SCORING KNOCKDOWNS: does a knockdown automatically equal a 10-8 round? And any more knockdowns in that round would count as another point, like 2 knockdowns equal a 10-7 round and 3 would be a 10-6? What if a fighter gets beaten from ring post to ring post but stays on his feet...is that just a 10-9 round? Is it true a round can never be scored 10-10? STANDING 8 COUNT: What is the difference between a standing 8 and a knockdown? Are they scored different? If a ref has to intervene wouldn't that just be a TKO? All praise to Allah
If I knock you from ringpost to ringpost for almost the whole round, but you knock me down, then you will probably win the round 10-9. Some judges will give it to you 10-8, though. It depends on the judge. Every knockdown takes away one further point from the fighter who was floored, but even that is at the discretion of the judges. A standing 8 is the same as a knockdown in terms of scoring. But that happens only if the standing 8 rule is in place for that particular fight. If it isn't, and the ref has to intervene, then it's a TKO and the fight is over.
No a KD round can still be scored 10-9. If someone clearly wins the round and gets dropped, for example. A no knock down round can still be scored 10-8 if you give your opponent a pasting. Praise be to the flying spaghetti monster
Fyi: a kd equals 1 point, not 2. But we have such incompetent judging almost always a single kd equals 2 points, and 10/8 which is just as much horse**** as judges thinking every round has to be scored for one of the fighters instead on an even 10/10. One would think there's he'll of a lot if even rounds but for some ****ed up reason they're very few and very far between. Boxing needs to address the judges scoring as much as they have to address the governing bodies. Everything needs to be started fresh with new training and everyone associated needs to be held accountable. That could make a difference
I totally agree...I have been watching since 1986 and I am ashamed to see sometimes idk if I am scoring a fight proper
Agreed! Just today I was posting on another thread on the round between Juan Manuel Marquez and Marco Antonio Barrera where Marquez battered MAB from pillar to post but got caught toward the end of the round with a right hand that dropped Marquez. Ref Nady missed the knockdown and called it a slip. In any regards, Jim Lampley and the HBO team were livid because Nady had missed the knockdown and according to Lampley took a 10-8 round from MAB. A flash knockdown doesn't turn on what was potentially a 10-8 round for Marquez, into a 10-8 round for MAB. I personally feel that if a fighter is clearly winning a round and suffers a flash knockdown in the process, that round now turns into an even round. If the fighter is hurt badly by the knockdown, I can go 10-9 for the fighter that scored the knockdown. In order for me to score 10-8 for the fighter that scored the knockdown, the round should at least have been competitive enough to where it was a close round. As bias as judge can be, they are very selective when it comes to how they implement handing out 10-8 rounds to a fighter that was clearly losing the round before scoring the knockdown. As for there not being enough even rounds scored by judges. My understanding on that is that the commissions encourage judges to side and find a means to differentiate with one fighter or the other as a means to deter them from subcounciously and maybe even biasly scoring even rounds in circumstances where the hometown or sentimentally favorite fighter likely lost. In other words, its a lot easier to hide bias if you can lay down a 10-10 even round. Covering up scoring a 10-9 to an undeserving fighter is much harder to defend. That's the reason to discourage scoring even rounds, though I think so many times its so unfair to give the first round which so many times is a feelout round to the more popular fighter. Most feelout rounds imo should be scored 10-10. Nothing accomplished but two fighters feeling eachother out and figuring out how to go about the next rounds.
