The Most Controversial Decisions In Boxing | FIGHT MARATHON

On this fight marathon, we look back at some of the most controversial decisions in #toprank history. #boxing #boxinghighlights
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[@FRESHBX]

Nothing more crazier than O'shaquie Foster. Never witnessed one like that one. Fight wasn't even competitive & y'all making him rematch the same guy to get his belt. Crazy!

[@bernardbanks27]

Agreed I was shook never seen a bold face robbery like that shit was wild

[@Gunnz04]

Roy Jones at the Olympics trumps that easily. That's how crazy it was.

[@FeonForever]

Facts

[@caleb6590]

@@FRESHBX imagine they rob him again in the rematch😭

[@AmericanJohnGrass]

I really don’t understand why that fight is seen as such a robbery. It was a very ineffective fight from both sides. Foster just appeared the better boxer when neither were landing

[@anthonyharty1732]

Golovkin v C. Alvarez 1 is one of the worst in boxing history. Alvarez ran backwards in the same direction for the full 12 rounds. One Judge had it 118/110 to Alvarez. One Judge had it a draw. No way that fight was officially a DRAW!!!!! Golovkin won CLEARLY!!!!! Was robbed of a victory.

[@nmb5588]

Ali vs. Norton in '76 from Yankee Stadium. Norton clearly won but refs gave it to Ali. Norton broke down and cried. Insane decision.

[@Bankai_Musashi1]

The 3rd fight? Wasn't a robbery at all, I had Norton by a point, it was a point or two difference

[@DaveBoxing]

Damn! All black fighters in the thumbnail?! Woooow, Top Rank! Y'all crazy for that one..

[@johnsummers385]

Tito counter punched Oscar into oblivion!

[@serendipitouscomet]

This video has a very clear agenda.

[@real_TerenceCrawford]

I see victim mentality

[@forever_fly9506]

Lmao yall delusional ofcourse they black most of the best fighters are black/latino and occasionally you have your good white fighters so ofcourse they gonna show more African American yall swear we still in the old times 🤣

[@IanPongsportsDayrit]

Clearly Oscar won that fight 9 rounds to 3.. Robbery of the Century

[@Chupacabra_4]

😂😂😂 delusion is strong within u Oscar blew the fight and lost it was 30 years ago. Only deluded 🇲🇽 ppl think he won when he clearly blew the last 4 rounds in a row to make himself lose in an embarrassing fashion

[@BattleheartDLS]

I agree with you. It was more like Oscar's victory dances rather than Trinidad dominating...Trinidad was hitting air and chasing ghost

[@ARMYEXERCISE]

My top 1-to-5 most controversial decisions in pro-boxing history. 1st was Trinidad win over Dela Hoya. 2nd was Mayweather win over Castillo 1. 3rd was Bradley win over Pacquiao. 4th was Toney win over Tiberi. 5th was Haney win over Lomachenko. 🥊🥊🥊 Special mention: PARK SI-HUN win over ROY JONES Jr in 1988 Seoul Olympics 🥊🥊🥊

[@Bankai_Musashi1]

Dude u ever see GGG/Canelo, Hearns/Leonard 2, Lennox/Holyfield 1 or especially Whitaker/Chavez? Floyd Castillo isn't controversial at all, he won the first 5 rounds & didn't lose the next 7, lol, that's just a myth & Haney Loma was close. But ofc Tito got a gift 8-4 oscar, 7-5 at worst

[@raymondcody1858]

@@Bankai_Musashi1Floyd lost 7-5 or at most a draw def didn’t win

[@Bankai_Musashi1]

@@raymondcody1858 yup ur just a casual or a Floyd hater, like I said he easily & clearly won the first 5 rounds & didn't lose the next 7. U don't know anything about scoring, stop listening to haters lies u see online neophyte

[@raymondcody1858]

@@Bankai_Musashi1he lost look at this face when the cards were read lmfao. Bum

[@Bankai_Musashi1]

@@raymondcody1858 face don't mean nothing, u don't know shi about boxing casual, leave this to the actual watchers. Lol, I bet a million you've never seen the fight in ur life & ur another loser Floyd hater, LMAO

[@BattleheartDLS]

Oscar vs Felix clear robbery...Oscar was dominating every rounds. And it was more like Oscar's victory lap (dance) rather than Trinidad dominating in last rounds. Trinidad hitting air and chasing ghost. Mayweather vs Castillo, Not a robbery. Mayweather outboxed, dictated, and dominated Castillo almost every round. Toney vs Tiberi, very close fight....nobody is dominating...Tiberi couple of times hit low blow but ref didn't punish him. If I were a judge I would give it for Toney Pacquiao vs Bradley, definitely a robbery. Bradley only can keep up first 3 rounds. Haney vs Loma, not a robbery. a lot of Loma punches that landed is just a poke, he didn't follow through. Haney landed more quality punches.

