I'm not trying to say that the result was a robbery or anything. It was evidently a close fight, and like you said, 3-2 in rounds for either guy seemed like a decent result (even though none of the judges scored it that way). But there was one fight earlier in the season, where they made a big point of it being the closest point yet. That was the only time that I recall in which they announced the scores, which were all 48-47 for the winner.

Yet they made a conscious decision not to show that there were differences of opinion among the judges as to who won between Ishe and Sergio. They deliberately did not show Sergio out on his feet at the end (information furnished separately by my source and by Alfonso Gomez on his site, and reinforced by Tommy Gallagher's comment on the official site that Sergio would not have been able to last a sixth round because of the effects of that punch at the end of the fifth).

In other words, they made a clear decision to portray the fight as an undisputed win for Sergio. Given that they were so manipulative in that regard, then clearly they are not going to show any negative crowd reaction. I mean, c'mon!!!

I am NOT saying that Ishe was the legitimate winner of that fight. I AM saying that, from what I heard, the initial reaction of those in Sergio's corner was that Sergio had not done enough, I AM saying that someone I spoke to who was there said that there was booing in the crowd at the result, and I AM saying that the fight was deliberately edited so as to eliminate any hint of controversy or dispute over the scoring. And you're right; I probably wouldn't care as much--scratch that, I definitely wouldn't care as much--if the roles had been reversed, and my buddy had wound up a disputed points winner.

And as for Ishe "crying and whining": where has he cried or whined about the result? On the show? On the site? I still haven't spoken to him about that episode; he's training for May 24 and we've been playing phone tag. All he has said publicly has been gracious; he has even said to me that he thinks Sergio would be a deserving winner because he is smart, he is decent, he is honest, he is a good boxer, and he comes from such poverty that he deserves it. I know Ishe's my friend, but jeez, it seems to me the man can't catch a break. If he's humble and accepting of the decision, it means he admits he lost; if he complains, it means he's a whiner, a bad sport, and a bad Christian.