Bribery Scandal at Beijing boxing

No, they were talking about changing the scoring system since before the Olympics.

 

Yeah just heard about it.My boy Rudel Obreja(Romanian delegate) was having a press conference and saying the truth and a ****ing chinesse delegate,a very important guy interupted the electric power in the room.Those ****ing *******s.That ****ing chinese or korean maybe Kim I don't know was working on the refs,calling them in his room before his fighters would fight,one of my boys Ionut Gheorghe was robbed in his fight,the russian guy was robbed.Something must be done.Apparently they already fired Rudel Obreja

 

Not surprised.

As far as the scoring system it seems that one small change would improve the accuracy and quality of judgements by leaps and bounds: Keep scores live, but instead of requiring judges to press simultaneously, just have thier scores individual. Can reduce to 3-4 judges as well.

 

That's what the plan seems to be. 5 judges but going by individual scores; so decisions will all be 5-0; 4-1; 3-2.

 

I think the most obvious answer is the best. Incompetence. I really think amature boxing and the Olympics may not mix.

 

If they want to use this type of scoring, I think the ability is available to make it electronic. Sort of like fencing. You could use pressure pads in the white portions of the gloves and actually include FORCE as a measure. Then have judges disallow any blow they felt was illegal, like a rabbit punch.

 

That wouldn't work because nonscoring punches land on arms, elbows, hands, or the back happen to frequently. Judges would have to score fights and actively subtract non scoring blows in that scenario.

 

Dont you know its damn sad really isnt it how far the human race has sunk. We cannot trust a judge to give an honest decision on an amateur boxing match. Thats exactly what this boils down to
Jim Grey , though I dont particularly like the guy, exposed the chinese when he asked that Chooming, guy whatever his name is,through an interpreter who up until then translated perfectly. He asked him point blank did he think the judges over favored him in the fight? The interpreter faltered mumbled stuttered and old Ming walked off. That fight was a travesty

 

Yeah. Zou Shiming has had favoritism all the time. Great footwork but the dude can kiss my ass; he can't fight for ****.

 

And a warning, sometimes for nothing, add two points to the ref's favorite fighter.

 

I think everybody in here knows that the olympic boxing is amature boxing and will treat it as such. As in, it doesnt ****ing matter at all. We all know that the schmuck who 'games' the system will never make it in the pros. Like that chinese **** xinpang who beat that russian by holding the whole ****ing fight. I seriously hate that **** sometimes.

 

I hate boxing politics.