scoring and judging fights

[leathernvouges]

How is it possible for everyone to watch a fight and come up with totally different scores that are sometimes not even close to how I viewed it, I mean I understand that u can maybe be a fan of 1 of the fighters more than the other so your emotions might affect the way u scored the close rounds but some fights seem like ppl must b watching something completely different, I thought cotto vs mayweather was a close fight where mayweather won 7-5, 8-4 buy the official scores were as if it was almost a wipeout I think jleon love lost his last 2 but judges scored against Findlay 9-1 I believe canelo vs trout wad a easy fight 4 canelo but close scoring but 1 judge had close 2 a wipeout and then some ppl on here says trout was robbed I thought canelo boxed beautifully so can someone tell me how to watch a fight from a judges prospective because either I'm totally off or some of u r totally off but I just wanna get it right

[BTTAG145]

The number one way to get it wrong is listening to the commentary. The best thing to do is totally ignore what they are saying and focus on what your eyes are seeing. The second way people go wrong is they already are biased when they sit down to watch the fight. When you're pulling for a fighter you tend to exaggerate every jab that guy lands. Avoid those two things and you should have decent scores.

[xLuKeYx]

People also score different things. Some people add more weight to aggressive power punching, while another person will score it in favour of the guy who slips more punches and counters.

It's all subjective.

[Public_Enemy]

People also score different things. Some people add more weight to aggressive power punching, while another person will score it in favour of the guy who slips more punches and counters.

It's all subjective.

Exactly. Scoring is subjective. Despite the scoring criteria (clean punching, effective aggressiveness, ring generalship and defense) , there's no uniform way of applying it. What I've noticed is a lot of fighters getting credit for ineffective aggression. Why should you win a round on activity if you're not landing. Defense seems to be overlooked often imo.

[turkas]

How is it possible for everyone to watch a fight and come up with totally different scores that are sometimes not even close to how I viewed it, I mean I understand that u can maybe be a fan of 1 of the fighters more than the other so your emotions might affect the way u scored the close rounds but some fights seem like ppl must b watching something completely different, I thought cotto vs mayweather was a close fight where mayweather won 7-5, 8-4 buy the official scores were as if it was almost a wipeout I think jleon love lost his last 2 but judges scored against Findlay 9-1 I believe canelo vs trout wad a easy fight 4 canelo but close scoring but 1 judge had close 2 a wipeout and then some ppl on here says trout was robbed I thought canelo boxed beautifully so can someone tell me how to watch a fight from a judges prospective because either I'm totally off or some of u r totally off but I just wanna get it right

different judges like different things.


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[bojangles1987]

Some put WAY too much emphasis on minor criteria, to the point that they reward rounds for defense or activity instead of who is actually landing punches, or they have biases towards certain styles.

Pro judges are just inept/corrupt many times.

[daggum]

different judges like different things.


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all judges like money. this is how you get pac-bradley etc...