Sentence examples for by a split decision from inspiring English sources

Duran won by a split decision".

The bout went to St-Pierre by a split decision.

Mayweather on points, then, possibly by a split decision, which would leave plenty of scope for Superfight II in the autumn.

Things looked bleak for the Barnet fighter when he was floored by a body shot in the sixth, but the next time he hit the canvas was in a fit of emotion after it was announced he had won the belt by a split decision.

Walsh, 21, had a tougher time against India's Pinki Rani, 24, but won by a split decision.

Welshman Selby beat his Azerbaijani opponent, Elvin Mamishzada, in his semi-final by a split decision, before Northern Irishman Conlan beat Russia's Ovik Polyanskiy.

Corrales reversed the result by winning a split decision in a rematch five months later and few then would have begrudged him a few months of well-earned laurel resting.

It was the de facto world championship belt he had won by scoring a split decision victory over Bernard Hopkins in Las Vegas last April and like that fight Calzaghe was floored in the opening round.

By holding, in a split decision, that all the so-called "undercounted votes" in Florida must be counted, the court has virtually guaranteed that there can be no conclusion to the Florida election story until well after Dec. 12, the date that Congress has fixed for the selection of an incontestable slate of delegates.

But one man who did push him close, at least on the judges' scorecards, was fellow American Oscar de la Hoya, beaten by Mayweather on a split decision in 2007.

In 2012, a majority led by Roberts rendered a split decision.