Bad Officiating Now a Domestic Problem in the US
Mark Ortega
Undisputed Fight Magazine, September 2011 issue
September 2011
THIS ARTICLE APPEARED IN THE SEPTEMBER 2011 EDITION OF DIGITAL BOXING MAGAZINE, UNDISPUTED FIGHT MAGAZINE.
It wasn't long ago that American fight fans figured bad officiating was a foreign concept.
The popular line “You need a knockout to get a draw over there” is rumored to be founded during the title reign of Sven Ottke of Germany, who saw many an unpopular decision fall his way.
Unfortunately, particularly in the past few years, that ideal has been wiped away by an extraordinary number of bad calls in officiating in the United States just this year.
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Friday, April 1, 2011
Pavlik on the outside looking in
Pavlik on the outside looking in
Mark E. Ortega
Leave-it-in-the-ring.com
April 1, 2011
It was the middle of July of 2009 and
Kelly Pavlik, despite two fights previously where he was battered by
Bernard Hopkins, was sitting pretty atop the middleweight division as
the unified champion and his sights set on a possible fight with
fellow pound-for-pound ranked fighter Paul Williams.
Around the same time, Showtime
announced their groundbreaking Super Six World Boxing Classic for the
super middleweight division, a shortened round robin style tournament
featuring six of the best 168 pounders in the world.
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