[@vinzetti22]

I agree with all you said , although I don't really remember the Toney fight. I don't know how ppl can say the floyd vs Castillo fight was robbery. It wasn't even really close. The Oscar robbery killed me. He was my favorite athlete growing up

[@boomerzman6148]

Oscar RAN LIKE A CHEETAH and LOST! Disgusting Runner!

[@caleb6590]

If you ignore body shots because they aren’t as exciting, then loma clearly beat Haney. If you scored every shot that landed, then it was a fight that could’ve gone either way and ended up going to the young champ. Fight of the year

[@asadaburrito3823]

Loma won 8-4

[@caleb6590]

@@asadaburrito3823 right if you ignore the body shots because they aren’t exciting yes ofc

[@asadaburrito3823]

@@caleb6590 Then with your logic Canelo beat Lara with body punches when we all know Lara beat Canelo

[@caleb6590]

@@asadaburrito3823 could’ve gone either way. I wish every fight could be clear for you but that’s not how it actually works

[@bernardbanks27]

@@asadaburrito3823Lara did not beat Canelo he had success boxing earlier on but in the later rounds was just running for his life

[@terryblejokes]

The only reason Haney vs. Loma is here is because of the political correctness of boxing. It's a super close fight, and you can give it to both fighters. How can this be one of the most controversial decisions in boxing lol.

[@cgar0]

what political correctness?

[@terryblejokes]

@ "Anything a Ukrainian fighter does is always correct. All the refs are always against them. If you don't support them and say they are the best and should win then you don't know boxing."

[@cgar0]

@@terryblejokes you just made that shit up.

[@PAPI4XX]

LOL sounds like Top Rank is a lil bias because Castillo got his hat handed to him with his head still in it LOL That fight wasnt even close...lol And someone actually uploaded the Pacquiao fight in slow motion right after it happened. And he literally missed 95% of ALL of those combinations that looked like he was hitting bradley...This was another correct decision. lol Bradley's head movement was crazy during those flurries... slow it down and you will clearly see Manny miss more repeatedly...

[@DC-op8fs]

You definitely ain't talking about Mayweather vs Castillo #1 Castillo was up in every category in the punch stats. So for you to say it wasn't close shows you don't know what your talking about. You also saying Bradley beat Pacquaio lol

[@ericperry27]

Bradley literally won like the last 3 rounds. Kinda clearly too. I think he deserved it. Manny got some of the middle rounds. And the early rounds were pretty close.

[@MichaelHernandez-fb5xl]

Oscars won

[@Chupacabra_4]

No he lost. U can’t blow the last 4 rounds and scream robbery that’s a lot of points. The opening rounds were a lot of swing rounds. Tito clearly won round 1,9,10,11,12 that’s already 5 rounds. Rounds 2,4,5 were close rounds. Tito won 7-5 in my opinion🤷🏽‍♂️. Just ppl forget it’s round by round not oh this guy looked really good for 3-4 rounds so now he wins that’s now how it works

[@MichaelHernandez-fb5xl]

@@Chupacabra_4 no way he lost ese out boxed him and he beat him in in a spectacular performance people were watching the fight in odd ways closed robbery in history

[@BattleheartDLS]

Agreed. It's more like Oscar's doing victory dance in last rounds rather than Trinidad dominating. Trinidad was hitting and chasing ghost.

[@boomerzman6148]

Oscar RAN LIKE A CHEETAH and LOST! Disgusting Runner!

[@MichaelHernandez-fb5xl]

@@Chupacabra_4 and Castillo that the Pinnacle of robbery in maydana 1 Castillo 1 Oscar dela hoya and packioa 🇸🇽 the gifted fighters of the century of 1900-1999, AKA track Star 🏃🏽‍♂️🏃🏽‍♂️🏃🏽‍♂️ corrupt judges 👨🏽‍⚖️😅 and blind 🦯🙍🏻‍♂️👨🏻‍🦯👨🏻‍🦯 only on 🇺🇲 united states of Venezuela 🇻🇪🤣 I mean america.

