Olympic Boxing Is On Tune In Now

[T-97]

yeah, it kinda takes the fun out of it because everytime you see a punch land you look up at the score to see if it counted and most of the time it doesn't so it's frustrating.

I agree.

Some Indian earlier landed a nice left, I was like "Oh nice shot", Not scored. WTF!??

Does my head in..

[LOLORSKATES]

How they didn't give a single point in the first to the Australian fella is beyond me.

[warp1432]

I found it funny that he knocked down Correra in round 4 and didn't even get a point for it. Standing 8's from knockdwons should be 3 points. Standing 8's normal should be 2

Better yet, do a 10 point system.

[MJ406]

and on top of the terrible scoring, which I've seen in bouts aren't the rounds like 2 minutes long?

overall it seems just a terrible system, scoring, shorts rounds etc

[Bhopreign]

Why would anyone strive to even be a part of the boxing team is beyond me, all that hard work only to get jobbed at the Games.

[ИATAS]

Why would anyone strive to even be a part of the boxing team is beyond me, all that hard work only to get jobbed at the Games.

well, obviously if you can bring back a medal it's great promotion for yourself when you become a pro. Right off the bat you will have attention of the media and great opportunities. I think that's the main reason.

[Bhopreign]

well, obviously if you can bring back a medal it's great promotion for yourself when you become a pro. Right off the bat you will have attention of the media and great opportunities. I think that's the main reason.

I understand that but when youre clearly scoring punches and knockdowns that arnt being scored then that has to be very discouraging. Not to mention it seems some of these judges give points to one guy but when the other guy does the same exact thing they dont budge. Im like Teddy I think its a way to clear fingerprints and blame on bias scoring, this way you dont know who scored what.

[ИATAS]

I understand that but when youre clearly scoring punches and knockdowns that arnt being scored then that has to be very discouraging. Not to mention it seems some of these judges give points to one guy but when the other guy does the same exact thing they dont budge. Im like Teddy I think its a way to clear fingerprints and blame on bias scoring, this way you dont know who scored what.

in this system I don't necessarily think there is bias in the scoring, like I said all 5 judges need to press the clicker at the same time (within one second) in order for it to count, so if one judge is late or doesn't see it, it doesn't get scored.

I still think if you're good enough, and you know how to score points in this system (which they all should)), you should be able to win w/o a problem. So far I haven't seen any fights that I thought the winner lost the fight.

Obviously though this system favors certain styles over others, but that's always the way it's been in the ameratures.

[majestiC]

can't they just use compubox?

[Bhopreign]

in this system I don't necessarily think there is bias in the scoring, like I said all 5 judges need to press the clicker at the same time (within one second) in order for it to count, so if one judge is late or doesn't see it, it doesn't get scored.

I still think if you're good enough, and you know how to score points in this system (which they all should)), you should be able to win w/o a problem. So far I haven't seen any fights that I thought the winner lost the fight.

Obviously though this system favors certain styles over others, but that's always the way it's been in the ameratures.

But since its open scoring also, making it even more horrendous, puts the other guy at a disadvantage to change styles. Just too discouraging for clear punches to not get scored enough then have to worry about impressing ALL 5 judges just to score one single point, silly.