Now that Fenech's loss to Nelson has been overturned.....

[BattlingNelson]

... I'd like you to point out decisions that also needs to be changed.


The Fenech story:

Australian boxing legend Jeff Fenech has been retroactively awarded a fourth world title, righting one of the great wrongs in the sport's history.

At the World Boxing Council convention on Tuesday, Fenech was awarded the WBC super-featherweight belt, 30 years after he first fought for it.
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WBC President Mauricio Sulaimán explained a "special committee" was formed to review Fenech's first fight with Azumah Nelson.
"All the ring officials from all over the world score the bout in favour of Jeff Fenech," attendees in Acapulco, Mexico were told.

"The WBC board of governors approve the motion to crown Jeff Fenech to become a four-time world champion."

To me this is hardly the biggest robbery I ever saw. What about Whitaker-Chavez?. I'd like to see Sulaiman overturn that fight as well as the first Golovkin-Canelo fight just for starters.

[Tatabanya]

Yet another demonstration of how ridiculous Sulaiman is.

In fact, Fenech was also robbed in the rematch. Robbed of his faculties after Nelson disintegrated him.

[Dr. Z]

What is next, The IBF awarding the middle wight belt to Dave Tiberi who was flat out robbed of victory in his fight with James Toney?

[Willie Pep 229]

Whitaker refused to engage Chavez that's why get didn't get the decision. Taylor took the fight to Chavez, would have gotten the decision if the fight went to decision. Whitaker was a master stall and bore.

[QueensburyRules]

... I'd like you to point out decisions that also needs to be changed.


The Fenech story:









To me this is hardly the biggest robbery I ever saw. What about Whitaker-Chavez?. I'd like to see Sulaiman overturn that fight as well as the first Golovkin-Canelo fight just for starters.

- - Don't see any similarities between the 3, and all Fat Son of Jose did was bestow an honorary belt on Fenech much like he awarded the WBC to retired Wlad.

No commish gonna change decisions based on ABC org nonsense. See Manny outpointing Bradley in their 2nd fight where the WBO rescored the fight a week later to give Manny the no brainer decision that Bradley had won.

When Manny drew vs Marquez their first fight in spite of 3 KDs, one of the Vegas judges admitted he botched the first round of the 3 KDs that would've given Manny the win.

In both cases, the commish ruling still stands on the official record.

Blame Pea for his own robbery.

Let's see, go into The Great Champ's own territory and showboat and clown instead of beating him up proper. Same deal with Chisora/Helenius 1.

When Poppy got his flop and quit KO loss overturned, he did it through Oscar controlled Cali Commish to make it official if you want to see how boxing works.

[Willow The Wisp]

Whitaker refused to engage Chavez that's why get didn't get the decision. Taylor took the fight to Chavez, would have gotten the decision if the fight went to decision. Whitaker was a master stall and bore.

And kind of aloof, if you ever met him.

[Willow The Wisp]

Yes indeed, its nice to right the wrongs of the past. But what a terrible precedent this sets. And what a random place to start. If Los Banditos are inclined to do something meaningful for the sport, they should shutter their businesses. Charging money in the form of a title "Sanctioning Fee". How fishy is that?

[GhostofDempsey]

This sets a precedent for an endless stream of appeals by fighters who have been robbed over the years. It will be interesting to see how this plays out going forward. I can think of several robberies that should be reviewed and overturned.

[Willow The Wisp]

Sounds like cancel culture to me. Subjective for the judges at ringside then, Subjective for the revisionists now. I say move on.

[Ivich]

... I'd like you to point out decisions that also needs to be changed.


The Fenech story:









To me this is hardly the biggest robbery I ever saw. What about Whitaker-Chavez?. I'd like to see Sulaiman overturn that fight as well as the first Golovkin-Canelo fight just for starters.

I think its a terrible precedent to set,an attempt to reverse corruption by a seriously corrupt organization.

The alphabet organizations are what need to be rooted out and the WBC with its history of nepotism and hand in glove deals with DK is probably the first that should go.
A boxing commissioner head of a National Commission who has power over all US states would be a good start,and how long have boxers and fans been calling for that?
It would be self righteous and smug of me to say the US,Mexico , Central and Southern America have systematically ****ed up the regulating of boxing through the eras with titles vacant and multi champions .

But now that the UK has so much more clout and say in the game due to producing several Heavyweight champions and its ties to Sky and DAZN, I don't see any significant improvement from our side of the pond.

Perhaps the most that should /can be done is to attach asterisks to those fights that are conceded to have resulted in extremely dubious decisions.

Who would decide which fight would be reviewed in this way would of course open its own can of worms?

In answer to the thought provoking question posed by the OP
Where would you ever begin?
Presumably fights which we cannot view would be off the menu,this automatically rules out
Johnson v Hart
Fitz v Sharkey1
Corbett v McCoy
So we would be confined to fights which have decent film to view.

Joey Giardello was involved in several WTF'S

Giambra 1
Giambra 2
Graham 1

Manny v Bradley 1
Whitaker v Chavez
Del La Hoya v Trinidad
Lewis v Holyfield1

We each have our own list.

Let sleeping dogs lie I say
But a great, intruiging original thread,and God knows we need them now with seven of our page one threads being old ones!