American opinions on American judging?

[W1LL]

I was just wondering, lately there's been alot of robberies in America, it appears as though USA has surpassed Germany as the place you don't wanna go if you want a fair judging of your fight. Have American fight fans just came to accept this as part and parcel of their boxing experience? Or do you feel as agrieved by this as the rest of the world? Alot lately I've been noticing, you can't watch a single American fight card without there being a decision which has the average fight fan scratching their head in bewilderment as to how those scores came about. Do the American judges score fights on the same basis as all other countries?

All opinions appreciated.

[Chipper]

Any where you go USA, Germany or any country you'll find judges making ****ed up decisions.

[BmoreBrawler]

Judging blows in america, ever since the forrest/quartay fight theres been a stream of bad ones.

[Easy-E]

What are some examples?

[Easy-E]

THe only ones that were that bad that I remember is Forbes v Hop and Forrest v Ike.

[Benny Leonard]

All the reason why we need regulated judging: judges that have to go through a number of validity tests in order to prove they are the right person for the job. There should also be reviews on all their fights in order for them to get their next job.


Tennis used to have this problem, and then they fixed it.

[BmoreBrawler]

The two you mentioned, DLH/PBF(IMO!!! I know im a bad person for thinking so apparently), and two other ones that I cant remember off the top of my head unfortunately. I just know that every few of months since then ive been pretty pissed off about one fight or another, maybe Im just more sensitive to it after the Quartay travesty.

[Dr.Depravity]

There also needs to be some sort of repercussions for bad decisions. Like yearly suspensions for the first offense the second time your way off your done being a judge forever.

[Crazy Dude]

Any close fight is going to produce controversy. That’s not the same thing as a robbery.

De La Hoya/Sturm and Lewis/Holyfield I can qualify as robberies. The rest you named were just close fights.

[BmoreBrawler]

A fight can be close but still have an obvious victor, at least if round by round scoring is still truly adhered to these days.