By Mac Arnold
Fighting Side Editor

I just went ahead and changed this blog to a boxing one because of the putrid decision I watched on HBO's "Boxing After Dark" on Saturday night. That's how much I was moved by this crock of a win.

The Paul "The Punisher" Williams' majority decision over Erislandy Lara was one of the worst I've ever seen in years and years of scoring fights.

Williams (40-2, 27 KOs) was on the rebound after his devastating second-round KO loss to former junior middleweight champion and current WBC middleweight champ Sergio Martinez in November.

Lara (15-1-1 10 KOs) repeatedly exposed Williams' glaring weakness at blocking and slipping overhead lefts and drilled the much taller 6-foot-2 pugilist again and again over the 12-round fight.

The same style of left that Martinez used to drop Williams eyes wide open, face first on the canvas.

Just glancing over some blogs on the topic, one noted that a Martinez-Williams III bout isn't likely to happen because Martinez tweeted "Williams would get killed."

That one judge -- Al Bennett -- had it a draw at 114-114, was remotely acceptable, but how the other two -- Hilton Whitaker (115-114) and Don Givens (116-114) gave the fight to Williams left me incredulous. ESPN.com had it for Lara 116-112. HBO's Harold Lederman, the network's unofficial scorer, had Lara winning a wide decision.

I had 116-112 for Lara.

All three HBO commentators -- Max Kellerman, Bob Papi and ex-champ Roy Jones Jr. -- had disgusted looks on their faces while finishing out the broadcast and commented as such that the decision basically stunk.

I realize shooting my mouth off here won't do much to rectify what has been happening in boxing since decisions have been rendered in the beginning of the 20th century.

However, letting off steam seems to be the best way to get it off my chest and therefore into the public awareness, which may eventually work its way into a solution.

Well ... maybe.