Wow, that is a horrible decision

[captainanddew]

someone explain that decision to me.

[CFH]

I believe this picture was taken of one of the judges after a meeting with Paul Williams' promotion team:

[Kev]

someone explain that decision to me.

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[CFH]

That's twice tonight that Bilbo and I have essentially posted the same thing at the same time. That is very disturbing.

[Kev]

That's twice tonight that Bilbo and I have essentially posted the same thing at the same time. That is very disturbing.

Seems like great minds and little minds can sometimes think alike

[captainanddew]

Max did his due diligence at the end of the broadcast. He went by press row and asked how guys scored it. He said they had it from 8-4 Lara to 10-2 Lara but people weren't seeing PW winning.

Then Max points out the absolute bullshit card PW got in PW/Martinez I, where a judge had Martinez winning 1 fucking round (which demonstrates that the judge was beyond biased).

That was a robbery. I missed the first 3 rounds. Lederman for HBO had it 3-0 Lara. Rafael at espn had it the same after 3 rounds. I scored only rounds 4-12 and I scored those 9 rounds 7-2 for Lara. His straight left was snapping PW's head and bloodying his face. I had Lara winning without even scoring the first 3 rounds. And he somehow loses.

[bcollins]

I'm at least half lit and I think I scored this fight better than the official judges. My wife was asleep and even she knew it was a crap decision.

[captainanddew]

I'm at least half lit and I think I scored this fight better than the official judges. My wife was asleep and even she knew it was a crap decision.

post of the week!

[ruthless rocco]

i think it was a bad decision.

i think lara won for sure...but i think this is one of those fights where if you watch it again with the sound off you'll see a closer fight.

i think the hbo douches were out of line talking about paul williams' career being over and his live being in danger during the fight.

i think they kept imagining all the carnage that would occur if the williams' of tonight were to be fighting against martinez. i think they sometimes forgot that he was fighting a lara not martinez.

what did they say during gatti/ward or barrera/morales etc...

[p4pking]

Absolute robbery.

[CommunistKevin]

Yeah it was bad decision for sure. Williams is done going forward. But I agree the hbo people were going over board about how much damage Williams was taking and talking about years coming off his life. Jesus ive seen beatings plenty worse than that.

[Kev]

Yeah it was bad decision for sure. Williams is done going forward. But I agree the hbo people were going over board about how much damage Williams was taking and talking about years coming off his life. Jesus ive seen beatings plenty worse than that.

Yep and Roy Jones has been on the receiving end of at least four of them.

[OumaFan]

Paul Williams is Al Haymon's boy.

That's pretty much it.

In a way I dislike this decision for Paul's sake. He's such a warrior. Not a smart fighter. Clueless trainer. But he's what's right about boxing in a sense and bad decisions almost always result in a backlash against the fighter who received that decision and Paul doesn't deserve that.

[bcollins]

Paul Williams is Al Haymon's boy.

That's pretty much it.

In a way I dislike this decision for Paul's sake. He's such a warrior. Not a smart fighter. Clueless trainer. But he's what's right about boxing in a sense and bad decisions almost always result in a backlash against the fighter who received that decision and Paul doesn't deserve that.

Right on the money.

[CFH]

Paul Williams is Al Haymon's boy.

That's pretty much it.

In a way I dislike this decision for Paul's sake. He's such a warrior. Not a smart fighter. Clueless trainer. But he's what's right about boxing in a sense and bad decisions almost always result in a backlash against the fighter who received that decision and Paul doesn't deserve that.

That's absolutely true. I know that I, especially if there is a rematch, will be cheering against Paul Williams and hoping he loses in such a one-sided way that it makes robbery impossible or the scorecards moot. And that's not really fair because he's a great fighter with a great attitude (even if his post-fight interview pissed me off).