I hope all the nikkas that had Garcia winning this fight had Algieri losing to Provodnikov
I don't think triangle theories apply to judging either. I know there definitely are people who prefer boxing or pressure and judge accordingly. I try to balance myself in between and judge rounds based on who is being more effective in boxing, aggression, clear punching, etc.
Both the Algieri, Lara, and Peterson fights were all close and similar...but I personally judged them differently and not just on style.
I thought Provodnikov scored early with the KD's and thend Algieri started moving around making Provodnikov ineffective. I could see that some would think Algieri was running because he moved so much it didn't allow Prov to engage at all. Even though he danced all over the ring, he landed clean jabs, while Prov did nothing. I think Algieri probably deserved that decision, but I could see a draw.
Lara was running vs. Canelo. And that is the only fight recently that I would truly say that about a fighter. He wasn't boxing effectively at all to me. Canelo was applying pressure and landing decent punches. Lara showed he could land clean punches against Canelo, but wasn't doing so enough. Had he stayed in front of Canelo a la Mayeather, Lara would have probably gotten the victory. I leaned Canelo and really didn't see how people had Lara winning.
Peterson flat out did nothing the first half of the fight. He was moving around the ring and never threw any effective offense. When the fight got in closer (second half) Peterson dominated Garcia, although Danny did deserve 1 or 2 rounds in the second half of the fight. If Peterson had let the distance close just a little in the first half he could have landed some jabs and upped his offensive stats. It wasn't Peterson moving that bothered me, it is smart because Danny can't compete with that at all, it was the distance Peterson chose to do it at that looked really bad. He was so far away there was no chance for him to have any offensive effectiveness.
This fight really probably deserved to be a draw. On first watch I though Peterson got the better of the damage aspect, but probably lean towards a draw or if I had to choose was thinking Danny 7-5. It felt like Lamont gave that fight away. Had he just closed the distance just a touch in the beginning to allow him to land outside punches, he still could have kept it at a distance and he truly would have dominated the fight.