If the Judges HAD to Answer for Controversial Decisions...

[Tony Trick-Pony]

a long time ago I heard an idea of using 5 judges, then comparing the scores and throwing the 2 widest margins scores out

Not a bad idea...

[Tony Trick-Pony]

It won't fix the issue. Bottom line is, there's millions upon millions of dollars that hinge on what three old men think they see. Them talking about it afterwards isn't even an ambulance at the bottom of a cliff - it's a paramedics skeleton.

I haven't even touched on the corruption aspect either.

Okay, but imagine seeing a judge who just gave an awful score on a high profile fight telling the crowd why they gave a horrible score. At least let him get booed. maybe the corrupt ones will quit. Haha.

[KillaCamNZ]

Okay, but imagine seeing a judge who just gave an awful score on a high profile fight telling the crowd why they gave a horrible score. At least let him get booed. maybe the corrupt ones will quit. Haha.

Yes, definitely - I would love this. There's no chance it'll happen, as this is a lose-lose proposition for everyone other than the fans, but man...how nice would it be to see these guys being forced to justify absurd decisions.

Arenas better make sure they are serving beers in light plastic cups and not bottles, because there will be injuries.

Ideally, the Association of Geriatric and Senile Judges go on strike to avoid being served up to fans - and in turn, the morally robust sanctioning bodies (do they exist?) say wonderful - we no longer require your services, Grandad. Go do some gardening.

[Tony Trick-Pony]

Yes, definitely - I would love this. There's no chance it'll happen, as this is a lose-lose proposition for everyone other than the fans, but man...how nice would it be to see these guys being forced to justify absurd decisions.

Arenas better make sure they are serving beers in light plastic cups and not bottles, because there will be injuries.

Ideally, the Association of Geriatric and Senile Judges go on strike to avoid being served up to fans - and in turn, the morally robust sanctioning bodies (do they exist?) say wonderful - we no longer require your services, Grandad. Go do some gardening.

LOL. Dude, exactly! What fun it would be! The judges would be shaking when they got up there after a fight. Some would pass out from the pressure probably. They'd all have white heads after a year. Would probably be hard to find more once they started falling off...

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[QUOTE=anthonydavid11;17385081]

Duane Ford did an interview after Pacquiao/Bradley. I don't think it really had much of an impact on anything.

What it did show, is that pre-fight knowledge of a fighters style and capabilities can bias the scoring. He seemed to penalize Pacquiao for not being the wreckless murderer that he was used to seeing.[/QUOTE]

So you're saying it DID have an impact on your thinking at least? I don't know why people fight transparency. I'm not saying every bad decision will get overturned but the judges having to own up to it on TV in front of millions of people could cause some sway so that they don't have to look like fools.

Well me personally yeah. But it didn't affect anything. Nobody even talks about that interview anymore.

But I think if people take the time to watch it they can get a better idea of what these judges are looking at. A fighters style from past fights creates a bias in the manner in which these fights are scored.

[Elroy The Great]

i believe that they do behind closed doors.

[Tony Trick-Pony]

[QUOTE=-PBP-;17385899]

Well me personally yeah. But it didn't affect anything. Nobody even talks about that interview anymore.

But I think if people take the time to watch it they can get a better idea of what these judges are looking at. A fighters style from past fights creates a bias in the manner in which these fights are scored.

So you agree with every decision? You haven't seen any fights where you disagreed and thought the other guy clearly won? I thought that was a requirement for being a boxing fan. Haha.

[Tony Trick-Pony]

i believe that they do behind closed doors.

Yeah but let's see it in the open. I'd like to have a few reasons in a close fight. Would be interesting to see what they say. They interview the refs after controversial calls.

[Elroy The Great]

Yeah but let's see it in the open. I'd like to have a few reasons in a close fight. Would be interesting to see what they say. They interview the refs after controversial calls.

in a beautiful world that would happen. make them do a press conference showing how they scored EVERY RD....and then answer every question and humbly take the ridicule.

i dont think boxing will ever shame the ****s publicly. they didnt with that bltch ross, they wont do it to anyone.

[iamboxing]

I think if judges were held accountable for their decisions it would compromise their impartiality because they'll always be thinking of the ramifications in fights where their scorecards are correct but unpopular.