Test your SCORING abilities! Tyson-Bruno I round 1

[DiegoFuego]

I certainly lean towards scoring it 10-8 most of the time because in a way you deserve to win the round if you knock the guy down. I think I've only scored it 9-9 like that on maybe three occasions because usually if the round is even or the guy who gets dropped is barely ahead, it still goes 10-8 for the man who caused the knockdown. I'll try to find a few other examples where I scored it 9-9 because it definitely isn't common.

[DiegoFuego]

I thought of one. Holyfield-Moorer I. Moorer dominates Holyfield in one of the early rounds. Holyfield lands maybe three punches, one of which drops Moorer. I think two out of three judges scored it 9-9, one had it 10-8 Holyfield. Ended up costing Holyfield the fight actually as he lost by one point on two cards I believe. I'll definitely look that up for you guys.

[LondonRingRules]

=========I got it 9-8 for Tyson because I felt Bruno won the round with better punches (10-9 Bruno); however, he loses a point for the knockdown, one of the few good shots Tyson lands (9-9); furthermore, Bruno also gets penalized for rabbit punching (9-8 Tyson). Give me karma because this thread is a good test of your ability to score rounds. It also begs the question, do you always give a guy a 10-8 round for scoring a knockdown even if he was beaten up for the rest of the round? I'm tempted to, but I prefer to score them 9-9 even. The only even rounds I ever score are those affected by point deductions.===============

** You got it right, but I doubt half the judges in the world would get it right.

[DiegoFuego]

=========I got it 9-8 for Tyson because I felt Bruno won the round with better punches (10-9 Bruno); however, he loses a point for the knockdown, one of the few good shots Tyson lands (9-9); furthermore, Bruno also gets penalized for rabbit punching (9-8 Tyson). Give me karma because this thread is a good test of your ability to score rounds. It also begs the question, do you always give a guy a 10-8 round for scoring a knockdown even if he was beaten up for the rest of the round? I'm tempted to, but I prefer to score them 9-9 even. The only even rounds I ever score are those affected by point deductions.===============

** You got it right, but I doubt half the judges in the world would get it right.

cool, I was wondering if anybody was gonna come up with the same score as me on that. thought I was crazy for a minute

[mjpearce]

I thought the 10 point must system meant that one fighter had to get 10 points in every round unless penalized so tyson would have to have 10 becasue of the knockdown.

[Guest]

You raise some interesting and valid points, Diego. I don't actually agree, I think what Tyson did was enough to edge the round (yeah, he got rocked twice but he hit Bruno hard enough to actually put him down... I gotta take the KD as part of the overall action, not just a separate issue) and he was pressing the action. Bruno did a LOT of holding to get through that one, though yeah, you're right, Tyson got hurt noticeably twice and it certainly WASN'T "survival mode" from Bruno in that opening round.

I give it 10-7 Tyson but I see your logic, it's open for debate...

[RAESAAD]

9-8 Tyson from what I read.

[BKM-]

10-7 Tyson.
The knockdown played a major role on this though. Tyson was hit HARD and hurt because of that. But ofcource Bruno lost points too. It could've gone 10-9 if it wasn't for the rabbit hitting etc. Its not about opnions with this one.

It was also really cool too see Tyson get hurt like that. I mean you dont see that all the time

[Guest]

Its not about opnions with this one.

[THE REAL NINJA]

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