Whether you thought Oscar Valdez or Robson Conceicao was the rightful winner of their WBC junior lightweight world title fight on Friday night, obviously it was a very close fight. In the end, Valdez was awarded a unanimous decision as retained his 130-pound belt in his first defense and avenged a significant amateur loss in 2009 to Conceicao, who won an Olympic gold medal for Brazil in 2016 and was unbeaten as a professional entering the title fight at the sold-out AVA Amphitheater at Casino Del Sol in Tucson, Arizona, where Valdez grew up and still views as a second home.
Oh my. This is a rarity. I'm glad he reviewed the bout and is taking some action, although I am not sure it is needed. Every judge sees, hears and looks for something different for every fight and although I appreciate his re-review, it is what it is. He saw and heard what he saw and heard at the time and since fights are scored round by round, it makes sense that his score is what it is. If nothing else, his statement makes me realize all that goes on at ringside and some of the things the judges have to put up with. Thank you Stephen.
this man made a big mistake by doing this! He should just discussed the matter with the proper officials followed thru on the "corrective action" as quickly as possible. BIG MISTAKE
Good on him willing to review his process and work to be better. I believe that is the most important aspect of this. Annual training like what the major sports do is necessary if we want to reduce these incidents.
You may need to yell the people to stay clear and really mean it.. it's important.
See if something can be solved where judges aren't stepped on and blinded with foot traffic so it cannot happen over and over again. The back to back to back carelessness and corruption is extremely frustrating I appreciate you taking action so thank you.
The 2-point swing from Blea's scorecard to both the other judge's scorecards shows it wasn't the worst scorecard the sport has seen - so why the statement via the WBC?
TBH I don't regard either the scorecard or the subsequent apology as genuine.
Blea is a good friend of WBC president and part time chemist, Mauricio Sulaiman, and so was possibly under orders to make sure Sulaiman's dear friend Valdez won.
good for him. pretty refreshing for anyone these days to take responsibility for something. I would welcome him back with open arms
Oh my. This is a rarity. I'm glad he reviewed the bout and is taking some action, although I am not sure it is needed. Every judge sees, hears and looks for something different for every fight and although I appreciate his re-review, it is what it is. He saw and heard what he saw and heard at the time and since fights are scored round by round, it makes sense that his score is what it is. If nothing else, his statement makes me realize all that goes on at ringside and some of the things the judges have to put up with. Thank you Stephen.
this man made a big mistake by doing this! He should just discussed the matter with the proper officials followed thru on the "corrective action" as quickly as possible. BIG MISTAKE
Even that was all judges are wrong! He said clrearly crowd noise influenced. Wao. For the crowl valdez won by KO jajajaj
Good on him willing to review his process and work to be better. I believe that is the most important aspect of this. Annual training like what the major sports do is necessary if we want to reduce these incidents.
Ok. Crowd influence is an issue here.
Let’s work on that.
Good for you judge go for it.
You may need to yell the people to stay clear and really mean it.. it's important.
See if something can be solved where judges aren't stepped on and blinded with foot traffic so it cannot happen over and over again. The back to back to back carelessness and corruption is extremely frustrating I appreciate you taking action so thank you.
In my opinion Valdez was very fortunate with the win
The 2-point swing from Blea's scorecard to both the other judge's scorecards shows it wasn't the worst scorecard the sport has seen - so why the statement via the WBC?
TBH I don't regard either the scorecard or the subsequent apology as genuine.
Blea is a good friend of WBC president and part time chemist, Mauricio Sulaiman, and so was possibly under orders to make sure Sulaiman's dear friend Valdez won.