Amateur Boxing

the amateur system is such a joke nowadays. It used to practically be the same thing as the pros except shorter length and maybe bigger gloves. now they have all this padding and headgear and worst of its based on a ****ty 'points scored' system that totally ignores clean, powerful punches. a light jab on the target area scores more than a clean, hard punch off the target area. not to mention body shots are practically useless in the amateurs now. what it used to be: what it is now:

but that is the same as the pro game. even with old scoring system bad decisions were still about! lets not forget the reason the scoring system changed in the 1st place Why did it change in the 1st place? I'm not familiar with that.

but that is the same as the pro game. even with old scoring system bad decisions were still about! lets not forget the reason the scoring system changed in the 1st place

The scoring is complete ****. I get so frustrated at amateur bouts now. And I think favoritism is sometimes shown to known amateur boxers.

to many none effective pity pat shots get counted..

Like has already been said, the newish scoring system is the main problem, go back 15 or so years and amateur boxing was so much better then it is now for that sole reason.

body shots are completely ignored. not good.

the scoring system....