Tonights Fights (Sat 25th June)

[Gandalf]

None of this comes as any surprise, Alexander gets the decision, but his crediblity slides further into the toilet, I don't ever want to see a fight this clown is part of.

Congrats Matthysse, you clearly won this fight, and should go on now to bigger and better things.

Totally, I am a fan of Matthysse now. Alexander? He can just bugger off with his weird jerky style and his female tennis player grunting.

[captainanddew]

the 96-93 scorecard is beyond the realm of reasonable judging.

dropped in a round from a clean punch (10-8 for LM).
7th round-busted up 10-9 for LM
8th round-busted up 10-9 for LM
10th round-busted up 10-9 for LM

Unless I'm crazy, simple math tells me that the most pts a reasonable judge would have given to Alexander would have been 95 pts.

So a judge somehow scored round 4 (knockdown round), 9-9 OR
round 7 10-9 for Alexander OR
round 8 10-9 for Alexander OR
round 10 10-9 for Alexander

Any of those 4 things is an absolute joke.

[Mars_ax]

the 96-93 scorecard is beyond the realm of reasonable judging.

dropped in a round from a clean punch (10-8 for LM).
7th round-busted up 10-9 for LM
8th round-busted up 10-9 for LM
10th round-busted up 10-9 for LM

Unless I'm crazy, simple math tells me that the most pts a reasonable judge would have given to Alexander would have been 95 pts.

So a judge somehow scored round 4 (knockdown round), 9-9 OR
round 7 10-9 for Alexander OR

round 8 10-9 for Alexander OR
round 10 10-9 for Alexander

Any of those 4 things is an absolute joke.

Good analogy Capt, Alexander clearly lost, got his ass kicked in the process, and shouldn't have been rewarded for it.

Like I said earlier, this bullshit won't hurt Matthysse, the fans know who won the fight.

[Gandalf]

Totally, it doesn't make any sense. Judges really need to be held accountable for their actions. If you think you scored 80% in a maths test, but were only awarded 40%, you have the right to contest the decision. I really think that boxing needs more than what it currently has because we are seeing this nonsense all the time and it isn't helping anyone beyond the promoter who has bought the judges.

[captainanddew]

if someone thinks Alexander won the fight 95-94, 6 rounds to 4, then I wouldn't call them a name. I'd tell them I disagree and move on.

If someone thinks Alexander won the fight 96-93, 7 rounds to 3, I'd ask him whether he is blind, or whether his IQ is higher than the IQ of the guy Billy Bob Thornton played in Sling Blade. MMMM. FRENCH FRIED TATERS... MMMMM.....

[marbleheadmaui]

if someone thinks Alexander won the fight 95-94, 6 rounds to 4, then I wouldn't call them a name. I'd tell them I disagree and move on.
If someone thinks Alexander won the fight 96-93, 7 rounds to 3, I'd ask him whether he is blind, or whether his IQ is higher than the IQ of the guy Billy Bob Thornton played in Sling Blade. MMMM. FRENCH FRIED TATERS... MMMMM.....

PHEW! I HATE it when the Captain calls me names like Billy Bob!

[Gandalf]

Fightnews had Alexander winning too. I just didn't see that at all. One guy was getting busted up repeatedly and being hit with the cleaner more effective punches. No way did Alexander win the majority of the rounds. It was a robbery because it wasn't even that close.

Boxing - Alexander edges Matthysse

[marbleheadmaui]

Fightnews had Alexander winning too. I just didn't see that at all. One guy was getting busted up repeatedly and being hit with the cleaner more effective punches. No way did Alexander win the majority of the rounds. It was a robbery because it wasn't even that close.

Boxing - Alexander edges Matthysse

Unlike most close fights I though 9 rounds here were pretty clear.

2,3,5,6,9 for Alexander and 4, 7,8,10 for Matthysse.

Round one was the close one and in my view, one's view of it probably decided the fight.

The thing is Matthysse was more dominant in the rounds he won than Alexander was in the rounds he won, but that almost never matters unless there is a knockdown (like in round 4 tonight). I actually did think about giving Matthysse a 10-8 round in either 7 or 8 (I forget which) but I decided not to.