I think it was almost dead even, a tie. Tie goes to champ. Also if you look at strikes landed, Benson was almost 2 to one. Melendes is an awsome, calm, focused fighter, but didn't do anything to really beat the Champ. You can't leave a close one in the judges hands if you are a challenger. I don't think either did enough for it to be called a win. I like Benson, but he kinda deserved to be booed a little for the fight, not the proposal. He appeared complacent or he just simply couldn't do anything with Melendes.