worst judging?

holyfield lost in 84. in 88 a bunch of judges and refs (well over a dozen) were suspended for generally crappy performance--most notably in the roy jones fight. there were all sorts of rumors about fixes, etc.

 

Men's basketball, 72 Olympics

 

would leonard-hagler 87 count as a bad decision?

 

That's tops along with the 1972 Olympic basketball game between the USA and Russia.

 

Yeah, I agree. I was there but to be honest, I wasn't THAT surprised.

 

That's never bothered me for a couple of reasons:

1. The controversial last 3 seconds was preceded by 39 minutes of the most godawful coaching in the annals of basketball.

2. The screwup at the end was more confusion than robbery. Was a timeout called? Was the USSR entitled to one? Did the proper information get relayed to the scorekeeper? Did the button the coaches press to request a timeout work properly? Why did that horn go off prematurely and the clock not reset properly on the USSR's so-called "second" attempt?

3. After all was said and done, the game was still in the USA's hands, and they had a 99 percent chance of winning. They just choked, like Kentucky did against Duke in 1992.

 

and I thought this was going to be about the APSE contest or a state journalism association contest. ;D

 

We missed an obvious one:

The 2000 presidential election.

 

Mr Boots,

I remember watching that fight with friends ... after round 12 we were going to bail but I insisted we stick around for the decision. I said that stranger things have happened. Honestly, I thought the Zarate-Pintor thing was worse (same fight but with a knockdown in there, and they didn't call it a draw but a win for the wrong guy). Hagler-Antuofermo I saw as MMH's but then again I gave a guy 9-to-2 on the fight.

YHS, etc

 

Both.