Boxing scoring system flawed

maybe more even rounds

i remember watching Ali vs Norton 2 at least i think it was that fight

anyway they said the California commission had a system of scoring where the loser of a round got 0 and the winner got 1-5 points based on his effectiveness

many complained you could lose more rounds and still win

a guy could win rounds with 1's and then the other guy could win two five point rounds and be in it

this would follow your idea of having the guy who wins his rounds more thoroughly get rewarded

problem is that judges can be bad enough as it is, do we really wanna give them more leeway or flexibility to be even more subjective

i dont know

 

I used to always score even rounds but people told me nobody does it so my scorecards couldn't really be compared so I don't do it anymore. It's stupid though, if you really have to sit there and watch a round in slow motion to determine who won the round then it's an even round to me.

 

Co sign this thread 100%

A 13 round is needed also to prevent draws and things of such nature


The want the system to be ****ed up though so they could feed off of contreversy and protect certain fighters, while they milk others for high paying rematches

 

It just comes down to human nature.Judges are only human and will always have a favourite in the back of their minds.That,plus a yearly trip to the eye doctors may be helpful.

 

This is interesting. If fighter A beats the **** out of fighter B for 5 rounds, and then decides to run for the remainder 7 and gets lightly hit more for those 7 in a snoozefest, he loses.

 

I actually dont mind the system, but agree more rounds should be given even as a lot of the time a round finished and i say to myself "how the hell do i score that"

The other problem, and i wouldnt call this a massive problem are peoples opinion on how a round should go. I sit with mates and score fights and we come out with totally different scores due to what we think wins a round. He is not wrong, and i am not wrong, but we all look for different things.

I think the only thing that needs to be looked at is corruption and home town decisions. I feel 5 judges, as well as the judges not being ringside (watching it on a TV without crowd noise) could help the sport.

There should also be a stronger commision to overturn or review robberies.

Just my views.

 

Even tho it was much hated by critics I dont mind scoring the fight by announcing each round at the end of the round. This way everyone will know where each fighter stands and a fighter who thinks he might be winning/losing can adjust his gameplan.

 

I agree that judges should give more 10-10 rounds. I feel they're just afraid to do so and feel inclined to give it to someone.

 

if the fans weren't so anal about boxrec records then the official result wouldn't matter as much as the actual performance. Fighters would bounce back quickly from poor decisions and their careers wouldn't suffer as much.