Originally posted by zedekiah
I dont know if you've ever boxed, the number of punches landed dont count. You could throw 1000 more punches than your opponent and still lose. You could hit the guys shoulder, scrape the side of his head, or simply graze his side and its going to register as a hit. In this fight Oscar out hit Sugar. But Sugar had better quality shots. And again Sugar took the fight in the end. And judges look at that. They look at if one fighter has another in trouble at any point in the fight. And the fact that all Shane won by was 2 rounds on every score card says they were all looking at the same fight. Foreman still thinks he has Ali hurt in Africa he's so stupid. If you look at every other boxing analyst including ESPN"S they'll tell you that Shane won a very close fight. No #@*&&#* conspiracy.
Well I've never boxed, but boxing is boxing, and if you out box your opponent, then you're doing your job to the fullest extent. In any sport, it doesnt matter how many times you make your opponent look bad, the only thing that matters are the numbers.
For example: In baseball, when Mcguire was hitting all those homers, he still wasnt the best player in baseball.
Just cause Vince Carter dunks the ball better than Allan Houston does, doesn't mean he's a better player.
So your theory about quality, doesnt stand up too well.
And if you saw Foreman/ Ali,.... then you'd know that Ali was hurt. Foreman just got tired of beating up on him and punched himself out.