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Josh Taylor vs Jack Catterall was a super lightweight boxing match held on February 26, 2022, at the OVO Hydro in Glasgow, Scotland. Taylor, who held all four major world titles at super lightweight, won by split decision despite being knocked down in the eighth round. The scoring prompted widesprea...
Why this score
Catterall's strong performance and dramatic knockdown created intrigue, but a widely condemned decision overshadowed the actual action.
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Pernell Whitaker vs Oscar De La Hoya was a major professional boxing match contested for the WBC welterweight championship on April 12, 1997. The highly anticipated bout took place at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas, Nevada. De La Hoya, a rising superstar, challenged the veteran defensive spec...
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High-skill welterweight title fight with disputed scoring, respected but not broadly loved as action.
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Erislandy Lara vs Canelo Alvarez was a professional boxing match contested at a 155-pound catchweight on July 12, 2014, at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. The bout featured Cuban WBA light middleweight champion Lara utilizing a highly defensive, counter-punching strategy against the aggressive Mexican s...
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Close style clash with disputed Canelo decision, respected tactically but frustrating to many viewers.
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Manny Pacquiao defended the WBO welterweight title against Timothy Bradley at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas on June 9, 2012. Bradley received a split-decision victory after twelve rounds, ending Pacquiao's long unbeaten run despite many ringside observers and media scorecards favoring Pacquiao. The dis...
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Historically notorious judging controversy, but fight quality is overshadowed by nearly universal scoring backlash.
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Devin Haney and Ryan Garcia boxed on April 20, 2024, at Barclays Center in Brooklyn in a twelve-round super-lightweight contest. Garcia won by majority decision, but the result was later changed to a no contest after his positive tests for the banned substance ostarine. The New York State Athletic C...
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Chaotic high-profile bout and later no-contest controversy, memorable but compromised by failed test and uneven discipline.
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Josh Taylor vs Jack Catterall currently leads the Controversial Decision results with a displayed score of 7.38/10. This is an editorial ranking result for the items included on this page, not a universal verdict for every use case.
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