Boxing: Examples of why boxing keeps shooting itself in the foot

By Kyle Raymond

The last two years in boxing have been classified in many ways. There were callings of year of the upset, changing of the guards, but what I call the last two years in boxing is year of the controversy. In the last two years there have been more questionable and controversial decisions, than bad rulings in figure skating, and that can't be very good. When boxing fans go to message boards, they see threads about the controversy of the sport a lot, instead of threads about the great fights. Just this last week alone has brought a lot of controversy, as Ricardo Mayorga was arrested and Kali Meehan not getting the decision against Lamon Brewster. Let's take a look back at some fights that had a questionable decision in the last two years.