I do Not understand Scoring in boxing anymore?

[bishop2006]

I thought the Lederman card was terrible & one of the worst he's scored. If I was a casual fan of boxing I could see HBO swaying my opinion of the fight & the action. A few of the rounds were close that you could've gave to Hatton but to me the only definitive round that I thought belonged to Hatton was & couldn't be disputed was the 5th. While watching it I only scored 2 rounds for Hatton.

I also gave Hatton 2 rounds,with the 5th being the most solid for him,HBO seemed they where rooting for Hatton,they sound so disappointed when Floyd knocked Hatton out,like they never had energy,just " Well,Floyd knocks down Hatton,its over." Sky where going crazy,thats why i just download that version,better viewing,getit of mininova

[MaYaN_SuN]

I watched the replay of the DeLaHoya fight with Mayweather on friday I think, and basically...The compubox and judges consider blocked punches as points.

Mayweather was way too weak to get punches through Oscar's gloves, I knew I wasn't the only one noticing that cause they talked about it through out the fight. But Compubox counted them as landed shots. I mean aside from a single pot shot to the body in some rounds, I didn't see Floyd land much of anything.

And in the Hatton fight, I was surprised that Hatton was takin most of those early rounds cause Floyd was losing ballance and could hardly get his feet set to throw. I didn't see the official scorring, but if they gave some of those rounds to Mayweather, I'd be shocked.

[moy22487]

scoreing s easy, if hatton throws 100 punches and only lands 3 and floyd throws 30 and lands 27, the point goes to floyd.
throwing punches dont win you **** landing them is what wins the rounds, landing and D

[Islandcoli]

Landing punches actually has very little to winning a round. 25% of what contributes to a score.

[ThaHorseman]

Landing punches actually has very little to winning a round. 25% of what contributes to a score.

Actually more emphasis is put on clean punching when scoring a fight. You're right about it only being one of four factors though. Most people seem to ignore the other 3 altogether unless it is advantageous to their cause.

[BmoreBrawler]

The compubox and judges consider blocked punches as points.

Oscar wasnt given the same courtesy.

I've been saying this since day one, those punchstats are absolutely preposterous and Oscar won that fight. Floyd, 37-2.

[DiegoFuego]

it's based on clean, effective punching.

Mayweather's blows were clean and effective

Hatton's blows were neither clean nor effective

Hence the scorecards being lopsided

[-Hyperion-]

i honestly thought hatton won1 round clearly and made the one where he got one point deducted even.......i also gave him another close round and could have given him another one...so all in all, i think the only one who had a credible scorecard was moretti(and he sucks ass)...the other 2 guys werent giving hatton a chance if they didnt give him at least 2 rounds that he won pretty much clearly....

[Feint]

im english and i hate to say it but i only had hatton taking 2 rounds maybe 3...

I agree. I was rooting for Hatton and I had the same. He won rounds 2, 5 and maybe 6. If you had Hatton winning any more rounds than this then I'm not sure what fight you were watching.

The fact is that too many people let their bias influence their scoring. Lederman on the other hand is just a complete joke. Judges are piad to be impartial and 99% of the time they get it right. I'll take their expertise over a TV analyst assigned to cover boxing or a boxingscener.

Everything you said here is true.

[ianblake]

Harold Lederman cards are always so bad the guy is like 100 years old.... Hatton only win round 2 and 5