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Looking at the article a little more closely, I see a lot of the edits I made are still there. But why remove the descriptions of the fights? And yes, the Toney fights were controversial, at least the first fight. I'm sure if I look I can find a reference.-anon, 3/3/07
I did find a couple of references referring to McCallum being stunned by Jackson in the first round and also with a description of what happened in the Curry fight. I also found another reference saying that the Toney decisions were questionable. I'm willing to be diplomatic and leave some of the grandiose language out of the article, I just feel that some description would be okay. Anyone could look up boxrec and see who fought when and where and who won, but I think just a little detail can make the article a little more interesting, if the descriptions of the fights are cited. We could also say that "some people" thought the Toney decision's were controversial, if that makes the article sound less POV. http://www.eastsideboxing.com/news.php?p=3158&more=1 http://www.eastsideboxing.com/news.php?p=5604&more=1 How about, saying, for example, "McCallum was stunned by Jackson in the first round, but came back to win by 2nd round TKO" and leaving the first source. Then saying "Curry was ahead on points when McCallum stopped him with a big left hook." And leaving the source again. That way it doesn't sound fanciful or opinionated, and just states what happened, with two sources supporting it?-anon 3/3/07
Sure. I only first came on this article yesterday, I figured it should be given more attention. I'll try to make some non-biased edits, without the extravagant language, and I'll cite the sources. Thanks.-3/3/07
I made some edits, and cited the sources. Hopefully it looks okay. Thanks.-anon 3/3/07
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Looking at the article a little more closely, I see a lot of the edits I made are still there. But why remove the descriptions of the fights? And yes, the Toney fights were controversial, at least the first fight. I'm sure if I look I can find a reference.-anon, 3/3/07
I did find a couple of references referring to McCallum being stunned by Jackson in the first round and also with a description of what happened in the Curry fight. I also found another reference saying that the Toney decisions were questionable. I'm willing to be diplomatic and leave some of the grandiose language out of the article, I just feel that some description would be okay. Anyone could look up boxrec and see who fought when and where and who won, but I think just a little detail can make the article a little more interesting, if the descriptions of the fights are cited. We could also say that "some people" thought the Toney decision's were controversial, if that makes the article sound less POV. http://www.eastsideboxing.com/news.php?p=3158&more=1 http://www.eastsideboxing.com/news.php?p=5604&more=1 How about, saying, for example, "McCallum was stunned by Jackson in the first round, but came back to win by 2nd round TKO" and leaving the first source. Then saying "Curry was ahead on points when McCallum stopped him with a big left hook." And leaving the source again. That way it doesn't sound fanciful or opinionated, and just states what happened, with two sources supporting it?-anon 3/3/07
Sure. I only first came on this article yesterday, I figured it should be given more attention. I'll try to make some non-biased edits, without the extravagant language, and I'll cite the sources. Thanks.-3/3/07
I made some edits, and cited the sources. Hopefully it looks okay. Thanks.-anon 3/3/07
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