[@ringmasterjeb3453]

Nevada State Boxing Commission should have Disqualified Floyd when his uncle jumped into the ring during the Judah fight. The Chief second knows the rules, and under the circumstance of entering the ring during a fight I believe ends the fight. Anyways its Boxing Folklore now. Until the next one.

[@notpaper-cr6ni]

The reason the ref didn’t was there was no fight, so he technically made the right decision as it was during a check on Mayweather, but it was definitely foul of Roger to do such a thing.

[@Bankai_Musashi1]

​@@notpaper-cr6nifoul of zab

[@mark_yt91]

You can get in the ring after referee calls for timeout! Learn the rules boys, nothing wring there

[@KINGWESTCOAST]

Ref called time…they were already having issues before roger stepped in

[@the-ish-1_21]

De La Hoya-Trinidad I scored it a draw

[@ericbrooks9042]

Pacman had a lot of controversy fights his popularity and Arum helped him 😊

[@ien17]

Which fights? The Marquez fights? Granted they were controversial but you can’t say they weren’t close fights that could go either way

[@rjplameras7435]

Only contraversial win he had was the 3rd marquez fight and that was close as well.Layoff the crack

[@seantogher3468]

No robbery.. Trinidad clearly won the fight .. Oscar was trying to steal it , jus saying Opinion

[@bigdaddy6830]

he clearly lost 9 rounds

[@vinzetti22]

Clearly Oscar was the much superior boxer

[@boomerzman6148]

Oscar RAN LIKE A CHEETAH and LOST! Disgusting Runner!

[@Juanelo-zu1yy]

👏👏👏

[@benwea76]

Bradley/Pacquiao 1

[@HighlanDre4573]

In my book, Trinidad won the most important championship rounds against Oscar...

[@JohnWick-lk9xq]

Naw Oscar easily beat Trinidad he was even outlanding Trinidad in rounds he ran in It's crazy they would rob him even after he landed +100 punches more than Trinidad but I'm low-key glad he didn't get the decision cuz he made it obvious his intention was to run and take an easy win and he didn't have this my style excuse

[@boomerzman6148]

Oscar RAN LIKE A CHEETAH and LOST! Disgusting Runner!

[@the-ish-1_21]

Imo it was a draw

[@DC-op8fs]

Oscar won that easy, the punch stats weren't even anywhere near close.

[@HighlanDre4573]

@@DC-op8fs maybe if in amateur scoring 3 rounders...

[@leonardolobarbio41]

After this match again and again. Wow Manny must wiw this fight. How come. ?

[@Hashimohallim15]

Top 20 Worst Decisions in Boxing History 20. Kovalev vs Ward I 19. Pacquiao vs Marquez I 18. Muniz vs Napoles 17. Langford vs Walcott 16. Armstrong vs C. Garcia(1940) 15. Golovkin vs Alvarez I 14. Catterrall vs Taylor I 13. Fenech vs Nelson I 12. De La Hoya vs Trinidad I 11. Greb vs T. Flowers 10. Walcott vs Louis I 9. Hearns vs Leonard II 8. Pacquiao vs Horn 7. Sturm vs De La Hoya 6. Whitaker vs Chavez 5. Pacquiao vs Bradley I 4. Foreman vs Briggs 3. Lewis vs Holyfield I 2. Jones vs Si Hun(Olympics) 1. Castillo vs Mayweather I Honorable Mentions: - Marquez vs Pacquiao III - Norton vs Ali III - Mosley vs De La Hoya II - Hagler vs Antofuermo I - Lara vs Williams - Hagler vs Leonard - T. Flowers vs M. Walker Let me know if there are any others that I forgot about. Haney vs Lomachenko shouldn't be on the list because Haney was the champion and the fight could have gone either way. You have to beat the champ decisively in order to win the belt an Lomachenko didn't do that especially in the early rounds. I had Lomachenko winning though 115-113 but a draw isn't far fetched either.

