By Miguel Maravilla
The Philippines’ Mark “Magnifico” Magsayo (24-2, 16 KOs) and his advisor Sean Gibbons had a lot to say about his defeat to Brandon Figueroa Saturday night at the Toyota Arena in Ontario, California.
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I watched the fight last night and I have been coaching and in Boxing for 40 years.. Frustrating fight for sure.. however, Magsayo lost that fight fair and square … he lost many rounds. holding and many times dropping to the floor to stop Brandon’s onslaught.. YOu think that looks good in front of experienced Judges who know what Magsayo was doing.. actually I felt some of those he really got dropped but the referee gave him the benefit of the doubt.. If anything, the Referee was more than fair to Magsayo..
you must of been in 40 years in amateur boxing ,what you mean experiences judges? those judges were crooks noway those score cards should of been one sided and certianly not a unaminous decision.
What does unanimous or not have to do with it? A very close fight can still be a unanimous decision. It cannot be denied that Magsayo was holding pretty much from the third round on. The referee gave him more than 10 warnings. Plus, he kept pushing Figueroa’s head down whenever he could. Listen, I was going for Magsayo, but Fig’s intensity and limitless gas-tank was a little to much for Mark. Those scores may have been rather wide, but it doesn’t mean they were wrong. Hotly contested rounds that Figueroa won the majority of. Great fight, sloppy effort in the second half by Magsayo. And like another post stated, at least one of those flops to the floor should have been ruled a kd. Figueroa is a machine!
noway that was a unaminous decision did you see brandon figueroa face after the fight he was all bruised and had cuts all over his face watch his post fight interview
Damn Shopping Cart, stick putting groceries in there because you don’s know shit about boxing! Marks and cuts on the face means he lost? BS
He had quite a few scrapes, he still won. Scrapes were more from infighting and Mag had them too. That being said I would like to see this again!
I would not like to see it again.
Fighters like Magsayo are hard to watch, regardless of some of his good attributes.
Reminds me of Acelino Freitas. Too frenetic.
I was pulling for Magsayo before the fight too. After a few rounds I wanted him knocked out because his sloppiness was making the fight virtually unwatchable at times. Figueroa did all he could to keep the fight exciting. Magsayo failed to keep up his end.
You’re on the money Jay. Great analysis.
Seriously? That’s a foolish statement. Several rounds were quite close, but Figueroa won. And others he won more convincingly. Also were a few that Magsayo won, but I only gave him three rounds. I can see one other possibly. But he just didn’t do enough. Figueroa would not let him set himself land his best stuff. Sure Fig got marked up, but he always does. Some guys’ skin just doesn’t hold up as well as others. But that’s all superficial. Well deserved win for Figueroa. Mark needs to work on his cardio, because this same thing happened to him in his title loss, and the fight before that (which he pulled out of the fire with that ko). He gets hurt to the body often, and gasses. Facts.
New rule! forget the fight, let’s count the cuts and scrapes to see who has less and that man won the fight. LMAO
it should of been a split decision but never a unaminous decision.
What about what Figueroa were doing? Figueroa kept holding the back of the head of Magsayo while hitting with his other hand. Also, Figueroa kept pushing Magsayo down, by pushing the back of his neck down. How many points were deducted from Figueroa? I can agree that Magsayo was holding and coming in in a 90 degree, I suspect to avoid body shots, but if you think the referee was fair, then we both watched two different fight.
Because Magsayo kept dropping his head to waist level and then popping up.
He must have been warned 10 times to stop dropping his head that low.
Shopping cart. This was unanimous. More so with to the 2 points deduction. He can win by one point on each card an this is still unanimous.
I was under the same impression, the ref helped out Magsayo. He could have lost a point for going low and even then Figueroa could have ripped him when magsyo crouched over and nothing would of happened. My problem was that Figueroa would not punch when clinched he would just wait. It was anoying.
Basically, Magsayo did not maintain composure throughout the fight.. and as a result you see the score cards..
