Can someone explain the metric for "harder" shots?

I've been having this same problem also. It's why scoring Paulie's fights are a pain and why Bradley's fight is a pain also

 

the more eye-catching and neck-snapping are what people consider "harder"

 

The same reason why you can't be judges and other people can.

 

Common sense. . .

 

Only a pain if you're influenced by group think.

Harder shots. Well it sounds nice, but it's really just about measuring clean-effective punching. Yes, there's subjectivity to that and obviously bigger punchers seem to land more shots that seem more effective, clean, or hard because they're bigger punchers and they affect their opponents more often even by grazing shots. That can be tricky.

When a guy lands shots he's clearly sitting and and getting leverage from as opposed to slaps, that's when you try evaluating the effectiveness of such shots. A non-puncher isn't supposed to be penalized because his shots are less effective or less impactful, so long as they clean land cleanly. That is what makes Kellerman "Who would you rather be" a little flawed and simplistic evaluation for scoring.

 

Don't be surprised if they ask you to elaborate what you said.:hey

 

I could be wrong, but I think in general people view the guy that is coming forward as the guy that is landing the harder shots. The logic is, if the other guy's shots are deterring him from coming forward then the other guy must not be hitting him hard. Take it fwiw

 

Thanks man, that's what I figured but you could understand how it can get tricky.

 

I don't think this is quite an accurate synopsis. . . Take for example the co-main event of tonight's HBO card: Rosinsky was coming forward for good portions of each round, firing combinations, but they weren't doing anything to Pavlik at all - even the ones that landed clean, and flush.

There's really no objective criteria on how to determine "harder" shots; Perhaps it coincides with the scoring criteria known as "clean, effective punching." But what is clean effective punching? IMO, it's simply what punches are having a more noticeable effect, and impact on the other boxer. "Which punches would you rather get hit with"?

There's more than one way to define it. . .

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"I shall not today attempt further to define the kinds of material(punches) I understand to be embraced within that shorthand description ["hard-core pornography"](*Replace in this context with "harder" shots*); and perhaps I could never succeed in intelligibly doing so. But I know it when I see it, and the motion picture (punches) involved in this (fight) case is not that."

 

I know it when I see it. . .

 

There is no metric.