[@vinzetti22]

Makes me think you didn't really watch the floyd vs Castillo fight. Can't see how anyone can honestly give that to Castillo. You have to land punches to win and compubox was way off that night

[@Hashimohallim15]

@@vinzetti22 Well I have taken a look at some of the most controversial decisions throughout puglism history and how it impacted the sport, the fighters careers, and the integrity and credibility in terms of judgement in the United States(mainly favoring local American fighters in competitive matches regardless of the scoring criteria). Now when it comes to Castillo vs Mayweather I. The reason why it is very high on my list is because of the destructive impact that it had on the sports trajectory in the following decades amplified exponentially and is still damaging the sport today. Arum realized he could generate massive PPV sales by protecting his young Olympian fighter at all costs. Also the judges were from Nevada and the NVAC and Top Rank definitely had influence on the judging of that fight to make sure that Mayweather could sell fights with his record and persona in the future. There is absolutely no way he would have gotten that decision anywhere else in the world without the influence of the local athletic commissions and Top Rank controlling the promotion and having the judges in their back pockets. This has been going on for a long time and its important that we have to achknowledge the real winners when using the criteria. And in this instance, the clear cut winner was Jose Luis Castillo whom nearly every educated boxing fan, expert, and purist around the world(who don't have racial or style favoritism toward certain fighters)had winning that fight. Mayweather does deserve massive credit for defeating him in the rematch, but Jose Luis Castillo has to be achknowledged as the winner in their initial fight and the whole world knows he won that fight.

[@Rocco-4-Life]

​@@vinzetti22😂😂gtfoh Floyd was outlanded 😂. Floyd lost.

[@Hashimohallim15]

Arum is the only reason why Mayweather has an unblemished record. Do you guys honestly think wothout the Nevada State Atheltic Commission influence and Top Rank influence on the judges that Mayweather would have gotten this decision? The answer is HELL NO. The worst would have been an SD or MD for Castillo. Top Rank has had a history of influencing judgement decisions for a long time to pile up Arums pockets and this eamaged the sport esepcially after Leonard Hagler in 1987.

[@KINGWESTCOAST]

Mayweather himself is the reason he’s undefeated…he had the cleaner shots the whole fight Castillo was jsut throwing more…a casual boxing fan watching from home can’t judge this as good as a judge on the side of the ring.

[@Hashimohallim15]

@KINGWESTCOAST I mean he didn't do it without controversy. And besides the statistics don't say that Official punch statistics: Punches Landed: 203 for Castillo on 40% 157 for Mayweather on 35% 173 power punches for Castillo on 46% 66 power punches for Mayweather on 44% So normally when you outland your opponent and land at a higher percentage, you are being the more effective fighter throughout. And also he didnt do anything after the first 3 rounds as he got outworked, outmanuevered, and outpunched consistently throughout the remainder of the fight. He was not the ring general either as his opponent was using feints to get Mayweather away from the center of the ring and was landing body shots throughout the entire fight. My goal isn't to convince everything that what I'm saying is true I just want to speak to those of you who will listen.

[@acroyerx1193]

@@Hashimohallim15 Mayweather/Castillo 1 was certainly Mayweather's toughest fight, and I would not have been angry had Castillo gotten the win, or a draw. However, you tend to overlook some things. 1, Mayweather DID land the cleaner shots, albeit Castillo landed more shots. This was due in large part to excessive holding and hitting, as well as constant bull rushing on the part of Castillo to force Mayweather to the ropes. 2, Mayweather scored as clear a knockdown of Castillo as could be in the beginning of the second round, only to have it ruled a slip. 3, Do you understand that you only need to win more rounds than your opponent? Cumulative punch stats aren’t relevant to scoring 12 SEPARATE 3 minute rounds, so unless you can show that the punching differential was spread out equally throughout 12 rounds, it means little as to who won the INDIVIDUAL rounds. 4, and although Mayweather did not use this fact as an excuse, he tore his rotator cuff two days before the fight, had it surgically repaired after the fight and the rest is history. Although this has nothing to do with WHETHER Mayweather really won or lost, I think that it certainly explains his subpar performance that night, and the reason he threw so few punches.

