scoring fights based on what you like

Ring generalship, effective aggression, defense and a strong emphasis on clean effective punching. That, I believe is the proper criteria to scoring a fight.

Since scoring is subjective, going by "who would you have rather been" or "who you liked better in the round" isnt all that wrong.

 

I agree but it's not going to change.

 

I hate when Max Kellerman says a round should be scored on the concept of which fighter you would have rather been in a round. We have a set of guidelines, and those are the guidelines.

For example, In round 1 Fighter A has dictated where the fight took place, he moved forward for most of the round, slipped most of the punches thrown by Fighter B and also landed more often and with more power than Fighter B. However, in the closing 20 seconds of the round Fighter B catches Fighter A with a hard counter that hurts Fighter A and gets Figher A to go on the defensive for the remaining 18 seconds of the round. Fighter B cannot follow up and the bell rings. Fighter A looks out of it the corner and Figher B looks like he can't wait to get back out there. Who won round 1?

Using the official criteria you would have to say A won because he dominated the round up until the last 20 seconds. However, if you asked me who i would rather be it is obvious that Fighter B is the answer. Fighter A won the round and using another set of criteria is just disorganized.

 

Yes, scoring a round in boxing isn't quite as simple as that. You actually have to know what you're looking and and be able to break down the action according to the given criteria which is not just based on damage done in a round alone, but how well you actually box and apply the skills of your craft and impose them on your opponent.

Which is also why casual fans have scorecards that read all over the place.. because they don't really have the know how to interpret what they're seeing.

 

...I wonder what criteria was used for the Alexander/Kotelnik fight on 8/8/10?

I have rarely witnessed such uniformly godawful judging...Oh, sorry,nevermind. I forgot...Alexander wins no matter what happens....I guess that's what makes me a casual fan.

I smell home cooking...naw...it's only the river.

 

Sometimes we see rounds where one guy looked like he was in charge (ring generalship) but the other guy actually landed more flush shots (clean effective punching.) Scoring a round like that ends up being rather subjective (depends on what you like.)

In the Pirog/Jacobs fight 3 of the first 4 rounds fell into the category above. Pirog always looked like he was in charge. Jacobs was throwing and landing more.