Photos: Sumio Yamada
In most WBC title fights, “open scoring” is in effect where the official scores are announced after the fourth and eighth rounds. Most state boxing commissions in the U.S. do not implement open scoring. If it was in effect for Saturday’s fight, we would have known this:
Scores after round four:
38-38, 40-36 Porter, 39-37 Porter
Scores after round eight:
77-75 Spence, 78-74 Porter, 76-76
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It is kind of hard to believe Porter let the fight go after round 8. On that one even scorecard, Porter would have had to have won 3 of the last 4 rounds to get a split decision win. But he lost all 4 of rounds 9 to 12 on that judge’s card. But, Larry Hazard is an old time judge, and he gave Porter 8 of the first 10 rounds. But it looks like Hazard changed a 10-10 round in the 3rd to a 10-9 round for Porter. Just that he changed that round, have to call BS on his scoring. Porter clearly won rounds 2, 4, 7, and maybe 1 and 9. It looks like Spence winning 115-112 is legit, or 115-113 for Spence if you want to call round 3 even, like Hazard originally did.
Manny is chasing Khan in Dubai now. So Spence can go with Thurman, or Danny Garcia, or his IBF mandatory (Abdukakhorov). Custio Clayton, #5 IBF is another option, who was once Crawford’s mandatory, and Crawford isn’t looking for him. I’m not sure I am sold on Lipinets at 147. I can’t see him defeating Spence.
Lipinets at 147 would be a snooze fest fight. What a joke. Lipinets’ style would be target practice for Spence. Easy victory……Simply pick which round Lipinets gets KO’d……
Maybe it’d be better to just watch the fight and shut it off after the last bell and go to bed knowing Porter won the fight and just don’t even pay attention to the records or matchmaking process
The concept of “open scoring” is the brainchild of sanctioning body clowns (WBC). It reflects how truly moronic they are.
I thought Spence came in too light for this fight. He looked scrawny as a scarecrow! I’d like to know if that was the plan or something happened
One report said that Spence looked gaunt at the weigh-in.