This is probably aimed more at Amatuer boxing as a whole but having watched several bouts over the start of the olympics I can't help but notice how several clear 'scoring' blows are not registered by the judges. Fights ,that in my opinion were alot closer, are being judge as one sided mismathces why?
The **** is terrible and it needs to be addressed they have 4 years to get it right...i'm done watching it!!!
The current way of judging requires boxing knowledge, judging expertise and good hand-eye coordination and reflexes. That's a lot of stuff to handle. In theory, electronic judging is a step in the right direction, but there's still many flaws to it when used in actual competition situations.
I think it's partially due to the ambiguity/loose interpretation of the rules, the different views each judge gets, and flat out incompetence. No body punch ever scores (and, btw, the referees routinely suck donkey balls, too). The system is absolutely ******ed and not totally uncorruptable. A few rogue judges can still Carbajal a dude. It is what it is. We'll see what egregious "error(s)" they make this year.
I think the rule is pretty simple. The only legal, scoring punches are the clean, solid ones with only the white part of the glove connecting to the opponent's body. (knuckle part, no slapping punches) The judges just cant seem to press on their clickers fast enough. Many reasons why they dont do a great job. Maybe, not so great hand-eye coordination, or the flurries are too fast. Maybe poor viewing angles, lots of variables like that.
I think the time period should be increased from 1 second to either 1 1/2 or 2 secs. You can see a quality three or four punch combo only get one point, which is shite.
Yeah. A lightning quick up and down combo is lucky to get 1 point, some fights. And if a fighter manages to KD/standing 8 count his opponent, they should award more than 1 point for it. Give him at least 2 points for that, man. Maybe even 3.
Yeah a standing count or KD should be an extra point, or one deducted from opponent, same thing really.
It's obvious the type of fighter that is going to succeed under this system are guys that put combinations together. How often do you see a CLEAN single punch to head or body landed and guy gets **** all? Yet if you flurry 3 average looking shots you'll get a point.
^ Yeah. The clean, stiff jabs. The ones that snap your opponent's head back, and is clear to see by the judges.
