Why are boxing judges incompetent?

I had it 4 rounds to 2 for Pavlik, i can see how it could have gone either way, but 5-1 and 6-0 Taylor is ridiculous

 

Taylor was the IN HOUSE FIGHTER... C'mon guys you should know better tha that.

 

because some people pay them to be incompetent

 

I think it's because the athletic commissions don't hold them accountable. if the judges **** up a fight, they should be called in to review the fight and explain like say in holyfield v. lewis 1 in the middle rounds lennox almost ko's holyfield, chases him all over the ring yet 2 of the judges give the round to holyfield. if they can't explain why they scored a fight logically then they should be put on probation, and if they have too many in a couple of years time frame then they should be suspended for a year, do it twice and they're barred. it's not too difficult, not saying it's easy to judge but some of the fights they score can't be any other reason than incompetence or they're bribed.

 

It just goes to show the " Fix " was in for Taylor have Pavilk not knocked him out. We have seen thsi crap before. Tito vs De la Hoya comes to mind as the scoring in that fight was terrible with judges giving Ocsar the 12th just to make up for the BS in eariler rounds.

Boxing writers are getting ready to come up with a BS file list of poor judging with the hopes of listing the judge’s names on questionable score cards. The fans of boxing deserve good judges, not judges picked and paid by promoters and networks.

 

I think judges sitting at ringside is totally outdated.

they only get to see one angle of the fight. they need to sit in front of a tv that give them multi angles.

 

ive allways thought judges should be watching the fights on monitors,away from the distractions of the crowd and such,

 

Have you ever sat at Ring side? You really get a feel of who is making the fight, and who is hurt. TV can't deliver this in the same way,

On the flip side, TV can offer better viewing angles and replay.

 

who is making the fight??? well, if the crowd is impartial, maybe.

but go to some european country where the whole nation is screaming everytime the local hero tries to throw a punch........then the judges who will not get to see every angle will get a real ****ed up image of the fight.

thats the reason why there are so many "hometown decisions" in boxing!!

put the judge in a mute box with a tv, and you´ll get a fair result.

 

got to wonder why this happens all the time watching the fight on a screen could be the way foward. I would be the first to admit if your fav fighter is fighting it hard not to see thru rose tinted classes or be swayed by the crowd .judges must have fav fighters do we need non boxing fans as judges away from the fight. why should we all be accountable for our actions at work and these ****er are not

 

Actually the bias here seems to be the original poster, who seems very biased towards Pavlik.

Give it up already.

 

Power tends to corrupt, absolute power corrupts absolutely - there must be a feedback system cycle ( positive or negative) to put the ringside judging into a more "democratic" but still efficient system so that we get less debatable results... Not that it would erase "outside" influences and bias of course.