Controversy & Corruption in Boxing

By Boxing News on July 11, 2011
Controversy & Corruption in Boxing
Paul Williams was awarded a gift decision over the Cuban Erislandy Lara in Atlantic City

Robert Ecksel, Editor-in-Chief of Boxing.com, spoke with Rick Strom of TYT Network about Paul Williams’ controversial decision over Erislandy Lara at Atlantic City’s Boardwalk Hall. The fight has sparked much heated debate, including theories that there may be corruption in boxing…

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  1. Ray Narvaez 09:27am, 07/17/2011

    I wonder about the bad scoring in boxing. What’s happening is what’s been going on for decades,(and maybe longer) is the promoters! You have Top Rank, Golden Boy, and of course the most greedy of them all, Don King! Then you have all these sanctioning bodies that claim to have the world champ. There can only be one champ, but the promoters are so greedy they can never come to terms because one wants more than the other. The prospect that each promoter has is going to win, and have their records padded, even if they clearly lose, barring a KO. The other is that, in the amateurs these guys are not taught any basics whatsoever. If you have speed in the amateurs you’re likley to win, but when you get to the pros they lack the basic skills to succeed. Do you know of any Olympic Gold Medalist from the U.S lately?

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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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