Draw rounds in boxing: MORE ROUNDS SHOULD BE SCORED DRAW ROUNDS

[kenso]

Honestly, this is something that I feel really screws up scorecards. If there isn't a real winner to a round, then it needs to be scored a draw. I believe they tell judges that 99% of their rounds should NOT be scored a draw. That is absolute garbage though.

How many fights have you seen where the first two rounds go by and neither guy does much of anything? One guy lands a jab to the shoulder and the other lands a weak right to the body. In many cases, giving a fighter these rounds just for the sake of scoring a round results in score cards not reflecting what really happened in the fight by the end of the night. If a guy did more in a round - definitely give the round to him. But if there are those rounds where it's just too close to call, score it a god damn DRAW, like it should be.

Go and rewatch the Pacquiao-Marquez trilogy, there are several RAZOR close rounds throughout their fights together. Not saying I entirely disagree with the outcomes of each fight, but I definitely felt the third one should have been a draw.

Score cards would begin to look a lot different if everyone wasn't afraid to admit there wasn't a clear cut winner to a round.

[PACnPBFsuck]

Draw rounds are pu$$ies

[Doctor_Tenma]

Or bring back 15 round fights.

[Terrel]

Or bring back 15 round fights.

^^^^ This.

[El Angel]

Or bring back 15 round fights.

I vote for this.

[DoktorSleepless]

Yeah, I kind of agree. I was thinking about that the other day. A guy who wins more definite rounds than the other guy deserves to win the fight. Especially for those first 2 feel out rounds in many fights where both fighters don't do much. Those type of rounds should not be deciding the winner of the fight.

I only want draws in those low activity rounds though. In those close rounds with a ton of action, judges should still pick a winner.

[americanbot]

like someone said..................

[americanbot]

Or bring back 15 round fights.

i would pick this over some p*ssy draw rounds.............

the crying is endless.

sick of this pac bradley crap...............

[ßringer]

Draw rounds are almost never awarded for a reason. Look how ****ed up judging in boxing is across the board nowadays, now imagine if judges were encouraged to score close rounds as draws. We'd have even more bogus decisions and draws to deal with than we already have now.

[boliodogs]

I agree with you 100%. Many rounds are even and to close to call. I don't remember when they stopped scoring even rounds but it was a bad idea.I can remember a time when on average 2 or 3 rounds would be scored even in a 12 round fight, and they really were even rounds. If a judge is not sure who won a round he should call it even. In the days of even rounds there were much fewer terrible decisions. Not calling rounds even when they are even is like a carpenter going to work but leaving his saw or his hammer at home. The even round is a valueable tool for scoring fights correctly and it's been used for over 100 years for a reason.