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Jusque-là pas de problème. Ce n’est pas votre choix, mais après tout, les trois juges savent ce qu’ils font. Ce sont des professionnels… non?
Mais quand vous regardez le pointage de chacun, vous constatez qu’un juge a voté 114-114, l’autre 115-113 pour votre favori et le troisième 117-111, mais pour l’adversaire.
C’est impossible. Il ne peut pas y avoir autant de différence dans les pointages?
Pourtant, c’est exactement ce qui est arrivé lors du match entre Jermell Charlo et Brian Castano alors que les quatre titres majeurs étaient à l’enjeu.
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As much as the boxing world would like to see Jermell Charlo and Brian Castano immediately run back last Saturday’s terrific battle in San Antonio, we may have to wait a bit. Jake Donovan reports that the IBF has ordered Charlo to face mandatory challenger Bakhram Murtazaliev, who already stepped aside for Charlo’s bouts with Castano and Jeison Rosario.
The Grozny-born, Oxnard-based Murtazaliev (19-0, 14 KO) soundly defeated Jorge Fortea in a November 2019 eliminator to earn a spot atop the sanctioning body’s 154-pound rankings. He’s since stayed busy with a fourth-round finish of Manny Woods and a unanimous decision over Khiary Gray, the latter of which took place on that same Charlo (34-1-1, 18 KO) vs. Castano card, while the belt changed hands from Julian Williams to Rosario to Charlo.
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“It was a close fight, but in the sense that there were a lot of close rounds, and that is always a matter of appreciation. A judge can see an assault in one way, and another in another.”
He went on to claim that if both of the other judges had scored the fight 117-111 for the Argentinian, he would be more concerned about how widely he scored it for Charlo. The suggestion here seems to be that if he had scored every round differently than the other two judges, fans could more credibly accuse him of incompetence or corruption.
By: Sean Crose
“Brian Castano is one hell of a better fighter than anyone gave him credit for and he came to fight for his life Saturday,” Jermell Charlo has posted on Instagram, referring to his battle for the undisputed junior middleweight championship of the world last Saturday night. The fight between Charlo and Castano was just a terrific affair that was ultimately ruled a draw. Unfortunately, one of the three judges at ringside ruled so widely for Charlo that it put a damper on the entire affair, a sad addition to a great night of boxing, to be sure.