Quote Originally Posted by JazMerkin View Post
I was there basically ringside on Friday night & what tells you it all about the fight was that when the verdicts were announced & they heard 117-11 & 117-112, all of Webb's people started complaining about him being robbed till they suddenly realized he'd won & after celebrating they were all a bit sheepish. Almost everyone ringside who I talked to, including people who were with Webb, had it either fairly comfortably for Small or narrowly for Sam. There should be a rematch. I've met both these guys (Small is from the same amateur gym I box at & still comes around for sparring sometimes) and they're both cool guys, Smallie just plays up to the pantomime bad guy image & he wastes the wonderful athleticism he's been blessed with, but he's a really safe guy in person, as was Sam on the occasion I met him. But Small got screwed. I think a narrow win of say 115-113 for Webb wouldn't have met much complaint, but 117-111 is a joke.
I he's a safe guy, I would have said that he should come off as that. Instead he comes off as a complete tosser.... Wrong approach IMO. He is blessed with the athletisism that people just cannot achieve, but he just hasn't complimented that with any other memorable attributes atall....