Josh Warrington 117-112 to Eubank Michael Conlan 116-112 to Eubank Dan Rafael 116-112 to Eubank Joe Gallagher 116-112 to Eubank Frankie Gavin 116-112 to Eubank Kal Yafai 116-112 to Eubank I’ve not seen a single fighter or journalist give Benn 5 rounds never mind 6 or 7. Nothing controversial about the scoring. You can have a really close fight in boxing & it be 118-110 or 117-111 if one fighter is just edging the rounds. 116-112 does not mean it wasn’t a close fight.
First three, eight and nine were closer but I thought he more than edged them too. You could argue ten. There were some subjective rounds and I know you are right - twelve close rounds could be scored 120-108. I had Eubank by 1. As I say it’s not a robbery or obviously the wrong decision - but three identical scorecards seemed a bit suspicious in the immediate aftermath but looking at it calmer, if one judge had scored it by four to Eubank; another by a couple to benn and one had it a draw you’d not question it at all, so if one judge can give it by four all three can. I just thought it was closer on the cards, not just some rounds being close themselves. But it was a good fight. Not the highest quality, not two top level performers; but two fighters going toe to toe and giving all they had. Conor Benn did more than enough to warrant a lot of credit, to make interest in a rematch huge, and to earn both boxers a very nice purse for the rematch too. Neither should be anything other than happy with the effort and performance they put in, and neither father should be anything but proud of that. Hopefully there’ll be a rematch - and a bit more respect between them from here on.
I’m just glad you scored it. Honestly the amount of times people have moaned about scoring on here but haven’t scored it themselves blows my mind. It’s become a pet peeve up there with people calling Humphrys ‘Humps’. I thought 2 & 10 were Eubank rounds but gave the others you mentioned to Benn which is why I got to 116-112. I’ll never really respect Benn because of his doping but he did show a lot of heart & I agree it made for a very good fight.
Just seen the official scorecards and they are actually very different to say the ended with the same result. One judge had Eubank winning six of the first seven.
This is the problem a lot of people have when they comment on scoring in boxing. They watch the whole fight then say to themselves "that seemed close" As you asked earlier "which rounds did you give to Benn" Couldn't see an answer to that from anyone, it's more just his feeling that the fight was close.