Yarde-Arthur Cards

Yes because 10-10 is a cop out. There’s a lot of close rounds that can go either way. The .5 pt system allows for leeway in each direction and makes those clear 10-9 rounds count for more.

 

10-9.5: Close, I’m not quite sure, competitive

10-9: I’m sure but no KD.

10-8: Knockdown

This is hard? THIS is how you get BETTER fairer decisions. Which is exactly why it won’t happen. Because it’s harder to have corruption when this is your scoring system. Robberies are harder to justify. Promoters don’t want that. That’s messing with their $. With the 10-9s across the board they have plausible deniability in scoring.

 

You can’t have 6 10-10 rounds! Losing a .5 pt round doesn’t kill you as long as you win a few clear 10-9s. It gives both the fighter and judge some leeway in the razor close rounds that swing both ways. People are looking at this sideways and not seeing the big picture. 10-9 rounds are NOT created equal.

 

10-10 rounds are given next to never. Some countries don’t even allow them as far as I know. The .5 rounds would help judge a true winner immensely. But it would also require competent judging, something we already don’t have under the current format, so really what could it hurt? The answer is we won’t have it because it will make it harder for promoters to rob fighters.