Okay, let's get real: Spinks was robbed!

Dick Flaherty is a fine ref who got it right. 117-111 Spinks was perfect.

Forget what compubox says, it's run by 76 year old women clicking a button.

Spinks was rarely hit clean, he was controlling the pace of the fight, and he was landing flush left crosses on Taylor at will.

Taylor is usually an aggressive, wild swinging cowboy in there, but Spinks jinxed his ass. Spinks should be given an immediate rematch. :nono:

Of course the HBO house fighter gets the nod.

 

yeah. Spinks should've been more aggressive, though, like PBF. now PBF knows how to put on a show.

 

PBF was hit cleanly by Dela Joto way more than Spinks was in his fight.

Spinks was hit clean MAYBE 6-8 times. Even a replay of this apparently "big left hook" that Lampley called out didn't even hit Spinks, it barely brushed his cheek.

Taylor beat Spinks by throwing 30 punches a round. This is a travesty.

 

i'm not sure if you're being sarcastic or not in your claims, but believe it or not, i agree with you that a case could be made that Spinks won the fight.

now, we certainly wouldn't hear about it from Lederman or Lampley, or even Merchant (although Merchant did say in the 7th round that Spinks deserved credit for his skills only to call for him to retire by the time the fight ended). but round by round? Spinks probably did land more punches in more rounds than Taylor did.

 

Bama I like you, but I think you should rethink this issue. Stinks lost pretty clearly. The numbers don't support you position and Taylor did land 40% of his punches amazing for hitting a running target. As a judge, I would give Taylor more credit for one or 2 blows then 12 of Stinks'.

 

i'm sure he feels reassured.

 

Ike, you know we're cool, and I wouldn't throw acid in your face like I would most of the shitheads who post here, but Taylor is a fucking bum. I was laughing my ass off when Manny Steward was about to whip his ass in between the 11th and 12th rounds. That would've been more fun than watching Jermaine trying to waltz with Corey for 12 rounds.

 

Double L, you've always been a guy who has had a realistic take and viewpoint on boxing issues. I respect your opinion.

Round by round, Spinks clearly controlled each round except the 12th. I gave that round clearly to Taylor because Spinks, like most fans who can score a fight, had himself clearly ahead and he was just protecting that lead.

 

A 7 rounds to 5 or 6-5-1 round even win for Spinks is certainly arguable. Even in the rounds he didn't land, he seemed to control Taylor with his jab and movement. JT was lost in there the whole night.

 

then maybe he should have thrown it more often because u don't win any rounds by landing 7 out of 50 shots either...

 

That's at least 3-4 times better than what Jer-bum Taylor was able to do.

Fuck the compubox. Taylor was landing 2 out of 30 punches a round, even Manny Steward didn't think Taylor won the fight.

 

I am retired from smacktalk and there is no greater beneficiary than you.

 

hmm call me crazy but i do no think that happened in 9 out of 12 rounds... :dunno:

 

thats a subtle insult and basically smacktalk, too...

i've seeing u dancing on a very thin rope with these type of posts a lot after ur "retirement"!!! :nono:

 

That's true, sometimes Jer-bum was able to land 3 out of 30 and the HBO commentators would be like, "Taylor is beginning to pick up his activity."



If you scored the fight for Jer-bum, you're basically supporting the viewpoint that if you land 1 or 2 good shots in a round, you can win against a guy who hits you 7-15 times a round with solid but not extremely hard shots. This is boxing not toughman.

 

The numbers don't support that is what happened. Taylor outlanded Spinks in both catagories and he landed at a more accurate rate. JT is a terrible fighter but he won.

 

I have not attacked a poster since my retirement. I disagree with your assessment ,kind sir.

 

hmm i think Taylor hit him more often than what u are saying but then again i almost fell asleep. I admire u for staying that focussed on what actually happened in a borefest like that.

I hate Jermain Taylor and wud have loved if manny smacked him right in the face. ::



Would u throw acid in my face? :warning:

 

You are exactly right. Taylor stunk up the place, but he outlanded Cory and landed the harder shots..

I love how people talk about Spinks controlling the fight with his jab.. That's utter bullshit. He controlled the (lack of) fight with his feet.

 

It's boxing but it's not amateur boxing. The entire 2nd half of the fight there was no way Spinks was landing 7-15 solid shots a round either.

Jermaine won, but it was a god-awful fight that we should forget ever happened as soon as humanely possible. The less we talk about it the better. :nono:

 

No comment. I didn't watch rounds 6-11.

 

isn't Manny Steward Taylor's manager? as well as his trainer? if so, shame on him for pretending to be without blame as to Taylor's choice of Spinks.

Steward does this all the time. He has no problem taking credit for a fighter's success, but when and if the fighter loses, or performs poorly, or is boring as hell, he pretends he's just one of us, just as frustrated as the fans.

Steward likes to have it both ways.

 

Someday, somebody is going to push you too far.

 

Didn't Steward tell Taylor at one point in the fight............"I wish you were fighting Miranda tonight instead of this guy"? ::

 

Hear, hear. I stopped watching in the eighth. I saw the compubox stats at the end and was amazed. Taylor landed 15 more punches? I wasn't even he sure that he threw 15 punches...

 

I'm surprised I focused on the fight myself. I was patiently waiting for the wild swinging bum Taylor to just let loose and overwhelm Spinks with activity, but it just didn't happen. Spinks jinxed Taylor bad on Saturday.

As for throwing acid in your face, I don't really know you well enough Royness so I would define my relationship with you right now as amicable. That basically means, no I wouldn't throw acid in your face, but if you say any shithead things, that could change in an instant.

 

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Wait, but you came back for the 12th round? Wudafux up with that?

 

He probably woke up around then.

 

I am retired from Smacktalking. I will retire completely before I resume my old ways.