Delahoya Vs. Hopkins this saturday

[Gooch]

I just heard that 2 of the 3 judges scoring the bout are the same judges who scored Oscars last fight which was a debacle of a decision in Oscars favor. They were also complaining that Joe Cortez wasn't the ref but I've seen Kenny Bayless for years and he is a very good ref and I don't see the problem but it does seem fishy for the vegas commision to appoint 2 judges fresh off a controversial decision in favor of all people Oscar Delahoya to judge tonights fight where one of the biggest concerns is fair scoring. On top not getting the top ref in the business to oversee the action between the ropes, plus they are saying Oscar cut his hand in training camp this week and has been taking painkiller injections and the painkiller he was taking is a banned substance so they are going to have after fight tests to see if he has had any recently other than the initial one he had earlier in the week. Conveniently no one mentioned this until tonight to hopkins or his camp, he had to hear it from Jim Lampley during the pre-fight interview.

So somethings fuckin fishy so far.

i agree. we had same reaction hearing about the judges. very odd. more odd is the "illegal" substance and cut hand fiasco. this boxing match is already rife with strangeness.

time to smoke a bowl. more later :thumbs-up: