What about those even rounds?

This broke-ass body has YEARS of training, sparring, and refereeing/judging left. This sport is my life, since I was 12 years old.

Question: Have you scored an even round? If one sticks out in your memory, inform me.

 

My first choice would be to have the fight last until there was a stoppage.

One fighter is unable or unwilling to continue.

That's a little extreme for some.



If the fight goes to the judges, given the subjective nature of the scoring, the winner should win clearly.

Every round should be scored even unless all three judges award it to one fighter.

(To reduce the chances of a 'spoiler' judge, we might go with five judges and require that at least four of them score a round to the same fighter.


This would reduce the number of disputes of the Pac-JMM and Hopkins-Taylor kind.

It would also reduce the numbr of 'gifts' and 'robberies.'

 

Boxing needs more even rounds.

 

:reggie

 

That's bull**** because you're automatically favoring the bigger man. The lil man may HAVE to fight off the backfoot in order to survive and win the fight effectively.

The counter puncher would then LOSE a round because he wasn't strong enough to press or push forward a bigger fighter.

 

I dont score even rounds. I can usually determine the winner of a round by applying the 4 criteria. Its not very often that even rounds occur. Like that renowned Pac vs Marquez round which everybody always debates on. I could see that being scored even. But I dont like to do it.


For a judge, I dont mind. Because they dont get the chance to view that round multiple times.

 

Nothing wrong with even rounds.

 

Well then thats the little man's problem hes fighting in a division he shouldnt be in.

 

Also wasnt there a profiled fight in Europe not too long ago where the judges scorecards were really questionable and I dont mean as in robbery but as in scores like 119-117, 118-116, 116-114, these were judges who definetely favored even rounds.

 

119-117? wow 8 drawn rounds.

I think where possible even rounds should be avoided, however I feel that it is better to score an even round than score it for the wrong man, so have no problem with rounds being too close to call for certain being scored as a 10-10 round.

 

A 9-9 round? What happened to the 10 point must system?