Boxing.com

In what should have been a fine boxing ending to a fine boxing year, a scoring controversy marred Saturday’s fight between Tomasz Adamek and Steve Cunningham. The initial howls of indignation gave way to fingers being pointed in all directions. Some blame Judge Debra Barnes, who voted with her head and not her heart. Some blame Pennsylvania Commissioner Greg Sirb, whose math may or may not be up to snuff. Some blame the two fighters for not doing enough to make the verdict definitive. Some even blame Michael Buffer. But when the blame game subsides, all we’re left with, aside a bad taste in our mouth and a loud ringing in our ears, are the scorecards and what they reveal.