Gabriel Campillo deserved the win tonight, but once again didn't get it. (Photo by Sumio Yamada/Goossen Tutor Promotions)
Gabriel Campillo was on the short end of the stick of some awful scoring again tonight in Texas, getting robbed despite delivering a reality check to IBF light heavyweight titlist Tavoris Cloud in Corpus Christi. Cloud won on split decision scores of 116-110, 114-112, and 111-115. Bad Left Hook scored it 116-110 for Campillo.
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Campillo (21-4-1, 8 KO) is the recipient of a third straight lousy decision in a major fight (he had a couple of stay-busy wins in there, too), following his 2010 robbery loss to Beibut Shumenov and last year's robbery draw against Karo Murat.
Tonight, Cloud came out strong and looked phenomenal in the first round, flooring Campillo on a right hand, and then knocking him into the ropes moments later, rightly called a knockdown by the referee, who did a totally fine job in the fight.
But after that first round, Campillo took over.
It was Campillo bossing the fight, both on the back foot, where he picked Cloud (24-0, 19 KO) apart routinely, and coming forward, which led him to unleashing big combinations. He cracked Cloud to the body and head repeatedly, and there were very few rounds where Cloud was able to keep pace with the Spaniard.
The absolute closest I could see this fight would be 114-112 for Campillo, which is the card that Showtime unofficial scorer Chuck Giampa had. That would be eight rounds to four for for Campillo.
There is no way in hell to argue that Cloud won eight rounds of this fight, or seven rounds of this fight. The two judges who scored this fight for Cloud were way off -- why? That's up for you to guess. Incompetence, corruption, whatever it is, it's wrong.
Giampa also noted that the two judges who scored the fight for Cloud had one world title fight between them. That seems unfortunate.
After the fight, Twitter erupted with fighters saying they felt Campillo was robbed, including Bernard Hopkins, Paulie Malignaggi, and Ishe Smith, who once wrote a piece about the Shumenov vs Campillo robbery. Malignaggi said that Campillo was "Malignaggi'd" in Texas, as he was against Juan Diaz in 2009.
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0 recs | 21 comments
I must admit. For a person who gets robbed frequently deciding to clown for the last two rounds instead of staying focused was a bad business decision.
tacklerford - February 18, 2012 via iPhone app
For a person who gets robbed this much, fighting isn’t a good business decision. You’re missing the point.
El Destruyo - February 19, 2012
no point missed
Why try to coast when you get robbed all the time? It’s just a mistake.
tacklerford - February 19, 2012 via iPhone app
would it matter?
So you think the fecal judge who scored it 116-110 for Cloud would have Campillo win if he hadn’t “clowned” around in the last round?
erikeckhardt69 - March 1, 2012
Dear boxing
and more specifically boxing in Texas
Cory Braiterman - February 18, 2012
texas...
I said after the Chavez No Drug test scam, that Texas should hold only the Rodeo within their state lines.
DiE_HARDFER - February 18, 2012 via mobile
No, not quite. He’s been robbed worse, which is truly horrible.
Scott Christ - February 19, 2012
Don’t forget 196 lbs vs 177 lbs on FNF last night
ch3cooh1 - February 19, 2012
I didn’t see this fight, but was this a worse robbery than the Shumenov-Campillo fight?
mambocowboy - February 18, 2012
Cloud’s mom fainted… that should tell you something.
Zocalo - February 19, 2012
No, I thought it was pretty close (not being biased………I had a triple pick on Campillo).
Shumenov-Campillo was beyond pathetic.
DPlainview - February 19, 2012
King will now demand options for the next 5 years on the Hopkins-Dawson or Pascal-Erdei winner and then act like Cloud is being ducked when it’s inevitably turned down.
bachwards - February 19, 2012
Seems like this could get posted once a week these days
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PcEE-VFLrBI
ch3cooh1 - February 19, 2012
I dont get fired up by this stuff
because it happens all the time, which is sad to say, but god bless Campillo. I dont know how a guy can put his heart and soul into a sport and get shit on time and time and just keep coming back for more.
Campillo is a fun guy to watch and I hope he finds his way back onto US TV.
tylerrcurtis - February 19, 2012
A little understatement there maybe…
Matt Miller - February 19, 2012
I have no real standards for Texas, since they don’t have any standards either.
Scott Christ - February 19, 2012
Just a lot of nonsense really. What bugs me is you can’t do anything about it. Watched it with a couple of guys and the just basically shrugged “Well, that’s boxing” and goddamn it shouldn’t be like that. Campillo deserves two belts, he deserves millions, and he deserves three more goddamn wins to his record. Just very, very….frustrating. To put it mildly.
TheDemolitionDan - February 19, 2012 via iPhone app
On a funny note. Funny to see Don King bashed while Jim Grey is conducting an interview again. JT: “Don King kiss my ass” CA: “Don King’s a f——— —-hole….he’s racist.”
TheDemolitionDan - February 19, 2012 via iPhone app
This was a robbery.
I had it 9-3 Campillo. To have it 114-112 Cloud should draw suspicion. To have it 116-111 Cloud is criminal. I can’t even see it as a draw. However, any way you look at it, Cloud has been Exposed with a capital “E.”
rantcatrat - February 19, 2012
The problem with Campillo, and Cloud, is they fight in spurts. This can make some rds hard to score. What’s more impressive……. the more flashy punches of Campillo or the grinding, HARDER punches, from Cloud?
I was worried the judges would favor the harder punches………………….and 2 of them did.
DPlainview - February 19, 2012
Relevant addresses are posted, for what it’s worth. Campillo gets robbed too much, even if the Shumenov fight was worse, this isn’t good. It’s never good. It always pisses me off.
BoxAnne - February 19, 2012
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