to those disagreeing with olympic results

The 'similar score' is part of it, that's what I am talking about. That thing you mentioned about pressing the button within one second of each other, is not part of it, they don't do that anymore.

People aren't counting the clean scoring punches with the knuckle part of the glove.
Amateur boxing is very strict about what counts as a scoring punch. People are scoring rounds as though they are professional bouts.

If you watch some of these bouts again and actually count the punches that land cleanly, you'll see that rounds that looked even were actually won clearly by a fighter.

 

Audley Harrison was a very good amateur, his size and technique made for a very good shw. but remember, he was 28 when he won, the majority of boxers in the olympics are much younger and less experienced. Lezin was probably the best boxer in those games also more experienced at 27, and audley's win over him was a controversial stoppage.

Audley didn't turn pro until he was about 30, then fought nobodies for 5 years, so he was 35 without the experience at the top level to make up for his age when he tried to compete with a higher class of boxer,
if he turned pro when he was 23 we would all have a very different opinion of him.

 

I must be british to think that in order to have a valid opinion on the outcome of a sporting contest, one must know how the fight is scored and keep score as the contest progresses

 

I'm not really sure what your point is with this post, are you suggesting that age doesn't make any difference to a boxer?
If he went professional younger he would have had more chance to adjust to the professional version of the sport, and he would have been faster, fitter etc.

His first decent opponent was danny williams when he was about 35, a fight which he lost, if he had fought this level of opponent 7 years earlier he would not have faltered at this level of opponent and his progress would have been much better. A 28 year old Audley with 5 years pro experience would have been much better than a 35 year old audley with 5 years as a pro fighting a very low level of opposition. So his career progression would have been very different.

35 year olds in modern heavyweight boxing are able to be very successful; wlad, vitali, lewis, holyfield etc but these boxers had vast experience of fighting at the top level, often 10 years or more of high class opponents. Audley was a 35 year old without that experience

 

That's basically it, and then an average for each boxer is calculated based on the 3 judges scores that were closest together for each boxer respectively after each round.

If you keep score as the fight progresses you will see the rounds very differently. The 3rd round against Cammarelle looked very close, until you actually count the landed punches. You'll see Joshua did out land him by a long way. This isn't a matter of opinion, if you do it you will come to the same conclusion.

 

Yes, I agree with this. I really don't really see the problem with headgear. Herbie Hide won a quarter final in prizefighter but suffered a cut and had to withdraw. This could ruin an amateur competition.