How do you score a boxing match?

Hilarious avvy . And what does your post mean ? pierre benoist is the guy who scored martinez-williams 10 rounds to 1 with 1 even for williams.

"I have no idea." -Pierre Benoist Hilarious avvy . And what does your post mean ?

"I have no idea." -Pierre Benoist

I am not shy of scoring a round 10-10.

A knockdown is a 10 to 8 round and two knockdowns in the same round is a 10 to 7 round. Three knockdowns is a 10 to 6 round . also you can judge fair and not go for anybody in the fight he who lands the better punches wins the round or you can pick who would you have wanted to be in that round.And I don't look at the score until the end of the fight I do this all the time with who ever I watch boxing with. Ill be scoring the Judah vs Khan fight for sure if you don't do it your not a freak. It just makes you pay attention to the fight more and who knows the boxing judges might have the fight scored just like your score I think it's a lot of fun if you haven't done try it .

1. who did more damage 2. who landed more punches

I look for clean effective punching and work rate in that order.

1. throwing punches(not landing just throwing) 2. effective come forwardness(are you coming forward or not? easy category) 3. crowd noise(is the crowd cheering for you or not? if they are then you are obviously winning otherwise they wouldn't be cheering.)

Great thread!....After all those worthless Pactard and Flomo threads that pop up every minute.

This is easy, I listen real closely to each fighters crowd, which ever crowd makes the most noise, won that round.:werd: If they scored it like that Timothy Bradley and Andre Berto would have 0 wins in their careers

This is easy, I listen real closely to each fighters crowd, which ever crowd makes the most noise, won that round.:werd:

clean punches landed control/pace/defense effective aggressiveness in most cases I don't judge accuracy. Lara/PWills case Lara was active & still accurate. Floyd/ODLH case Floyd was accurate but did little.

I look for offense first. Usually, if you're outlanding the other guy, you're controlling enough of those factors. If two guys are really close in terms of clean punching, then I go more into the other factors like defense and ring generalship.

I have a few questions of my own: Bouts are scored using the "10 point must system." Are there instances where a round is scored 9-9, 9-8, 9-7, etc.? I don't think so, but I'm not entirely sure.... Does anyone score even rounds? There are some schools of thought that say you strive to find a winner of every round even though a lot of times rounds are very close and appear even. On the other hand, I see Teddy Atlas score even rounds frequently during the FNF telecast. For me, I always try to find a winner and never score even rounds... Yes, its when the guy wins the round but gets a point deducted, or when a fighters suffers a knockdown but he dominates the round so its a 9-9 round 9-8 9-7 are very rare as there must be Knockdowns/Point deductions. But most judges are retarded and will screw it up if there are too many KD's and deductions, they will just do a automatic 10-7 run instead of making a 9-8 since sometimes when a round shouldve been 9-9 because guy who got the KD didnt do anything and got owned the rest of the round they will still give him the round 10-8 instead of a 9-9. Teddy Gives 10-10 rounds when a fight he likes loses a round closely he will give it 10-10 not to take any points away from him. 10-10 should never be given unless its a VERY close round, but NEVER IN THE 11th/12th ROUND NO MATTER WHAT, if the round is so close that you cant split it go with who would you rather be and how are they doing compared to their opponent, its what you get paid for, to make a tough decision, dont go with a cop out.

I have a few questions of my own: Bouts are scored using the "10 point must system." Are there instances where a round is scored 9-9, 9-8, 9-7, etc.? I don't think so, but I'm not entirely sure.... Does anyone score even rounds? There are some schools of thought that say you strive to find a winner of every round even though a lot of times rounds are very close and appear even. On the other hand, I see Teddy Atlas score even rounds frequently during the FNF telecast. For me, I always try to find a winner and never score even rounds... 9-9, 9-8, 9-7 rounds are uncommon, but they do happen. Usually they're attributable to point deductions. The guy destined to win a round might have scored a knockdown, but then loses a point due to repeated warnings for low blows, hitting after the clinch, etc. I score the occasional even round. I try not to, but I don't see a point in being too rigid. Sometimes there really are even rounds! I'd rather score even than flip a coin....

I have a few questions of my own: Bouts are scored using the "10 point must system." Are there instances where a round is scored 9-9, 9-8, 9-7, etc.? I don't think so, but I'm not entirely sure.... Does anyone score even rounds? There are some schools of thought that say you strive to find a winner of every round even though a lot of times rounds are very close and appear even. On the other hand, I see Teddy Atlas score even rounds frequently during the FNF telecast. For me, I always try to find a winner and never score even rounds...

I see a lot of posts that contain the words "to me." The judging criteria doesn't give anyone license to score certain factors more heavily than others based on personal preference. The four judging criteria are (in order of importance): 1- Clean, hard punching. The number and effectiveness of blows landed are, by far, the most important factor in judging a match. 2- Effective aggression. Emphasis on "effective." Throwing 1000 punches that all miss, while your less aggressive opponent lands a few blows, will win him the fight. 3- Ring generalship. Dictating the pace and nature of the fight. 4- Defense. Yes, it's a part of boxing...and it counts. Most people don't know what to look for in a boxing match, that includes some professional judges. Here's a link to a good breakdown on the subject: http://coxscorner.tripod.com/scoring.htm

I don't know exactly what they tell the pros to do, but this is how I do it: The round starts even and I wait for someone to take control. They can take control by: -being the only one landing punches of any kind -landing a big punch -establishing their jab and starting to control the ring. --If they are both jabbing and no one is outdoing the other, the round is still even-- When one fighter takes control by accomplishing one of the things listed above, I look at the time. At that mark they are winning the round. Now the other fighter can take control, and start winning the round, by one of the following: -landing a big shot -consistently landing harder/more effective punches than the other fighter, even if the other fighter has a higher output -neutralizing the other fighters jab & stopping their ring control followed up by starting to land his own punches If the fighter who was losing accomplishes one of those things the lead changes, he's now winning. I again note the time. At the end of the round the fighter who was landing punches and controlling the ring for the majority of the 3 minutes wins the round 10-9. BUT... If one fighter lands a BOMB where the other fighter is wobbled/on queer street or has to clinch for a considerable amount of time where it is clear the momentum has shifted then that fighter wins the round. I throw the time thing out the window. This is obviously a judgment call, but I make my best efforts to only give a round to a fighter who was outworked if he lands a very solid single shot. Now in the case where both men are trading bombs I pray to God that one of them goes down so I don't have to make the judgment call. If no one goes down I'll give it to the person who seemed to land the harder more damaging shots.

I use the usual criteria of scoring a fight, which many people have mentioned but I use it as the round is being fought, not at the end. I use a see-saw system during the round in my head, so if fighter A lands a very good single shot but fighter B answers with a less clean 2-3 punch combination and less damage, that exchange would prob put them back close to even terms. For me this system normally separates the guys, but if i can't decide then I would probably go with who I thought landed the more penetrating punches, or if one fighter was particularly more busy during the round.

i use the judging criteria and score it round by round. How else could i do it? If i disregard certain criterias, I'm just judging some fantasy contest.