Another Nevada Boxing Embarrassment

From the New York Daily News: It was a near-flawless effort, in and out of the ring.
Floyd Mayweather Jr. put on a virtuoso performance against the less experienced Saul (Canelo) Alvarez on Saturday night, hitting and not getting hit. But it wasn't just Mayweather's treatment of Alvarez that was so notable. Golden Boy Promotions orchestrated one of the more ambitious and successful advertising campaigns for the fight, giving fans a hint of what the future of the sport could one day hold.
But just as boxing took a step forward, it was dragged back into its murky past when the judges’ scorecards were announced at the MGM Grand. Only two of the three judges acknowledged Mayweather's dominance, with C.J. Ross, a scorer with a checkered past, the dissenter.
Ross scored the fight a draw, 114-114, deciding that Mayweather, 36, had only won six of the 12 rounds. The other two judges scored it for Mayweather 116-112 (Dave Moretti) and 117-111 (Craig Metcalfe), giving the pound-for-pound king a majority decision victory. When Mayweather (45-0, 26 KOs) heard the verdict in the ring, he thought someone was pulling his leg.
Even Justin Bieber, who walked Mayweather to the ring beforehand, looked upset. Ross scored four of the final five rounds for Alvarez.

“I thought it was a joke,” Mayweather told an ESPN television reporter shortly after the bout. Earlier in the ring he said: “I'm not in control of the judges. I’m a little in shock but everything is a learning experience.”

“The judge C.J. Ross should be investigated had some money on the fight” Nets point guard Deron Williams posted on his Twitter account.
Many wondered aloud how Ross got the assignment to judge the biggest fight of the year. Ross is the same judge who awarded a controversial split-decision victory to Timothy Bradley against Manny Pacquiao last year when most observers thought Pacquiao had done enough to win. In most sports, it’s the best officials who get to referee the most important events, based on their previous performances. But that doesn’t always happen in boxing, said Showtime boxing chief Stephen Espinoza. No one from the Nevada State Athletic Commission was immediately available for comment after the fight.
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Until judges like Ross are thrown out of boxing, Nevada boxing will always be suspect and we will continue to lose bouts to other cities and countries.