Japanese report on munroe fight

As I said on a previous thread Munroe is a tough,tough man.

 

Very strange omission when you are speculating over the score...

 

They said about the scoring that they had no translator. **** me Hbo would have had one!

 

Smith asked Watt if he knew Japanese when they reading out the scores Don't think Sky were prepared for that, I'm glad they didn't disclose what the scores were, kept alive the false hope that Rendall could pull it back.

 

I must have missed that. No complaints though, I'm not a fan of open scoring.

 

is it only in japan where they use "open scoring"?-
i've not come across it before in pro boxing.

 

I'm sure it flashed up on the above ring scoreboard when the camera was panning round..... I can remember seeing 39-37 somewhere.

It was a really brave effort from Munroe taking those whacks to the body...... he usually holds them alright but the Jap was bang on pretty much all the time.

 

Not just in Japan, it's for any WBC title fight. I don't like it at all.

 

why?,i don't understand.It kind of ruins the way a fight unfolds.

 

Same here. Why they had to **** about with a 100 year old way of doing things I don't know.

 

Some WBC fights don't have it..... it wasn't done for Froch vs Dirrell (or Kessler) for example.

I'm sure Roger Tillerman is very grateful for that..... having Kessler 7-1 up after 8 :-(

 

I guess it could be a way of exposing bent scores!?:think

 

The cards are announced at the end of the fight in any case...

You could have the crowd booing the open scoring if the home guy is losing a close fight and put that doubt in the judges mind.

 

Yeah.... would be like having 20,000 Fergies in the audience :think

 

they've had them in germany a couple of times