Should Ineffective Aggression Be Regarded As A Major Scoring Criteria?

[Larry the boss]

so basically you should get points for missing punches?

[AllEyesOpen]

The answer to the question is no, it should not.

But I disagree with the ts assuming that it does not already happen, fact is to many judges already give credit for ineffective aggression. IMHO a lot of the times you see a scorecard that doesn't match reality or the other scorecards it's usually because they felt one fighter deserved the credit as the aggressor regardless of how ineffective it was.

Effective Aggression is in the eye of the beholder.

[GTTofAK]

You don't get points for swigging at Air and at someones Guard

Floyd does.

[VG_Addict]

Scoring ineffective aggression is why Trinidad "won" against DLH.

[Luilun]

May weather ran from Delahoya the first 7 rounds Delahoya missed a lot landed some but Floyd ran landed nothing so Yes I would give those rounds to the guy who's trying to make a fight out of it.

[-Johannes-]

Giving credit to ineffective aggression is like rewarding kids with medals just because they competed.

Whoever feels that ineffective aggression should be a favoring factor probably grew up receiving those consolation trophies and medals just so their feelings wouldn't get hurt.

[chargerhemi06]

Wait a minute, so if what you guys are saying is true. if ineffective aggression isn't good enough to win rounds then how did Canelo get the win over Lara??

[SplitSecond]

Wait a minute, so if what you guys are saying is true. if ineffective aggression isn't good enough to win rounds then how did Canelo get the win over Lara??

With lots of bodyshots. What was so ineffective about Canelo's aggression compared to Lara's potshot every minute?

Lara barely led even, you can't give him the effective aggressor category. Canelo by a landslide.

[bojangles1987]

Wait a minute, so if what you guys are saying is true. if ineffective aggression isn't good enough to win rounds then how did Canelo get the win over Lara??

Because Lara's style was every bit as ineffective as Alvarez's aggression, and the fight could be scored either way.

[Clegg]

No, and usually guys who throw a lot get rewarded on the cards anyway. The idea of giving credit for something ineffective doesn't make sense.

The only possible exception is maybe when someone throws and misses a lot of jabs, but it serves the purpose of breaking the other guy's game, not letting him get comfortable or plant his feet for long. Alvarado-Rios II for example, Alvarado missed a lot of jabs but I wouldn't class them all as wasted punches. But even then, if Alvarado was being outlanded overall I wouldn't give him the round so there's really no case for winning a round because of missing punches.