Should there be a MANDATORY RETIREMENT AGE for Judges?

[The Tase]

Look i dont have to tell you guys that as you get older everything slows down. Mentally & physically everything slows down. Your reflexes, your train of thought, evertying. In england they have a mandatory retirement age of 60 or 65 (any brits care to correct me if im wrong).

Why cant there be one for judges?

If you look at a lot of the crooked scorecards over the years, you will see 70 & 80 year old judges involved. Gale van Hoy & Glenn Hamada come to mind.

If you look at sports across the board, a lot of referees & judges are of old age. Even in the nfl where they had to institute instant replay, you see a lot of old referees. In the nba, there are a lot of old referees. **** Bavetta & the ultra hot head joey crawford come to mind.

I know im just pissing in the wind here because this will never happen especially in america where old people are the power & if we cant even institute a mandatory age on driving where fatal statistics have shown that old people have caused lots of fatalities, how much more in boxing....

[Money_May]

Agreed how the hell can you have a 74 year old judge? No way In hell someone that age can see a fast fighters punch or there combo's

[The Big Dunn]

Look i dont have to tell you guys that as you get older everything slows down. Mentally & physically everything slows down. Your reflexes, your train of thought, evertying. In england they have a mandatory retirement age of 60 or 65 (any brits care to correct me if im wrong).

Why cant there be one for judges?

If you look at a lot of the crooked scorecards over the years, you will see 70 & 80 year old judges involved. Gale van Hoy & Glenn Hamada come to mind.

If you look at sports across the board, a lot of referees & judges are of old age. Even in the nfl where they had to institute instant replay, you see a lot of old referees. In the nba, there are a lot of old referees. **** Bavetta & the ultra hot head joey crawford come to mind.

I know im just pissing in the wind here because this will never happen especially in america where old people are the power & if we cant even institute a mandatory age on driving where fatal statistics have shown that old people have caused lots of fatalities, how much more in boxing....

Judges simply need to score the fight honestly. If they do that and get a score I disagree with, so be it. Judges appear to be beholden to the promotional team that selects them.

Maybe the commission should assign judges independently without any input from the promoters.

[The Tase]

74 year old duane ford:

[The Tase]

cant find a pic of cj ross but she is also a old hag who wears glasses...

[CHOWWOKKA]

cant find a pic of cj ross but she is also a old hag who wears glasses...

Good god she wears glasses??

[-PBP-]

Depends. How many bad scorecards has Duane Ford prepared over his career?

[hhs661]

We should let the commissions do their job and have tjem appoint who they feel is stable for a job.

[The Tase]

Judges simply need to score the fight honestly. If they do that and get a score I disagree with, so be it. Judges appear to be beholden to the promotional team that selects them.

Maybe the commission should assign judges independently without any input from the promoters.

Depends. How many bad scorecards has Duane Ford prepared over his career?

how in the world are you suppose to properly judge a boxing match;something that is already somewhat subjective on its own, when you are in your 70s?

YOu have different angles to see, fast combination punching, quick counter shots, pitty pat shots to see if its effective or not, even if you are in the prime of your life you would have a hard time judging.

How much more if you are in you 70s & 80s?

This is notorious judge Gale Van Hoy:



need i say more?

[The Tase]

We should let the commissions do their job and have tjem appoint who they feel is stable for a job.

the commission is full of old people.

there really isnt any argument here. You cannot fight father time.