New Jersey on Williams-Lara

By Robert Ecksel on July 11, 2011

Hopefully Commissioner Aaron Davis will ask the judges what fight they were watching

The New Jersey Athletic Control Board has announced it will neither review nor overturn the ludicrous decision in Saturday’s fight between Paul Williams and Erislandy Lara.

Commissioner Aaron Davis has however agreed to discuss the scoring with judges Al Bennett, who had it 114-114, and Don Givens and Hilton Whitaker III, who scored the bout 115-114 and 116-114 respectively for Williams.

It’s not exactly clear what Davis plans to discuss with the judges, but hopefully he’ll ask what fight they were watching.

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Gracias 02:59pm, 07/18/2011

I am a huge fan of the sport, however it is crap like this that is the reason for the decline of boxing’s popularity among Americian spectators. If the decision will not be over turned then why is this commissioner even bothering to meet with these judges? I hope he does not think this will release him from his portion of responsibility that resulted in a flat-out robbery from Lara.
Harvey 03:33pm, 07/16/2011

Sometimes, the Commission is the problem, as much as the judging.

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Fighter's Info

Paul Williams
Erislandy Lara

Country	United States
Date of Birth(Age)	1981.07.27 (31)
Rated at	Light Middleweight
W-L-D	W41+L2+D0=43
Height	6 feet 1 inches
Reach	82 inches

Last fights:

Date	Opponent	WLD	Result	Rnds.
2012.02.18	Nobuhiro Ishida	24-6-2	W(UD)	12/12
2011.07.09	Erislandy Lara	15-0-1	W(MD)	12/12
2010.11.20	Sergio Gabriel Martinez	45-2-2	L(KO)	2/12
2010.05.08	Kermit Cintron	32-2-1	W(TD)	4/12
2009.12.05	Sergio Gabriel Martinez	44-1-2	W(MD)	12/12
2009.04.11	Ronald Wright	51-4-1	W(UD)	12/12

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Date	Opponent	WLD	Result	Rnds.
2012.04.20	Ronald Hearns	26-2-0	W(TKO)	1/10
2011.07.09	Paul Williams	39-2-0	L(MD)	12/12
2011.03.25	Carlos Molina	17-4-1	D(MD)	10/10
2011.01.14	Delray Raines	18-8-1	W(KO)	1/10
2010.11.27	Tim Connors	10-1-0	W(TKO)	1/10
2010.08.18	Willie Lee	17-6-0	W(TKO)	1/10

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Fight results

Fighters	Result	Rounds	Record
Sahlan Coral Rocky Alap Alap	WTKO	3/12	(5-1-0) (4-7-0)
Hendrik Aritonang Koko Siagian	WSD	12/12	(2-16-1) (0-3-0)
Arga Soka Ade Alfons	LUD	12/12	(1-3-1) (14-15-3)
Een Nuryanto Ricky Manufoe	LKO	10/12	(0-2-0) (13-14-2)
Ramadhan Weriu Darsim Nanggala	LTKO	8/12	(10-5-1) (6-12-3)
Roberto Gonzales Ryan Sermona	LTKO	5/10	(20-0-0) (12-3-0)
Oscar Raknafa Boy Tanto	WPTS	12/12	(4-3-0) (4-10-0)
Omar Nino Romero Brian Viloria	LTKO	9/12	(31-4-2) (30-3-0)
Dado Cabintoy Dayer Gabutan	LUD	12/12	(9-2-2) (17-1-2)
Eduardo Gonzalez Job Solano	WUD	12/12	(4-7-1) (12-15-2)

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