Why shouldn’t judges scores be shown after every round?

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  1. DynamicMoves

    DynamicMoves Well-Known Member Full Member

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    No, the difference was you didn't care about the ridiculous scorecards since they were in your guy's favor.
     
  2. Neon Maniac

    Neon Maniac Member Full Member

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    Not really bc fighters don’t know how the judges are scoring it and why would anyone want the score card to dictate how the fight will be played out . It would force the scoring more fair but are we worried about judges or better fights ?
     
  3. Nonito Smoak

    Nonito Smoak Ioka>Lomo, sorry my dudes Full Member

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  4. divac

    divac Loyal Member Full Member

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    Its been tried a few times by the various boxing orginizations.
    The problem with it have already been mentioned, mainly it kills the flow of the fight when one of the fighters knows he's
    well ahead, that fighter can just stop taking any chances right there and play it safe.
    Someone also mentioned that the scored being shown also influence the judges themselves.
    One of the judges scores in a round might not coincide with the other two judges and that in itself might influence how he sees the
    following rounds.
    Somebody mentioned Canelo-Trout having been open scoring. I saw that fight and Canelo didn't stop fighting despite knowing he was
    well ahead, but would he have taken more chances the last few rounds and fought in a higher gear had he now known he was ahead?

    I've seen open scoring in several fights and there's a reason why the orginizations didn't stick to it. It doesn't work as it takes away from the fight itself and increases the probability of fights becoming dull. If you have dull fights you have less viewers.
     
  5. divac

    divac Loyal Member Full Member

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    There was not any media or fan outrage afterward when Canelo got the decision over Trout.
    …...and if you see the broadcast of the fight the broadcast doesn't point to any of the scores being read after rounds being outrageous.
     
  6. aaalbert

    aaalbert Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Ah ok, I think that was what I saw.
    To answer the thread, I wouldn't think it's a good idea. It can work both ways.

    The losing fighter would go for broke and try to win.

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    The winning fighter would just get on his bicycle and try not to get knocked out.

    Either way it would greatly affect the fighters style which can be good or bad.
    I guess this system would have potential to expose corruption but even that is kind of a stretch.
     
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