Back to "the punch vs the tap" issue

[tangalog2200]

The latest split decision where provo lost got some to think of another bad scoring/judging brouhaha...

this got me to revisit the issue of how one is to judge over mean or big punches landed and the so called "feather tap"......

your views on this..pls

[SlySlickSmooth]

Eye swelling = caused by ONE punch, bad luck for Algieri + a great punch by Provo.

Look at it this way, should we really be scoring for punching power?

How would the fight be if Provodnikov had power equal to Algieri?
How would the fight be if Algieri had power equal to Provodnikov?

It was a BOXING match.

[SlySlickSmooth]

It would of made sense if Provodnikov's power actually threw Algieri off his game, but that was not the case. Algieri performed consistently through all 12 rounds, I'm almost positive for any one sequence/exchange that Bradley stayed in longer exchanges with Provo.

[Sugar Adam Ali]

I think power def plays apart.. If a guy is landing hard thudding shots like ruslan was early then yeah I score it for him, but if he is only landing 1 or 2 a round and the other guy is constantly moving, jabbing and overall sharper, then i score it for him..

[Dirk Diggler UK]

Algieri boxed Ruslan's ears off. It's plain and simple. He landed more punches in pretty much every round and controlled the fight with his ring generalship. Ruslan landed the occasional hard hook but not enough to be winning rounds.

[tito_bandito]

I score on punches landed, who takes control of the rounds, and even defense impacts the way I score a fight. I favor any punch other than the jab that lands. Intangibles like speed and power benefit a fighter to either land first, overwhelm, or ware down their opponent. It's complete BS for one to judge on intangibles when their opponent is out landing them and making them completely miss. If we judge on intangibles like punch power then why even bother watching boxing? If we judge on intangibles then the winner would be obvious before the fight is even signed. Going into the fight we knew Provo had the power advantage big whoop. He got out worked.

[SlySlickSmooth]

Its kind of ridiculous that people think this is an issue when HBO's Weisfeld even told people this fight was going to be scored subjectively, the "judge's dilemma".

The fight could of gone either way, I guess. But any margin higher than 115-111 is ridiculous. One judge had it 117-109 for Ruslan...

[Sugar Adam Ali]

Its kind of ridiculous that people think this is an issue when HBO's Weisfeld even told people this fight was going to be scored subjectively, the "judge's dilemma".

The fight could of gone either way, I guess. But any margin higher than 115-111 is ridiculous. One judge had it 117-109 for Ruslan...

Yeah but weisfeld's card was awful, I think he only gave algieri 3 rounds.. I agree with you that it was a close fight either way

[SlySlickSmooth]

Yeah but weisfeld's card was awful, I think he only gave algieri 3 rounds.. I agree with you that it was a close fight either way

Weisfeld's card WAS 117-109 though wasn't it? Same as one of the judges...

[Sugar Adam Ali]

Weisfeld's card WAS 117-109 though wasn't it? Same as one of the judges...

That judge was horrible, worst score since someone gave canelo a draw vs Floyd. I had it 114-112 for ruslan, but have no issue with the 114-112 algieri.