Yesterday, I saw an aging boxing legend defending his title against a young and hungry contender. As we all know, Mexico hero Marco Antonio Barrera defeated Ricardo "Rocky" Juarez via split decision to retain his WBC super featherweight title.

Something fishy

As we saw, both fighters fought tremendously, and each man was forced to go out of all their way to punch, to kick, exhibiting an undeniable heart and a true desire to win.

But when the closing bell of the twelfth round ring, I think everyone should know the result. Even an occasional boxing match viewer can make the final judgment, a bleeding depressed Barrera against a breezy Juarez with smile exuded on his face. However, the final decision of the three judges is surprising and outrageous.

When ring announcer Michael Buffer read the scorecards, the result was initially declared a split decision draw. However, after a while, it was discovered that one of the three judges's score of a 114-114 draw had been incorrectly tabulated. It was remedied to 115-114 in favor of the defending champion.

Why did it happen? Did the judge do it intentionally?

What is it underneath?

One thing we haven't noticed, the "error" wasn't caught until after HBO had already gone off the air, meaning, many American fans went to bed that night under the impression that this fight was a draw, and I wouldn't be surprised if many fans were still under that impression so far.