Boxing Should Integrate Officials To Officiate The Officials.

an association of referees?

nobody wants to police their own..

Mora should be investigated and disciplined accordingly by the NSAC.

I think that's the last we'll ever see him on TV and that's a good thing.

 

If they are not going to use replay, then an extra or two of eyes would be a good thing. They could position assistant referees on opposing sides of the ring. The head ref could consult with them on critical calls then make the ultimate decision.

For example: In the 11th round last night, Mora could have looked over and quickly asked an assistant if the blow was low. If the knockdown is legit, the ref could easily pick up the timekeeper's count by the count of 4.

In cases of a cut, the ref could consult with the assistants after the round and render his final decision of punch or cut to the officials at that time.

 

Boxing does have officials to officiate officials.

These higher officials dictate to the refs and judges which fighters should get preferential treatment and benefit of the doubt.

You guys did'nt really think most of these judges and refs were really inept did you???

 

Keep dreaming, boxing's higher ups would never let the video tape screw with the decisions they've predetirmened should be.

 

If boxing did that, they would have less leeway for their very own corruption capabilites and instruction.

As it is now, boxing just sweeps it under the rug and chalks it up to "matter of opinion" or "human error."

.....but if we had officials at ringside judging what to rule on lowblows and the like, you're taking away a big part of their necessity and ability to be able to be corrupt.

In other words, the less people involved in a criminal act, the better your chances increase to get away with it.

You dont want to have 5 or 6 officials questioned on a percieved unjust act when you can have it be less. The less officials involved the better their chances to keep their stories in line with eachother.

 

In a perfect world this is what would happen, but what divac is spot on. Boxing always has and always will be corrupt, the only way it changes is if all of us, the fans, just make a protest and stopping watching and giving money to these corrupt promoters, and officials. Unfortunately, the fighters are the ones that would have to suffer. The only other alternative is having one big governing body oversee everything, which I doubt will ever happen.

 

Dirrell's brother won a fight by extreme low blow and the commentators thought it was fine. Vic was hit will low blows all night and the commentators thought is was fine, then the other robberies....................

 

I've been a fan for 30 years and I've seen too much to know that boxing will always be corrupt.

A big part of the problem is that there are not enough media journalist that really know the intracacies of the sport of boxing.
There are too many journalist today hired to write and comment on the sport that just dont know the sport, because of this the sport is'nt kept in check.


At one point during the 80's, HBO boxing broadcasts were highlly critical of the corruption in the sport.
A broadcast team like HBO critiqueing bad decisions and critiqueing a alphabet group from granting an undeserved fighter a title shot, is good for boxing because it at least keeps the higher ups that control the sport leary of whats being said to the fans about them, and at least keeps them a little bit in check.

.....however, because boxing is such a big business, HBO throughout the years having a financial interest in certain fighters that they broadcast, have become just as corrupt as the alphabet groups themselves.
Nowdays, the HBO broadcast team if it suits their financial interest will create controversy within a fight broadcast when there is'nt one, and vice versa they'll keep their mouth shut and remain silent on a fishy situation if the benificiary of the situation is the fighter thats keeping their ratings up.

I can go on and on naming variables that keep the sport in its corrupt state, but there are just too many to list.

I've learned to just enjoy the fights and the fighters and enjoy the act of the fighters putting their craft in exhibit.
.....of course I still frown at the bad decisions, but I just dont let it control the enjoyment I feel for the sport itself.:bbb

 

I can't imagine multiple referees in the ring at the same time; bout the only thing that would work is instant replay but even then I also can't imagine the referee going "under the hood" to watch a replay of an illegal shot