What a rotten decision last night...

Wyong Leagues, Luxford v Cerniza.

Majority dec win to Luxford. He won one round...the 3rd. Cerniza knocked him down in the last round (4th, a big knock down) and had him on !@@%+ street with about 30 secs to go, Luxford hanging on for dear life. It was a 4x 2 min rd contest.

This needs mentioning. The fight was originally scheduled for 6 x 3's. At catchweight 65kg. Last Tuesday we learn it is a 4 round contest and it is now at 69kg. A 4 kg jump because Luxford can't make 65kg. I guess if you can't make weight, just add 4 kg. That'l do it.

It gets better. When we arrived last night, we are told it is now 2 minute rounds. Why? Because Luxford wanted it as he was concerned about his fitness level.

Worth mentioning...

I'm told Cec Perkins, scored the last round 10-9 for Cerniza. I know one judge scored it 10-8 for Cerniza. Why didn't Perkins? What do you have to do to get a 10-8 round? Cerniza was winning the round at the point of the knock down anyway. It wasn't like Luxford bashed him and got caught with a luck punch. That is just so far from the truth it's ridiculous.

Craig Waller said he can imagine that Perkins had them even at 10-10 and then AFTER the round had completed, he rightfully deducted a point for the kd, to make it 10-9 Cerniza. Does that sound right? regardless...Cerniza was winning the round, so it's a bad card anyway. I was told the ringside doctor commented that it was the worst decision he had seen in 25 yrs of boxing. I was told personally by a long time am ref/judge, with over 7000 fights officiating that it was one of the worst decisions he had seen. He said it was a 10-8 round, no question, and Cerniza won by three points on his card.

If this comes across as sour grapes or a rant, ahh well, so be it. But this bull**** needs to be heard. A complete an utter disgrace and an insult to Jurland Cerniza.

 

Not sure Phil. I'm getting the scorecards off Waller on Tuesday.

Phil, can you shed some light on the scoring aspect, in particular the notion that a judge could score the round even, then deduct the point for the kd as a separate calculation (Wallers speculation of what may have happened although I was told of Perkins explanation for his scorecard which is something completely different)

So that means a 10-8 rd can only go to a fighter winning the round, no matter how narrow. In other words, in a case where fighter A is losing a round by the barest of margins, even if he scores a knock down and has fighter B out on his feet and hanging on...he can only win the round 10-9?

 

I'm sure many a judge has erred (???) in scoring a 10-8 rd to the fighter who scores the kd, with the exception of a scenario where that fighter was getting beat up for the majority of the round. Here, you have stated that a fighter only has to be "asumed" to be leading a round before being knocked down for the round to be scored 10-9, not 10-8 in his opponents favor. I find it hard to get my head around that.

It's interesting. Because they way you put it (not knocking), the knock down is not factored in when a judge scores a round. It is a completely separate calculation that comes upon completion of the round. It's one point. Nothing else. Yet every other intangible used for scoring is calculated over the course of 3 minutes (or two minutes in this case).


SCENARIO 1:

Fighter A is just shading Fighter B by the barest of margins. With 30 secs to go, Fighter A is dropped by a booming right hand and staggers to his feet. He is almost out but hangs on to finish the round, still in a groggy state.

Score card: Fighter B 10-9.


SCENARIO 2:

Fighter A just shades fighter B by the barest of margins over the course of the round. Very close round, not much in it.

Scorecard: fighter A 10-9.


So two very similar scenarios, with the exception of a knock down and possible fight ending experience...yet the scorecards are exactly the same.

That doesn't sound right. (not saying you are wrong Phil, you know it better than me or anyone else)

 

We are getting a copy of the fight Ippy. Probably order it tomorrow. Then I'l see about getting it uploaded on the net.

The fact Angelo Hyder (Luxfords promoter and trainer) came in to the room and said Cerniza won the fight says somethign too.

 

I'm hearing that line more and more mate by people who have their finger on the pulse.

I think it's a valid point. Get to Mansfield Tavern for Cerniza's next one mate and get him a win

 

So different interpretations of the 10-8 score and knock downs depending on who's who in the zoo. Interesting. I assumed it was all standardised across the board.

When does Ruiz arrive Phil? any word?

 

Cool. Fight still on though? please say yes.