In one of the worst decisions of the year -- and of the past few years -- lightweight titlist Ricky Burns got the ultimate hometown nod in Scotland, retaining his belt on a split draw against hard-luck Mexican Raymundo Beltran on Sept. 7. Even some of Burns’ most ardent supporters took to social media to say they believed that Beltran had been robbed, which he was. Beltran broke Burns’ jaw in the second round, dropped him in the eighth rounds, outmuscled him throughout the fight and clearly should have gotten the decision.
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