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Oct
Lampley discusses Chavez-Vera, bad scoring
HBO commentator Jim Lampley says the Julio Cesar Chavez Jr.-Bryan Vera fight was a close contest but Vera “controlled the flow of the fight,” adding “98-92 is way off base. It just wasn’t that kind of a fight; 97-93 doesn’t seem right to me either.”
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Sep
No problem with judges selected for Mayweather-Canelo
Keith Kizer, the executive director for the Nevada State Athletic Commission, says that the teams of both Floyd Mayweather and Canelo Alvarez are fine with the commission’s selection of Dave Moretti, CJ Ross and Craig Metcalfe to judge their Sept. 14 mega-fight.
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Nov
From the pages of THE RING Magazine: A new perspective
Veteran referee Joe Cortez has an inspired idea to help avoid controversial decisions: Elevate the judges.
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