10-8 rounds scores need to stop

The 3 judges should be in booths watching it on TV with no commentary. That way they have a better view of the action and there's no crowd influence

How can a flash knockdown count for a 10-8 and not a round where one guy gets battered yet stays on his feet? That's ridiculous. I do think.after researching the 9th that Pac didn't deserve the 10-8. It wasn't one-sided enough. True, even though Horn did nothing after getting knocked loopy, Pacquiao was far too wild and barely landed over the last minute. I wouldn't be mad if a judge went 10-8, but it wasn't as clear as Teddy/Strephen A made it sound.

How can a flash knockdown count for a 10-8 and not a round where one guy gets battered yet stays on his feet? That's ridiculous. I do think.after researching the 9th that Pac didn't deserve the 10-8. It wasn't one-sided enough.

Agree. And 10-10 rounds need to be used much more. Yes more, but not "much more" judges are lazy and would start using it as a crutch

it baffles me why people score a round 10-8 despite there being no knockdown, i don't care how dominant someone is i will always give the other guy credit for staying on his feet. if u cant floor him then its not 10-8, simple. this sh1t needs to be scrapped. Wrong. Not all rounds are won by the same margin and the scorecards should reflect that. We should see more 10-8's. P.S. More 10-10's too, when warranted.

i think more need to be scored with all the bad judging going around. dominant rounds need to be rewarded. you could have a round where one guy gets nearly pummeled to death and score it 10-9 and then the next round is a debatable round and you give it to the guy getting pummeled so its an even fight? doesnt make much sense. it also inherently favors a-side guys who do very little and like to stink it out because they know they will get any somewhat close decision. there should be more 10-10 rounds since people are so terrible and biased at scoring nowadays. in ward kovalev 1 for example you would hae like 6-7 kovalev roudns maybe 1-2 ward roudns and 3-4 even roudns would be a true refection of what actually ahppened. but instead it was EVERY ROUND TO WARD THAT COULD POSSIBLY BE EVEN SOMEWHAT CLOSE and even some that werent like 10 but thats noather story

That's doing a disservice to the fighter who put a serious beating on his opponent throughout the round, I can never be against a 10-8. On top of that, it's not like it's common, those rounds are rare.

I don't agree. For example: Why stop a fight when a fight is getting pummeled badly if he doesn't go down, then? If your opponents lands 50 punches in a round and you land 0 and look like you are on survival mode, I don't see a reason why 10-8 isn't a bad idea. Especially considering a hurt fighter clinches a lot

I can't remember an official judge scoring a round 10-8 without a knockdown. I'm pretty sure there were judges that scored 10-8 for one of the rounds in Pacquiao DLH Maybe Maidana-Khan? I know one of the announcers called a 10-8 round forgot if the official judges also did

Yes. Boxing is scored by rounds, if u want to win then win more rounds or knock the guy out. I know the concept of round to round basis. It would still be on a round to round basis only with dominant rounds accounting for something like a knockdown does. As of it now the scoring logic is like this: Hard knockdown = flash knockdown Flash knockdown > dominant round Doing no damage but edging the round with 1 jab = dominant round I dont see how people think that that is the right way to score a fight. It was the same with degale vs jack. Degale won his rounds by a small margin. Jack won his rounds really big. Sure boxing is scored on a round to round basis, but I still just feel weird not seeing jack declared as the winner.

I can't remember an official judge scoring a round 10-8 without a knockdown. I think they used to use it in the 80's.

So when one guy wins the first 6 rounds barely with staying outside and potshotting and gets hurt in the 7th and gets punished until the final bell without going down. According to your logic it should be ruled a draw? Yes. Boxing is scored by rounds, if u want to win then win more rounds or knock the guy out.

So when one guy wins the first 6 rounds barely with staying outside and potshotting and gets hurt in the 7th and gets punished until the final bell without going down. According to your logic it should be ruled a draw? BC he could land a good shot and it would no longer be a 10-8 round.....

One thing is for sure, there is no way round 9 Pac-Horn should of been scored 10-8 like Atlas and Stephen A. kept ranting about.

it baffles me why people score a round 10-8 despite there being no knockdown, i don't care how dominant someone is i will always give the other guy credit for staying on his feet. if u cant floor him then its not 10-8, simple. this sh1t needs to be scrapped. No. I believe 10-9 should be used for close rounds and 10-8 for clear rounds. This way we would get better decisions.

So when one guy wins the first 6 rounds barely with staying outside and potshotting and gets hurt in the 7th and gets punished until the final bell without going down. According to your logic it should be ruled a draw?

How long you been watching boxing? You do know that sometime when there IS a knockdown, a judge won't give that extra point? If a fighter completely dominates his guy for a large portion of the round, has him hurt but doesn't score the knockdown, he can be entitled to that extra point. yh i know that, but that is also bs. if he dominates the round and doesnt drop him than no extra point, what would the incentive for staying on ur feet be? might as well go down and run 10 seconds of the clock

I agree that it needs to be used MORE not less. UFC has changed towards this, boxing needs to do so also.

Agreed. People usually talk that 10-8 **** when its a fighter they have bias towards having the good round. Kellerman tries to do it all the time.

How long you been watching boxing? You do know that sometime when there IS a knockdown, a judge won't give that extra point? If a fighter completely dominates his guy for a large portion of the round, has him hurt but doesn't score the knockdown, he can be entitled to that extra point.