Concerns over British boxing judges

Many are not qualified to do the job as far as I'm concerned. They might have some badge or certificate for having completed a course, they might know every rule in the book, but they just don't know the sport. Dave Parris's 117-112 card is a prime example of this woeful incompetency that blights so many events. You really are sitting there half expecting lunacy before the cards are even read, its disheartening at times.

No doubt a few will come along and try to defend it, I mean it doesn't look good for British boxing if we admit our officials are incompetents.

 

is that confirmed? gutted for him if thats the case.

not sure how such decisions could be erased. perhaps if a decision is widely acknowledged as being dodgy, the fight could be rejudged within a week by a BBBC panel after the event. but only for british title fights and eliminators.

 

Blaming judges for bad decisions is like blaming gravity for aeroplane crashes.

The problem is the arcane, archaic, nonsense of a scoring system.

 

whats wrong with score systems?

what do you propose instead?

 

What sports don't have problems with officiating? Ireland get knocked out of the world cup thanks to a blatant handball which everyone on planet Earth except the ref sees. The most recent England/South Africa test cricket match had some scandolous umpiring decisions and that's with the use of replays and all that. It's unfortunate when a decision goes the wrong was or a refs call affects the result but there isn't alot that can be done about it, human errors happen.

Plus, for every bad score card that a judge turns in that gets people complaining for weeks he's probably put in a dozen perfectly acceptable ones that no one remembers. Gale Van Hoy got a load of **** for the Malinaggi/Diaz 1 score but in the controversial first James Toney/Sam Peter fight he was the only one who had it for Toney.

 

Haye will have his judges, referee, venue, etc., when they fight. Should that be allowed?

 

I understand your point, but it still doesnt make it right. Scoring should be fair. Also Dave Parris has got it wrong many times and you might say hes inept but I firmly believe hes very biased.

 

do they ever come out and admit a mistake like football refs often do? any punishment like 3 months suspension or cant do important fights after a mistake ? should be interviewed after, like the fighters are

 

Don't be a ****...he has the venue because he is the champ and the draw, the ref and judges will be appointed by the WBA

 

It cost Napa another beating. He should be thankful. Bad decisions happen alot and probably have since the sport began. Paris saw a completely different fight to everyone else who saw the fight and should be asked to explain how he saw the rounds.

 

And the majority will be white, what do and ur racist politics make of that, u ignoramous!

As far as the Napa scoring controversy, Dave Parris is a joke, this guy is the epitome of garbage. Terrible Ref, even worse judge. How the hell did he score the third Williams-Sprott fight for Sprott i will never know.

Now dont even get me into the 3 points he deducted off Williams in the first Mcdermott fight