Is there such thing as a neutral fan...

i think yes. if you're a judge you must be neutral sadly some judges are cooking the score cards.

 

i tend to go for underdogs

 

I usually find myself rooting for the underdog.

 

I think so. I do the same as you. Pick a fav or at least make a prediction which i would then like to see come true but I think i can still keep a neutral perspective because even tho i might want one guy to win i don't particularly care unless I know the guy or have money involved.

 

Absolutely. 90% of the time I don't care who wins or loses and all I want to see is a good fight. If a fighter I usually prefer is fighting like a woman then I'm not going to root for him out of some sort of deluded loyalty. I just don't understand these idiotic fanboys who support a fighter like a football team.

 

on fighters i don't know, I'm neutral for the first 4 rounds. after that, I unintentionally pick a fighter i disgust (based on the performance), and my scorecard goes against that fighter

 

On very unimportant matches i am very nuetral. On bigger fights though I usually lean towards one guy.

 

A great big mother****in THIS RIGHT HERE. :deal

 

Sometimes I'm neutral, sometimes I root for the underdog, sometimes for the favorite, sometimes I shift mid fight.

I always try to score a fight as neutral as possible, but if one of my favorites fights I tend to give swing rounds to them (try not to).
In the RBR's here on ESB I see guys score rounds completely the other way round because their favorite boxer is fighting. Don't know wich fight it was last month, but the guy took a beating and some bloke scored all the rounds in his favour

 

imo, judges will always have preferences or personal biases that will dictate what he puts a premium on when scoring.

 

I was completely neutral for the Pac/Cotto bout.

 

To be honest, I don't really score fights the first time I watch them. I'll usually just watch it first, and see how it unfolds. If it's goes to the cards or there is some other controversy involving scores (cuts etc) then I will go back and score it.

Just the way I've always done it.