Does the challenger have to do more to win the title?

[REMOVED SHARK 97]

Yes. /end

[The_Visitation]

It shouldn't matter who is champion in the fight. Judges should judge the fighters equally, whichever fighter wins more rounds and scores more points in the judges eyes should be the winner! Close fights shouldn't automatically go to the champion, it should go to the better fighter that night!

You are missing the point; the fight will always go to the fighter who wins most rounds and gets the most points (almost always the same thing). The question is who the close rounds and genuinely even rounds get awarded to, and how the judges decide. I think you would have to be very niave to believe a fighters profile and popularity doesn't have some impact on that, even if it is totally unconscious. In some cases it can be blatant.. going back a bit Ali won an awful lots of rounds he shouldn't have IMHO just because he was Ali.

[Thread Stealer]

More meaning win more rounds and end up with more points after 12.

The advantage the champ gets is keeping the crown in a draw.

[joartcc5]

If a fight is close, does should the decision automatically go to the champion?

If u score a fight without any bias, round by round, how is it possible to give favour to the title holder?

If there is no added stack against challengers... then boxing will be a borefest.

[johnm is...]

Yes. /end

Could be wrong, but I think the "/" is supposed to represent "end", so, you're kind of saying "end end"

But again, I could be wrong.

Carry on.