Why did anyone give Arthur the 3rd rd.?

Because they gave the first 2 rounds to Bivol and they felt "guilty" or "unbalance"

That's one of the worst bias that people (even pro judges) have while they score. If they give several rounds in a row to one fighter, they are more and more prone to give the next round to the other fighter even if he doesnt deserve it.

Same reason why some people gave 4th to beterbiev, most of them gave the other 3 rounds to bivol and they felt guilty or unbalanced.

 

Which rounds have you scored to the wrong fighter out of guilt?

 

I used to do it often, until I realized that and I stopped doing it forever and ever. Now if I have to give 12 rounds in a row to one fighter, I do it without blinking.

There is an impulse that makes the scorer prone to keep his score balanced. Maybe even thinking about deciding the winner later, deferring the moment to decide the winner.

 

Yes, sure, ofc they are.

 

It's a slippery slope. To give the same guy close round after close round after close round weighs on the mind when judging. It's human nature to try and be fair when the other guy has a good round and does something different to justify scoring it for him.

In this match we have a case of Bivol landing the more flashy eye catching shots, often timing Artur coming in and catching him with dynamic punches. Meanwhile Artur's shots often being smothered and catching a lot of gloves. Aside from that, Artur also was the consistent aggressor, the volume puncher, and the ring general. So with these intangibles on Artur's side, he could, according to the scoring criteria, offset some of Bivol's betterment in terms of clean punching. And when you add into consideration of how "effective" Bivol's clean shots were, then it creates even more doubt in the mind of a judge.

 

Yes and that's fine but do we need a whole thread about a single round calling out every member accusing them of being biased, emotional, etc ? Especially when I had Bivol 6-3 up after 9 rounds ?

Just seems like a very one sided conversation to me for someone to ridicule members because he has a different opinion.

 

I gave Bivol the first 4 and Artur the next 4

 

Maybe that's why the "chamiponship rounds" (10, 11 and 12) are so important. Because the judges are biased by default to keep things balanced and finally the weight of rounds 10, 11 and 12 is bigger. Theoretically nobody should care about who wins the championship rounds because all rounds are woth the same points, but it is undeniable that hey are the most important rounds BY FAR. Maybe this is the reason.

 

I'm talking in general. I'm not talking about the judges in this fight. In general I think it was the bias. If we talk about the judges I think that it was plain corruption. That simple.

 

I never said they haven't but one boxing fan doesn't answer for me either.

 

It seems like you're implying that because the judges unanimously agreed on a round that's the way the round should have been scored even though this thread did a good job showing why the judges were wrong