Leonard Duran 1

[Bolo Punch]

Sorry, I can't understand how anyone could have scored it for Leonard. A draw would have been extremely generous to SRL. I had Duran winning it clearly despite giving away some of the final rounds.

This. Duran won the fight.

[rightsideup]

Round 1 10-9 Leonard
Round 2 10-9 Duran
Round 3 10-9 Duran
Round 4 10-9 Duran
Round 5 10-9 Leonard
Round 6 10-9 Leonard
Round 7 10-9 Leonard
Round 8 10-9 Duran
Round 9 10-9 Duran
Round 10 10-9 Duran
Round 11 10-9 Duran
Round 12 10-9 Duran
Round 13 10-9 Leonard
Round 14 10-9 Duran
Round 15 10-9 Leonard

I scored it 144-141 Duran.

No way Leonard won the fight, certainly a close fight but Duran definitely won it.

It was a closely contested fight I agree Duran won but he should not have coasted in the last round. He had enough energy to taunt leonard and return the ringside taunts of Benitez. I could be wrong but one judge actually had duran second to a guy named even. lol

[notrecondite]

I scored it 144-141 Duran.

No way Leonard won the fight, certainly a close fight but Duran definitely won it.

The three judges had rounds 9,10,11 scored as even. You scored them all for Duran. And, these are the guys that scored the overall fight for Duran. But they didn't see those three rounds the same way you did. Give the judges those three rounds and you yourself come up with a draw.

[Humean]

The three judges had rounds 9,10,11 scored as even. You scored them all for Duran. And, these are the guys that scored the overall fight for Duran. But they didn't see those three rounds the same way you did. Give the judges those three rounds and you yourself come up with a draw.

If my brother was female then he'd be my sister.

I simply didn't see those rounds even. The judges scored a ridiculous amount of even rounds, one judge scored 10 of the 15 rounds even which basically says that that judge was not doing a good job. The other two judges scored 4 and 5 even rounds. Boxing judging is a weird affair though, theoretically it is possible to see a fight one way but for the scorecards to not be reflective of that even with competent judging because judges don't judge whole fights but judge each individual round as a separate and independent fight.

We actually agree on 9 of the 15 rounds, rounds 8,10,11,12,13,14 are different. In those rounds you scored it 3 Leonard, 1 Duran and two even, I scored it 5-1 Duran, so it is really these rounds where we saw a different fight. Essentially we saw the first half of the fight the same and the second half different.

Anyway it was what I call a close but clear fight with Duran winning.

[Ben Bolt]

The three judges had rounds 9,10,11 scored as even.

Scoring three rounds in a row even is generally a bad call.
A competent judge should almost always be able to find a winner of every round.

[Panamaniac]

Interesting post-fight perspective from the fighters, referee and Howard Cosell

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[notrecondite]

If my brother was female then he'd be my sister.

I know, I know.

Essentially we saw the first half of the fight the same and the second half different.

Interesting, huh?

[StarshipTrooper]

Scoring three rounds in a row even is generally a bad call.
A competent judge should almost always be able to find a winner of every round.

Even rounds used to be quite common. It's only relatively recently that an aversion to them has popped up. That being said, there's no way there was that many even rounds in that particular fight. Certainly not ten out fifteen. I'm going to have to look up the scorecards for that fight because it just doesn't seem possible that someone could come up with ten even rounds in that fight.

[Ben Bolt]

BoxRec: "Angelo Poletti had it 3-2-10. Sports Illustrated called Poletti's scorecard a 'monument to indecision'."

[StarshipTrooper]

BoxRec: "Angelo Poletti had it 3-2-10. Sports Illustrated called Poletti's scorecard a 'monument to indecision'."

Makes me wonder what fight he was watching