Typical Boxing | BoxingInsider.com

By: Oliver McManus

What ought to have been remembered as a fantastically ferocious struggle between Jermell Charlo and Brian Castano, has been cruelly overshadowed by an instance of incompetent judging.

A struggle that was set to return an undisputed champion at 154lbs abruptly changed into a hotbed of disputes: primarily round Nelson Vazquez’ 117-111 card in favour of Charlo.

It’s a scorecard that, in the end, tarnishes what was an excellent struggle between two champions and has dragged the competition into the murky underbelly of the game. There have been moments of brightness for each males with Castano’s work charge constantly catching the attention.

The Argentinian, almost 5 inches smaller, was in a position to constantly shimmy his manner into the pocket and boxed with actual aptitude. Charlo, although, ensured Castano needed to work for the complete twelve rounds: stinging his man within the second spherical after which persevering with with some neat work. However, in the end, not sufficient to get his nostril forward.

On any given day you’d counsel that the 114-114 card returned by Tim Cheatham could be ‘the anomaly’ scorecard and we’d all stroll away a bit irked however with Castano a minimum of topped champion.

Therein lies the difficulty with the scorecards. All too usually we see a nasty card returned and caveat it with the phrase “a minimum of the precise man received.” Besides, the precise man didn’t get their hand raised on Saturday evening. Castano was a worthy winner and ought to be basking in glory as a unified champion.

As an alternative, he’s the topic of a surprising scorecard and soundbites from Charlo suggesting he is likely to be hesitant in the direction of a rematch.

Poor scoring isn’t distinctive to the state of Texas: it’s endemic all through boxing however this must run once more for the sake of readability. For the sake of the sanity of all those that stayed up and witnessed Castano take victory just for it to be snatched away.