Terrible / controversial judging calls, and our perspectives of them

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Afternoon, gentlemen.

Quick and to the point, as I desperately need some debate to help get me through this final, terrible day before a long weekend of bliss. Let's talk some of boxing's most horrific judging decicions and the different angles you can consider them from.

What was the very worst one you've seen? Which ones did you think were bad'uns, but which seldom get described as such? Which ones do you regularly see trashed as great injustices despite you thinking that such claims are over-blown? If you could pick out one particular awful judging call and correct it by going backwards in time, which one would you pick, and why?

Naturally, I've got a fair few in my head, but it'd be good to see which ones you guys offer up, and from which of the above angles you decide to view them from; a travesty, an overblown storm in a tea cup, a simple shocker or one which you'd like to put right more than any other.

Let's have it, then. Cheers.

milkyboy wrote:Leonard got to him truss, hagler tried to get clever. had he been able to get over the bitterness, when he reflected on that night he'd think he blew it, rather than he got shafted. At the very least he gave Leonard a start and gave the judges the opportunity to see it differently to him. Deep down I think he probably knows that too.

Deep down, Leonard can't be too happy with the fight either.

Why ????

He won a fight against the p4p number 1 after being out of boxing for 3 years..

Are you kidding me????????????/

No I'm not kidding Truss.

Despite you, milkyboy and two of the judges scoring the fight for Leonard there's still a lot of debate about the decision all these years later. I'm sure that it must irk Leonard a little that there are still people out there who think he lost.

Leonard was a huge underdog........

TRUSSMAN66 wrote:Leonard was a huge underdog........

Not in his own head he wasn't.

Oh.....

Well the guy is talking about whats goes on in Leonards head today. The discussion is about whats in Leonards head which as we know is a very special place.

The guy doesn't know what goes on in Leonard's head...and neither do you.

But we know Leonard was a huge underdog......

Well we know Leonard said he knew he could beat Marv after being ringside for the Mugabi fight.

Not a stretch to suggest one of the biggest egos that ever stepped into ring would ever doubt himself.