Comments Thread For: Judges Had Lomachenko-Walters Right Through 7 Rounds, But

[bojangles1987]

Of course people are going to b*tch when all three judges had it a wipeout for Lomachenko. Come on, they were all watching and judging the same domination we were.

[Raonic]

That may be a good idea, but it can be confusing. And that would mean that the 4th judge wouldn't really be a judge. It would just be a system put in place to ensure that the majority rules, in each round... I do like the idea of a 4th judge. I mentioned this before. There are 4 sides of a ring, but only 3 judges. The judges are placed on different sides of the ring and it's possible that scoring is different because of the different viewpoints that they have from where they are sitting. Two judges may see effective body shots, but the other judge may only see the back of the fighter who is throwing body shots... They've added referees to football and basketball over the years, I don't see why boxing wouldn't add another judge.

Yes, it's not really a "judge" but a way to even things out. Sometimes, that odd judge may score things very lopsided while other 2 judges have it close. That "4th judge" would try to limit that the one scoring favourably for a fighter isn't the difference maker in the scoring.