How did you score the Khan vs Maidana fight ?

[Gandalf]

Round 1 - Khan 10-8
Round 2 - Khan 10-9
Round 3 - Maidana 10-9
Round 4 - Khan 10-9
Round 5 - Khan 10-8 (bullshit though)
Round 6 - Maidana 10-9
Round 7 - Maidana 10-9
Round 8 - Khan 10-9
Round 9 - Khan 10-9
Round 10 - Maidana 10-8
Round 11 - Maidana 10-9
Round 12 - Maidana 10-9


113-112 Khan. This is actually closer than I thought it was originally and suggests that the point deduction was significant. Also if Cortez hadn't of kept jumping in in the 10th Maidana may have been able to force a stoppage or at least force multiple KD's. Khan should have been warned or docked for the excessive holding. If you are going to be firm on an elbow that didn't even land, then you should also be firm on extremely blatant clinching. Cortez is only firm against his least favoured fighter and 'fair' to the other.

Once again poor officiating has made it's mark on what should have just been a fun fight.

[Althugz]

Funny that one judge would have had Maidana winning if it wasn't for the 10-8 round against him where Cortez took that point. Also some of your scorecards reflect that too. But outside of that all I'm hearing is praise for Khan outboxing and outhearting him. Interesting. Still need to catch this damn fight

[Kev]

Round 1 - Khan 10-8
Round 2 - Khan 10-9
Round 3 - Maidana 10-9
Round 4 - Khan 10-9
Round 5 - Khan 10-8 (bullshit though)
Round 6 - Maidana 10-9
Round 7 - Maidana 10-9
Round 8 - Khan 10-9
Round 9 - Khan 10-9
Round 10 - Maidana 10-8
Round 11 - Maidana 10-9
Round 12 - Maidana 10-9


113-112 Khan. This is actually closer than I thought it was originally and suggests that the point deduction was significant. Also if Cortez hadn't of kept jumping in in the 10th Maidana may have been able to force a stoppage or at least force multiple KD's. Khan should have been warned or docked for the excessive holding. If you are going to be firm on an elbow that didn't even land, then you should also be firm on extremely blatant clinching. Cortez is only firm against his least favoured fighter and 'fair' to the other.

Once again poor officiating has made it's mark on what should have just been a fun fight.

What are you talking about Khan hardly held at all! Come on Miles look at the shellacking he suffered in the 10th round, he took flush punch after flush punch and barely held at all.

In the 11th and 12th rounds he circled and kept away until he got his legs back, what is wrong with that exactly?

And how is blatently throwing an elbow not a foul? Were ther roles reversed you would be arguing for a harsher treatment of the filthy Amir and his fouling elbows, his disgusting low life tactic of throwing a punch when his respectful opponent was trying to touch gloves etc.

Maidana totally deserved to get a point docked. It's boxing, trying to elbow somebody in the face is considered bad sportsmanship.

[Gandalf]

Round 1 - Khan 10-8
Round 2 - Khan 10-9
Round 3 - Maidana 10-9
Round 4 - Khan 10-9
Round 5 - Khan 10-8 (bullshit though)
Round 6 - Maidana 10-9
Round 7 - Maidana 10-9
Round 8 - Khan 10-9
Round 9 - Khan 10-9
Round 10 - Maidana 10-8
Round 11 - Maidana 10-9
Round 12 - Maidana 10-9


113-112 Khan. This is actually closer than I thought it was originally and suggests that the point deduction was significant. Also if Cortez hadn't of kept jumping in in the 10th Maidana may have been able to force a stoppage or at least force multiple KD's. Khan should have been warned or docked for the excessive holding. If you are going to be firm on an elbow that didn't even land, then you should also be firm on extremely blatant clinching. Cortez is only firm against his least favoured fighter and 'fair' to the other.

Once again poor officiating has made it's mark on what should have just been a fun fight.

What are you talking about Khan hardly held at all! Come on Miles look at the shellacking he suffered in the 10th round, he took flush punch after flush punch and barely held at all.

In the 11th and 12th rounds he circled and kept away until he got his legs back, what is wrong with that exactly?

And how is blatently throwing an elbow not a foul? Were ther roles reversed you would be arguing for a harsher treatment of the filthy Amir and his fouling elbows, his disgusting low life tactic of throwing a punch when his respectful opponent was trying to touch gloves etc.

Maidana totally deserved to get a point docked. It's boxing, trying to elbow somebody in the face is considered bad sportsmanship.

I'm surprised that you said all that and made no comment about my scorecard. It would have been a draw had the point not been taken away and that isn't quite the fight I originally saw despite being biased in favour of Maidana. I am quite aware most others have it a little wider for Khan though. But not by much.

Some of that holding was ridiculous and I don't just mean clinching, but also the bizarre attempts to put 2 hands around Maidana's head. He was also pushing the head down and hitting a lot. He was warned continually, but that was as far as Cortez would go. It is an ugly thing and I would like more fighters to be penalised for it. As it stands fighters seem to get away with it a lot these days.

If the elbow had actually hit Khan and hurt him in some way then for sure I would be totally for the deduction, but as it stands Khan wasn't even hit with anything. Cortez took a bit of a knock, but a warning would have sufficed. You don't take points for a first low blow, so why take points for an elbow that didn't even hit a fighter? It is ridiculous.