do you think this could solve some problems. I know some judges and even tried to be one myself but you quickly realize that they dont make much money at all. To me that makes them easy targets for a bribe. People complain about these decisions and want the sport to be clean but if you are making pennies and someone is offering you big money, would you not entertain the thought? Nearly every judge I know only does judging on the side while working a real job. Then you think about it, most of the time the guy who they are taking the bribe for probably wins anyways. Chavez didnt last night but everyone had him favored so if they fight wouldve went like it was suppose to then they could get paid a ton while not doing anything wrong because Chavez won anyways. Then you have situations where a promoter might give them a lil cash and let them know that if they do this then they will put them on more cards while if they dont then they may not even get that promoter again. They may be forced to take it sometimes in those cases. Boxing just needs to either the pay the judges more or even better, start being governed by a higher authority to clean this up
IDK if that number is true but lets say it is. You have to remember that this was suppose to be one of the biggest money fights in history and she only gets 8k. So what do you think she gets for a good fight that is just a regular fight like Rios vs Alvarado? If Floyd-Canelo is an 80mil plus figh and she only gets 8k then what does she get for a fight like Rios-Alvardo that wont even make a tenth of what Floyd-Canelo did? I bet she's lucky to get a G and this is on the elite level. The people who judge local fights are even less. Then you have to wonder how many fights these judges do in a year and how many are big or local? I just dont think they make much. If CJ Ross is getting paid like 4g's for a regular fight then you dont think she would consider a bribe. Take Chavez-Vera for instance. If a judge is getting paid 4 g's then what is it for Arum's people to get to them and say "I will give you 20k if you score it for Chavez". Now what is 20k to Arum? Its not even just about one fight but its about the future. Chavez is a huge name. He might make 8-10mil in his next fight if he fights someone good but if he loses then he may only make 3mil so what is it for Arum to slide a judge 20k? Its nothing when you are talking about one of your fighters losing out on millions. Now if CJ Ross does 4 fights a year with a payoff, she's making around 100k instead of the 16k she wouldve made without being in pocket. A huge difference
Boxing judges need educating all the same and make the judgeing consistant which will make this sport far better.. Judges shouldnt be able to judge a fight on what they think is the way to fight, i.e im scoreing this fight to the aggresive fighter even thoe he has been counter punched all night.. all judges should be reading of the same rule sheet and paid fairly too.
The numbers are true. Each judge was paid $8K and Kenny Bayless earned $10K. This were the numbers for each judge and referee for the undercard fights that were televised. From Dan Rafael Kenny Bayless, the referee for the main event, will earn $10,000. Judges Dave Moretti, C.J. Ross and Craig Metcalfe each will make $8,000. For the co-featured Danny Garcia-Lucas Matthysse junior welterweight title fight, referee Tony Weeks will make $3,150 and judges Robert Hoyle, Glen Trowbridge and Juergen Langos will be paid $2,450 each. For the Ishe Smith-Carlos Molina junior middleweight title fight, referee Jay Nady will receive $2,000 and judges Adalaide Byrd, Burt Clements and Barry Druxman will earn $1,600 apiece.
This is were I found the info. http://espn.go.com/blog/dan-rafael/post/_/id/5432/mayweather-alvarez-officials-pay
thats what Im trying to tell people. Garcia-Lucas is a huge fight and they only get 2450. How many fights per year will they get that big? They will take bribes
Makes a lot of sense to me, the problem is how much should judges get paid? If you pay them a lot more some of them will end up making more than some boxers. I guess if the same judges judged all the fights for one card they could get paid more that way