When there are too many close rounds in a fight, how do you judge?

[Oxn]

And i mean really really close.

Say for example in a 12 round fight 7 of them are extremely close.

I know this isnt right but when that happens, i usually say" OK i hgave this undecidable round to this guy, the next one i would tend to give to the other"

I dont like giving 10-10 rounds.

[4Corners]

I don't like giving even rounds either. I guess in the moment I just go for who I thought landed the harder punches throughtout or who landed the best punch in the round if it's that close. I just don't like even rounds.

[immortal tech]

ring generalship 1st and then aggression second

[DeadLikeMe]

If it is a really even round I usually give it to the guy with the better technique out of personal preference. Also if one guy is fighting well when tied up and the other does nothing I am inclined to give rounds to the guy fighting. Again it is personal preference.

[JmH Reborn]

If its really close, or there is a lull or if its hard to make a determination like if both fighters land one or two clean, meaningful blows

I defer to the champion. I suppose I stick with the adage that you have to beat the champ to be the champ

[-PBP-]

I just stick to your criteria:

1. Ring Generalship
2. Clean Effective Punching
3. Effective Agression
4. Defense

If #2 and 3 are too close to call you have to look at "who is fighting whos fight"

Defense is the overlooked criteria in scoring rounds though. You rarely here announcers and boxing fans give a fighter around for effective defense.

[Russian Crushin]

10-10 its simple

If you cant decide who won the round, who look for a guy to give the round to?

[The Big Dunn]

I probably give it to the guy I'm pulling for. Thats not fair but I think its human nature. Thats why I try not to score when I'm watching a fight live.

I think everyone tends to give a close round to the guy they like.

[~AK49~]

Only in rare instances can i not figure out who i thought won the round, and in those times i have no problem sayin 10-10. I look for who was most effective, landed the harder punches, was more effective longer, etc.

I dont beleive in any of that 'He was coming forward so he was the effective agressor' nonsense.

[EdWins]

The way I usually go about scoring is the "who would I rather have been" method after each round. But if it's too close to where I can't even decide who since both fighters did good work, I usually call it even, but I also look at other factors such as: Who's bleeding/swelling/bruised/battered, etc. (this gives me an idea of who's punches are really being more effective) but it's always fun to score close fights, in those types of fights there are no losers.