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Judges Bungle Lopez-Loma Scorecards
By Robert Ecksel on October 19, 2020
Even Top Rank's Terence Crawford thought the judging sucked. (Mikey Williams/Top Rank)
It's illogical to believe boxing’s consistently poor judging is an accident. If poor judging was simply a matter of indifference, it would have been corrected long ago by the powers that be. But why tinker with that which leads to self-enrichment... READ MORE
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