THE MEXICAN SCORING SYSTEM - A TAKE OFF FROM THAILAND?
By Ed de la Vega, DDS
PhilBoxing.com
Mon, 14 Jul 2008
Los Angeles, CA:- They held a boxing card last Saturday at the Palenque de la Expo in Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico. The event was not too bad save for the guys they selected as ?judges? particularly for the main event and the supporting main event.
It was bad enough that those that judged the Solis-Donaire IBF light flyweight title fight screwed up the scoring. But what really stunk was it was repeated on the main event.
The extremely mediocre judging ruined what could have been a beautiful night. Shame on those judges. And shame on the powers that be on Mexican boxing and the IBF for allowing it to happen.
Granting that Glenn Donaire really lost because he did not KO the champion, but did he really fight that bad and did not even win a round? Go watch the re-plays and judge for yourself.
The same situation they say happens in Thailand all the time. A foreign fighter must knock-out a Thai homeboy otherwise he ends up on the losing end. But why would the Mexicans copy?
Perhaps they really wanted Solis to remain as champion regardless of what happened on the ring. But to show such dreadful and very appalling attitude particularly on a fight card televised live in many parts of the world speaks volume of how they respect the sport and how much they trust the ability of their champions to keep his crowns.
How can Solis be given a perfect score of 120 (three times) when the referee ordered a one point deduction during round no. 8? Are the judges asleep or perhaps taking a Tequila break that they missed the order from the referee?
According to fightnews.com, ?Jimmy Lennon announced the scores as 120-118, 120-118 and 120-117 which could have meant 10 even rounds. But the scores on the judges? cards actually read as 120-108, 120-108 and 120-107.?
Someone at Hermosillo must be mathematically challenged.
Did Lennon simply make a mistake, or was he instructed by the powers that be to read the scores the way he did to hide the ineptness of the judges or perhaps the wishes of some people to keep Solis as champion?
Solis is a champion and in all probability could defend his crown all by himself. But, the one sided scoring did not speak too well of his ability of the man. Perhaps now he needs to defend his crown in some foreign land to really show that he is worthy of his title. But, that is not going to happen because those with interests in keeping him as champion will not allow it. Out there they may not be able to pad the ring side with Mexican judges to assure his victory.
The judging during the main event between the Mexican budding hero, Julio Cesar Chavez Jr., and a relatively unknown Matt Vanda was something else.
Again, there was an obvious desire from some people to keep Junior?s record padded with wins. Perhaps that is the only way, he can get close to mimic the legacy of his father, hall of famer, Julio Cesar Chavez.
But if that was their desire, they blew it. Their actions were so blatant that even the crowd at Hermosillo did not agree and they pelted the ring with whatever they can get hold of to show their contempt. They even booed the senior Chavez when he tried to calm them down.
For the home crowd to react that way speaks volume of the blatant cheating that occurred. Vanda, at the very least was cheated of a ?draw?. He did not deserve the outrageous score of 100-90 in favor of Chavez.
The Hermosillo incident solidified even more the presence of ?rotten apples? in boxing. These people are the reason why MMA is fast catching up in so far as fans interest is concern.
Further, it embarrassed the proud and honorable Mexican people. Why would they pelt the ring with anything they can get hold of if they were not?
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