WBA to Change Scoring Rules to Reduce # of Controversial Decisons

Jesus ****ing christ.

 

LOL!!!!!!!! Post of the NIGHT:deal

 

I think this system will solve some of the close "sturm vs Macklin" type robberies. The straight screw jobs will still happen all the time. The only really difference is that instead of getting ****ed 116-110 Campillo will get ****ed 117-113.5. Point being the major robberies will still happen, they`ll just look closer on the judges cards. So don't hold your ****ing breath and hope this change saves boxing cause it won`t.....

But all that being said I am CLEARLY in favor of this rule change because I think its going to benifit the fans with more ACTION. By differentiating close rounds and none-close rounds it gives fighters winning a round more incentive to clearly win the round. For fighters who are clearly going to lose a round it'll give them more incentive to try to push back and gain that extra half point. Simply put this change give fighters incentives to fight harder. Fighting harder equals more action. More action equals more knockouts. More knockouts equals happier fans.

 

In a perfect world where boxing judges were not bought off and were honest, this new rule change of giving out 9.5 rounds may be good for boxing. The idea being that in a case where fighter A won 6 rounds clearly, and fighter B just edged his 6 by the narrowest of margins, you'd have fighter A getting a deserved decision under this format.

However, we all know this wont be the case. In a system where integrity is rare and not the norm, the proposed system would be worse because as you said CC, it offers more scope for creative scoring and in fact I think it gives a judge more of a leeway to squirm out and make a case for his bogus score.

 

I actually like this scoring system.