Should judges be made to publish a report in the days following each fight to explain their scoring RBR? Could this be a simple way to solve the issue?
Agreed but the time and costs involved mean we’re a long way off that. Surely the BBBoC could implement this immediately and for free. Each judge essentially needs to write 12 sentences summarising what they saw in each round and why they scored it a particular way. If it as claimed and each judge likes a particular thing, then tell us what you liked and put our mind at rest.
They should be confronted immediately after. It wouldn't solve the issue, but it would make it more difficult for them (and 'partners') to con people - especially as it's the same people over and over. Correct!
When they score each round (10 - 9 etc), they then add that score to the new total so at the end of R11, you might have a score of 106 - 103. Why then does it take 3, 4, 5 minutes to add a 10 and either a 9 or an 8 to 106-103 (as an example)? As soon as this happens, I smell a Fix.
There are so many (easy) solutions to root out situations like this, many wouldn't even cost much money to implement. But in all these years watching boxing, nothing ever happened. You know why?! Because the people in charge don't want things to change. It would mean loss of control and by that loss of income, either above or under the table. Promoters, commissions, officials and alphabets want to control who wins, and bookies also want to influence how. If you make boxing fair, the viewers would benefit, at least 90% of the boxers would benefit, the vast majority of fans would benefit, but the people in charge wouldn't benefit and neither will the bigger stars.
They should put judges in sound proof tv rooms with replays at the end of the rounds to re-watch knockdowns etc to make sure it is a knockdown and not a slip/clash of heads.
On American commentary they said it's taking so long as the tipex must be out. Likely a through away joke, but is it because it happens? Fact IJL gave Josh 3 of first 4 rounds shows he is not competent enough to judge.
If we were dealing with incompetence, then maybe, but does anyone really believe that the incompetence would so consistently manifest in favour of the 'money' fighter, time after time after time? We're not dealing with incompetence. The judges report would be a rehash of the feeble justifications heard from certain parties in the last robbery, but with a few days more to further polish the turd. The usual suspects would then rally round 'very much a matter of perspectives' 'lot closer than most thought' 'it's about what the judge likes' 'not enough in the 'championship rounds'' etc etc. They're not there to deliver impartial judging. They're there to deliver the desired results to the people that call the shots. Exactly. It's interesting to watch the line someone like Steve Bunce takes up very quicjkly after this. He tries to walk both sides of the tightrope, can't agree with the decision but very quickly distances himself from all that 'stuff online'. Very quick to move to the subject of the crazy card but not to call in question the result or the status of the mealticket. He's not a journalist.
