over a lot of the defensive work Guzman did buuuuuut a draw is not out of the question. Look at the punchstats!

No but really, you could see Guzman was waaay effected by the injury to his nose that made him breathe through his mouth. I really don't think he fought that bad of a fight, he just didn't have the legs afterwards to keep moving and instead of limiting to Funeka to single jabs from the outside, he lingered around and got hit with more. It's to bad, he's a good fighter but I scored it (with the commentary) 9 rounds to 3, giving 1,2 and 7 to Guzman, same as HBO. For all I know, 11 and 12 could very well have been his which means if even one of those other rounds is even, that's a draw and a victory baby! Of course in this instance, draw and victory go together. Since there was no champion, the belt was vacant, therefore no fighter had to 'take the belt', it was kind of just lying there for both of them. When Guzman saw that he was losing the actual fight and literally getting beat up, he did the smart thing and won the boxing match instead. Great American tactic he surely picked up in New York. He closed out the last 15 seconds of rounds brilliantly, often times he smiled and winked at others in the crowd, it was quite a performance.

It was a pretty clear that Guzman won more rounds then it actually looked he won. He was also definitely more macho and fought the braver man's fight, which I think was good for a single round at least, which in addition to the 5 he won is a draw.

Clearer heads will prevail and we'll see it for ourselves one day. Good job both guys.

You had it 9 rounds to 3. And you said 11 and 12 could be his. If you give that to him (w/c you didnt) that would still be Funeka 115-113.

now you said if another round is even. say 10-10. That would still be 115-114 Funeka

You've given him all the benefits and you still had him losing mate. Maybe Funeka was really robbed. Maybe my interpretaion of your post is wrong?