Quantifying the scoring of the judge that gave the bout to Cunningham + booing stuff

Discussion in 'World Boxing Forum' started by paulfv, Dec 12, 2008.


  1. paulfv

    paulfv Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    I wrote this up last night but didn't have the chance to post it. There is/are likely a few other scoring possibilities here (which posters can help out with below), but this is the essential structure of how the judge who gave the fight 114-112 for Cunningham had to have seen the bout in order to make the card they did.

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    Here's what you have to do to get the tally that the judge who gave the fight (114-112) to Cunningham did:

    Cunningham wins 8 rounds, with two extra points off (that is, 10-8 rounds instead of 10-9 rounds) for two KD rounds (and giving a 10-9 round for the other KD {Round 4} stanza b/c SC was rolling that round until he was KD):

    80+36-2 =
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    (8 rounds x 10 points/round {80}. 4 rounds x 9 points/round {36}. - 2 points for two 10-8 rounds instead of their being 10-9 rounds)

    Adamek wins just ONE round besides the three he KD Cunningham in (for a total of 4 rounds won):

    40+72 =
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    (4 rounds x 10 points/round {40}. 8 rounds x 9 points/round {72})

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    Not even Compubox would likely back that up, and it can't even tell you about Cunningham's shaky chin and nonexistent power. This is professional boxing, not the amateurs. Power -- and the ability to absorb power shots coming at you -- matters.

    There may be one or two more scenarios involving 10-10 rounds, different point scenarios involving the KD's and such, but you get the idea.

    Under no circumstances, IMO, did Cunningham bank enough early rounds -- before Adamek started to fade late -- such that Adamek only won 4 rounds total of the fight, those four including the three which he knocked Cunningham down in.

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    Finally, the booing which Cunningham received after the fight (which was totally wrong; SC fought as hard as he could and in a crowd-pleasing style) was almost certainly, IMO, directed not at Cunningham but instead the judge who scored the fight for him. That's the sense I got when watching the event. The crowd simply could not believe that after the three knockdowns Adamek scored, and the decided power/chin edges which he displayed throughout the match, that a judge could score the fight for Cunningham. Not being able to take it out directly on the judge (the judge wasn't interviewed after the fight, Steve was), the crowd sadly visited their venom instead on the recipient of the judge's scoring.

    I think the crowd believed that this judge, with his/her scoring, robbed Adamek of the clear victory which his performance left the crowd believing he should have secured. Hence, the booing.
     
  2. maciek4

    maciek4 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    In a close fight between Cunningham and Wlodarczyk which Wlodarczyk won by SD there was a judge who scored it 120-108 USS. How is it possible? Well because there were no clear rounds for any fighter the judge gave all the close rounds, no matter who had a slight advantage, to one guy. Same here, apart from the KD's there was not one round were Adamek or USS dominated so the judge gave them all to Cunningham.