Magsayo was never the rightful champ. He cant complain after he was gifted a title after getting spanked jy Russel jr with just 1 hand. No pity for Magsayo. This shows you what a monster Stephen Fulton is to handle Figueroa the way he did.
Magsayo lost fair and square. He held most of the fight and intentionally pushed Figueroa’s head down so the ref would make Figueroa stop punching. Magsayo had no plan B. He thought he was going to KO Figueroa and when he did not he had no other plan. He ran, the entire fight and was hurt to the body several time. He could barely stand the last 3 rounds. Stop crying bro this one was one you!
Team Magsayo forgot that the Muhammad Ali era was over. Their suck game plan: Because Figueroa is a ferocious volume puncher at close range, tight him when he proposes that type of fight, for next time, check how Donaire or Pacquiao fight
Magsayo ran out of gas in the last four rounds! Too much holding plus the point deductions made it worst for him! Figueroa took those heavy blows like a champ all day, the stamina and non stop action on his part was superb! Figueroa without a doubt won the fight on the second half regardlesss of what magsayo people say! Figueroa vs vargas should be an epic all mexican battle, can’t wait for this war!
thats not the point, the point was unfair judgement on the score cards made this fight fraud and unfair!!
I think the holding was getting into DQ territory, so the 2 points were more than fair.
He clearly lost the fight. Salty…
yea with bad corrupted judges
He got beat all over the place, keep in mind if it wasn’t for all the holding he would have two extra points.
Exactly.
Honestly, I think he was nearing DQ territory.
Calm down Sean.
Dude, you’re getting ratioed something fierce.
Take my word for it. I wanted Magsayo to win. He clearly lost the fight and deserved every bit of those 2 points being deducted.
Mayonnaise lost that fight but not by unanimous,most likely by majority decision 116-114 figuroa
Carlos.. hahahaha
It would be 115-111 or 114-112, not 116-114.
Gibbons is always an an interesting treat to watch in the ring. Whether the camera is on him or if he’s trying to get into the picture.
the reason why mark lost is because mark was struggling with weight and he was 1 pound overweight during weigh in and that probably took a effect on his conditioning.
Shopping Cart = Sean Gibbons
Zero Excuse, 1 lb over shows a lack of discipline in training, the result would have been the same.
it should be 119-101 122-98 134-97 Magsayu
Stop Crying you loss!
Screw Magsayo and his promoter. I would have DQd him for all the times he dropped to his knees to catch a break
I was thinking a DQ should be considered too.
there must be a rematch, for bringing in corrupted judges & they removed one of the requested judge that gibbons wanted without Gibbons permission, & brought in a corrupted referee the ref gave 2 point deduction without any warning, you must give boxer a clear warning which he never did!! this fight should of been a split decision or a draw never unaminous.
California officials did what they were supose to. Give the win to the promoter’s PBC prefered fighter. They had to make up for what they did to Figueroa in the Fulton fight.
Or, Magsayo looked like shït, ran out of gas, held EXCESSIVELY and kept dropping to a knee to buy time.
A DQ should have been seriously considered.
Robbery plain and simple..!!! Hometown decision.
If Magsayo is so great why didn’t he knock out Brandon and take it out of the judges’ hands! I’ll tell you why Brandon whipped his ass those last 3rounds! Oh and Shopping Cart stop your bitching!
Cry me a river, it’s boxing if you’re not the favorite you know it can happen. That’s why you don’t leave it in the judges hands.
Regardless if it was a split decision or unanimous decision Magsayo lost. He didn’t look sharp like he did when he beat Russell. Figueroa was busier qnd more affective. Run it back
I wouldn’t want to see it again because of Magsayos unprofessionalism and lack of conditioning.
I believe they have a point and even Figueroa backs that!-There needs to be a second’’sober look’’ at an ‘unreasonable’ decision-These lads put themselves on the line for a living
I think boxing judges should have to undergo such punishment, if convicted of unfair judging including refferee.