Open Scorecards...Good idea...bad idea??

Wow, even when it's a bad decision? You must have psychic powers.

But how could you score Barnes-Vincent 115-114? Your scoring is terrible sometimes.

 

If I watch a fight without actually scoring it, then sometimes I disagree with the judges decision, and it looks like a fighter has been "robbed".
However, when I actually bother to score a fight objectively, my scores tend to closely match those of the judges more often than not. This includes times when decisions can be controversial.

 

:-(


your logic means nothing

 

Do you ever objectively score fights? General impressions of who you think won don't always match the scores.

The amount of "robberies" that take place in boxing is not as high as some people think....

 

I scored

De La Hoya V Trinidad

I had it on video tape.

I had

De La Hoya winning by something like 115-112

Felix forced the fight - and took the last 3 rounds I think through just come forward aggression

However for most of the fight he was outboxed - as the blood from his nose splashed all over his shorts showed

 

I had Trinidad just nicking it. Open scorecards would not have made a difference to that outcome.

Knowing the score during the fight will result in fighters adjusting their performance to suit the scorecards, maybe even quitting on their stool. (Sam Peter?).
A fighter could be miles behind on points, but if he believes it might be close then he may be spurred on to do great things.

 

Indeed. The "robberies" that do occur are thus highlighted and ridiculed because they are so rare.

Unlike the vast majority of the sports in the world with boxing the scoring is subjective, its not black and white. Therefore people are going to, by and large, have differing opinions on how a fight panned out (whether that be a two point swing or a ten point swing away from a certain judge's card). Because the majority of people don't agree with a decision, this doesn't mean that the judge is incompetent or on the take.

 

**** idea.

couldn't believe one of the judges actually had peter winning a rd last night.

must have been a sympathy vote. :yep

 

Couldnt have said it better myself.

Who is to say Peter wouldnt have fought on, landed a lucky punch & scored an amazing win? It may seem crazy, but how many fights have changed with a single shot?
& Vitali had been inactive for years, who is to say he wouldnt have tired dramatically in the final rounds? The mid-round scoring robbed the fans of a proper conclusion IMO.

the scores being read out can only dishearten the losing fighter.
Its bad for boxing IMO. Its a tough enough sport without broadcasting to the loser midfight!