[@Hashimohallim15]

@@acroyerx1193 He did defeat JLC in the rematch though and I do give him credit for that, but this fight right here he just wasn't able to fight his fight and its hard for people to accept that. I know not everybody is going to agree with me and that's fine. Like I said my goal isn't to try to convince everyone that what I am saying is true. I just want to speak to those of you who will listen. Also outside of the first 3 rounds, Mayweather was only productive for one other round and that round he got a point deducted in for an elbow which was the 10th round and that's the only other round anybody can give to Mayweather besides the first 3(I gave him that round) You're also missing out the fact that he was clinching, bending below the waist, and pushing off JLC with his forearm which is illegal and should gave resulted in earlier point deductions by rule. Essentially every time Castillo would slip the jab and throw a straight left or a right to Mayweathers body which was prevalent after the first 3 rounds. Another thing is, if you look closely in round 2, Mayweathers glove didn't necessarily make contact so by rule it cannot be a knockdown as it was deeply examined. Even if you count it, you also have to account for the illegal holding, bending below the waist. and use of the forearms which would have resulted in earlier point deduction. Even in the 6th round Mayweather got lucky as that could have been scored a KD as well but the ref didn't rule it either so essentially its even that way Also if Mayweather did land the cleaner punches then why is there an 107 power punch disparity with Castillo having landed more power punches than Mayweather had punches landed overall?

[@acroyerx1193]

@@Hashimohallim15 Actually I think it's way harder for the folks who believe Castillo won, as well as those who wish Mayweather wasn't undefeated to accept the results of the first Castillo fight than it is for anyone else. This fight was not a robbery; as I said, it could have went to Castillo, or been a draw and I would not have been upset either way. The honest reason so many people are stuck on this fight is because they believe that it is the only way that they can attempt to blemish Mayweather's record. If you want a robbery, go see Pacquiao/Marquez 3. Or even better, Sturm/DeLaHoya. Fights that the guy who was declared the loser won FAR more clearly than anything that happened in Mayweather/Castillo 1, but no one EVER talks about those. Ever wonder why?

[@jovaughnlaing7171]

I can't how Floyd would've lost you can't use emotions to judge fights

[@Thewrightbrotha]

Exactly

[@vinzetti22]

Yup floyd outboxed him all fight. Castillo had a better chance hitting a fastball than floyd that night

[@Rocco-4-Life]

​@@vinzetti22😂 Casual Castillo outlanded Floyd 203 to 157 with 173 power shots to Floyd's 66 😂

[@DanielGomez-pp9vq]

Yurrrrr

[@domzatienza6816]

It’s a fair decision! Trinidad do the boxing while de la hoya does dancing and running 😂🥂

[@boomerzman6148]

Oscar RAN LIKE A CHEETAH and LOST! Disgusting Runner!

[@DC-op8fs]

Oscar landed 100 more punches than Tito it wasn't even close

[@DC-op8fs]

@@boomerzman6148 If Oscar ran how did he manage to land 100 more punches that Trinidad, that was easy work Trinidad got schooled.

[@indraputra2632]

MY WATGMHER COCOK JD PELARI DARI PADA BERTINJU.

[@godisgoodamen67]

Yea oscor git robbed on this one

[@Chupacabra_4]

Oscar ran like a chicken and blew the fight. If he wouldn’t have ran he would’ve got ko. Don’t understand how ppl thought that was a robbery running for 2 minutes and 50 seconds than throwing a flurry the last ten doesn’t win u a round give me a break😂😂😂. Oscar gave a clinic on how to run a track meet

[@BattleheartDLS]

beecause it's more like Oscar's victory dances rather than Trinidad dominating. Tito was chasing and punching air

[@vinzetti22]

Oscar definitely would've ko'd trinidad if he kept that same plan

[@boomerzman6148]

Oscar RAN LIKE A CHEETAH and LOST! Disgusting Runner!

[@АлександрПодольский-ъ9н]

Лому засудили

[@biggie2335]

I can’t believe how horrible the Pac-Man-Bradley broadcast was I literally couldn’t find rounds to give bradley I had it 8-4 Pac-Man

[@CeaserTAMG]

Devin vs Loma wasn’t that close. Devin won. O’Shaquie Foster deserves to be here. Both of Rolly’s championships need to be here. Oscar vs Pernell for sure. Deontay vs Fury one sure. Foh

[@AlanSumicad]

I just wonderin why Dela Hoya keep on running away from his opponent Trinidad just like Mayweather, coward boxers why don't you just went home and do the laundry there

[@X-MenX-Men-z6m]

Boring fight

[@X-MenX-Men-z6m]

OKINNAYO jay danog ni delahoya Awan met dimmanon.taraypay nga tatay.tae.

[@X-MenX-Men-z6m]

Bias komentator,pag ontugin ko kayong dalawa GONGGONG!

[@X-MenX-Men-z6m]

Delahoya run and run!running mask