Referee Joe Cortez Submits Proposition To Improve Judging During Fights

[Fighting_Pride]

there have been numerous cases where boxing fans have felt some fights determined by decision were scored unfairly and victories gone the wrong way seemingly rigged by incompetent judges.

pro boxing referee joe cortez has made a study on how to remedy this and has concluded that the best way is for judges sit a few feet behind their current positions but on eight-foot stools, with their heads about three feet higher than those of the fighters. You might compare it to a chair umpire in tennis, as cortez put it in layman terms. the judges theoretically would have a better view of the action because obstacles – the ropes, the ref, sometimes bright lights – would no longer be a factor. being elevated up there, all by yourself, there are no distractions whatsoever.

this in my opinion is a bunch of horse shit. it not only blocks the view of paying customers behind the judges but also does not underline the main problem, which is human error, nobody's perfect after all.

what i suggest is for judges to watch the fight on a tv monitor which is gives the best view during actual fights as well as adding compubox chips within the boxers' gloves to get an accurate reading of the punches thrown every minute of every round.

here is photo of the stool cortez was proposing to add by ringside.



your thoughts or suggestions?

[Juof]

What if David Hayes compubox chip malfunctioned and it showed him throwing more than 10 punches a round

[negged]

i was about to talk a lot of **** but then i saw this



other than blocking the crowd, that's not too bad of an idea. but singling out a judge could be dangerous too. i can't take anything joe cortez says seriously anyway

[Fighting_Pride]

What if David Hayes compubox chip malfunctioned and it showed him throwing more than 10 punches a round

good point, i guess that's where the judges competence come in. hopefully they still get it right

[Capaedia]

Death sentence for bad judging.

Failing that, stricter penalties for bad judging.

Ideally they would review the fight by video from two different angles and compare them. But that would make the decision take much longer to announce and some people may not like that.

But personally I would prefer that to some fighter working his heart out not only in the fight, but the training camps also, only to get all his effort and sacrifice voided by a judge who sneezed during an important punch.

[Check_hooks]

I like the idea

F*** the fans in the rich seats, the boxers should come first

Also if you judge a fight that 90% or above of the media and public think you got wrong than not only do you not get paid for judging that fight but you are banned for life (those two old idiots that scored Pac vs Bradley)

[controlmachete]

I think something like this: Watching the fight in a cubicle on a monitor with no sound, sometimes they get carried away with the noise of the crowd, slow motion replays of knock downs or cuts only, no highlights like hbo does, ...

Somebody thinks this would work?

[Daddy T]

What if David Hayes compubox chip malfunctioned and it showed him throwing more than 10 punches a round

you must have missed his last fight but anyway they simply need to bring in peer reviewing panels any remotely controversial or simply **** cards are put before a panel of say the worlds top 100 judges and if the judge in question is agreed to be more than an acceptable degree off the consesus he is banned from judging/ has his pay witheld, the problem at the moment is there is no accountability - a judge could fall asleep for 12 rounds, proceed to pull a scorecard out of his ass and get away with it.

[Fighting_Pride]

Death sentence for bad judging.

Failing that, stricter penalties for bad judging.

Ideally they would review the fight by video from two different angles and compare them. But that would make the decision take much longer to announce and some people may not like that.

But personally I would prefer that to some fighter working his heart out not only in the fight, but the training camps also, only to get all his effort and sacrifice voided by a judge who sneezed during an important punch.

funny but true, i wonder what happens if one of the judges needs to take a leak though lol

[AntonTheMeh]

yeah, we've heard of this a couple of weeks ago. i think its a good idea.