Are stealing the rounds fair?

**Double** · 08-13-2007, 01:48 PM

The other fighter should not allow his opponent to steal a round. If he tries to outwork you in the last 30 seconds then youhave to match his work rate.

**FightNight 2007** · 08-13-2007, 01:49 PM

Originally posted by Double

The other fighter should not allow his opponent to steal a round. If he tries to outwork you in the last 30 seconds then youhave to match his work rate.

But if a fighter is outclassing his opponent for 2:30 and he gets caught and attacked with a flurry(some blocked, some landed) then you will have the nerve to give him the L for the round?

**Grappler_Baki60** · 08-13-2007, 01:50 PM

Originally posted by FightNight 2007

I've always heard the term "stealing the round" and many judges LOVE this ****.

A guy can be getting outboxed, but he lands a few here and there, but it's obvious he is losing the round, but does enough to stay in it, and he throws a flurry and lands them hooks and uppercuts in the last 10 seconds, the judges give him the round.

Is this fair? Should "stealing" rounds be considered irrelevant?

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Yes it is fair. If the fighter was about to get K.D while a flurry thrown in the last 10 secs. Then I'd give the round to him. SRL did this alot and was the best at throwing the flurry. It was fair for SRL why shouldn't it be fair for other boxers.

**Double** · 08-13-2007, 01:50 PM

I would still give him the round, but the first time his opponent does that tactic he should be ready the next round to counter it.

**Tyson Jones** · 08-13-2007, 01:52 PM

its basically just a figure of speech man. Its a fact that short term memory is much greater than long term. and when you have 70 year old judges, they are obviously going to remember the last parts of each roudn rather than the first part. Fighters know this and they try to take advantage of it.

**Technical_Skill** · 08-13-2007, 01:58 PM

Good question, when i score, for a fighter to steal the round he would have to do something like knock his opponent down or stagger him very badly, this also depends on just how dominant his opponent was during the round before the other fighter begins to 'steal the round'.

Example mayweather de la hoya round 12.

Mayweather dominates 95% Of the round with ease, De la hoya lands a couple clean punches in the last 5 secs of the round.

Verdict, round to mayweather

Another example

Rafael Marquez vs Isreal Vasquez

Marquez hits Vasquez with tidy right hands and body shot, Marquez is ahead in the round, suddenly Vasquez hurts him badly with a left hook which rocks Marquez and lands several other shots, Marquez also fires back with some great counters too.

Verdict, Round to Vasquez, Marquez was marginally ahead, before Vasquez landed the best punch of the fight at that stage.

Its very difficult to explain, but different situations and different fights call for different actions.

**Feint** · 08-13-2007, 02:15 PM

I would guess this is more expression than it is truth. The reality is if the round was close enough to where a last second flurry is going to change the scoring of the round in your favor then you probably should have won the round anyway.

**Sttuddahboy619** · 08-13-2007, 02:31 PM

Stealing the round is fair! But stealing would have to be a statment from a fighter.For instance a stagger a series of combinations or a knockdown!

**Run** · 08-13-2007, 02:38 PM

See this is how I look at it and here's an example.

I scored the 12th round of Wright/Taylor for Wright.......because he won the first 2:20 something of the round easily...........and cruised for about 20 seconds tops at the end. If you gave the round to Taylor simply because Wright avoided him in the last few seconds, you're an idiot.

A judge that watches a fighter win the majority of the round by outclassing the other guy, sees the losing guy turn up the heat in the last 10 seconds by throwing a flurry and getting the better of the exchange........and scores that round for the guy who won the last 10 seconds is a jackass.

That's how Leonard robbed Hagler, and it's dumb. I know for a fact I'd never score a round for someone "Trying to steal the round".

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Are stealing the rounds fair?