Toughest Fights To Score?

Why would you say professional judges score so few rounds even in close fights and close rounds? Myriads of rounds are close.

I'm not sure tho how it would look if paid professionals sat on the fence as soon as a round wasn't absolutely clear cut.

One things for sure - it's a tough gig for both them and us. So many things to take into account.

 

I completely agree with you. I think it would lead to less controversial decisions.

Often the argument is made that a judge must be competent enough to seperate the 2 boxers.In my opinion this is complete BS.

 

Ali Norton 3. Mercante stated it was the most difficult bout for him to score and I concur. I generally score the bout for Ali 8-7. Norton could have won this if not for two key rounds. The 15th where he layed back rather than working and one other round mid fight where he clowned around allowing Ali to hit him and throwing away a point in process.

 

Cory Spinks-Ricardo Mayorga

I recently saw this and had Spinks ahead 115-113.

There were some close rounds. I felt Spinks won his rounds more clearly with the cleaner shots. The rounds I gave to Davis were closer rounds.

 

Tyson was knocked out by Lewis. So how was that hard to score?

 

The announcer of the fight pronounced it an unquestionable robbery and Ali, to his credit, did not stay around to be interviewed which the announcer said was because Ali recognized it was a robbery and wanted no part of it.

 

Yeah, this I find one of the hardest too.

 

leonard v hagler. The middle rounds, say 7-10 inclusive (at least 2 or 3 of those rounds) , i found difficult to score each and everytime ive watched.

 

Several of the announcers were well known Ali haters. Certainly was a controversial decision however it was close. All three judges scored it close. Several weeks later the bout was scored live on CBS tv prime time round by round by a panel of boxing experts....writers, former fighters including pep and Louis etc. At the end of 15 rounds all the scores were tabulated..... a draw.

 

Kansas City times
October 23, 1976

Panel of 10 Watch Film, Say All-Norton a Draw New York (AP)—A panel of 10 boxing experts, including former heavyweight champions Joe Louis and Joe Frazier, reviewed video tape last night of the heavyweight title bout between Muhammad Ali and challenger Ken Norton, and scored the fight a draw. The panel, which included boxing writers, boxers and boxing promoters, scored the fight even through the first 14 rounds, then split 5-5 on the last round. The close decision was won by All Sept. 28 at Yankee Stadium. “You might have thought we planned it this way,” said the CBS commentator, Brent Musburger, who was at the Ali-Norton fight, “but really, folks, we didn’t.” The official fight card had referee Arthur Mercante scoring it 8-6 for Ali with one round even, while judges Harold Lederman and Barnie Smith scored it 8-7 Ali.