How Do You Score a Boxing Round?

[iamboxing]

I followed Judge Weisfeld's tutorial:

http://www.premierboxingchampions.co...ow-score-fight

I've only just started to score boxing fights because I get bored in 12 round fights and thought it would be fun. So, my questions are:

1. As I'm watching the fight do I count every single punch (including jabs) or only clean punches?

2. I noticed the judges in fights looking straight ahead at a round and not making notes. Does this mean they just make a mental note on who lands better punches, dominates and better defense and then just give an overall score?

Many Thanks

[LoadedWraps]

I followed Judge Weisfeld's tutorial:

http://www.premierboxingchampions.co...ow-score-fight

I've only just started to score boxing fights because I get bored in 12 round fights and thought it would be fun. So, my questions are:

1. As I'm watching the fight do I count every single punch (including jabs) or only clean punches?

2. I noticed the judges in fights looking straight ahead at a round and not making notes. Does this mean they just make a mental note on who lands better punches, dominates and better defense and then just give an overall score?

Many Thanks

1. You count all punches but not all punches as equal. If each fighter stood in the center of the ring and only threw one punch each, and landed, and one threw a jab, and the other threw a hard hook, it's not an "even" round, the round goes to the fighter who landed the hook.

2. It's not hard to make a mental note of what's going on for 3 mins, if it's easier for you to make notes live, do so, just keep in mind you are missing what's going on while you are writing, unless you are typing and can type and watch at the same time. I personally know who is "in the lead" the whole time, so for rounds where on my card it's up to the other fighter to take the round back, it's an easy round to score, for example, if he doesn't do something significant in the closing seconds, I already have the winner of the round decided.

[Real King Kong]

I pick the fighter i want to win, then watch the round looking for a way to score it for him.

[Johnny2x2x]

I break it into thirds. After a minute I make a mental note of who is winning the round and by how much or if it's tied. Often times if I think the first 2 minutes were even I'll just accept that whoever wins the last minute eye the round.

As far as scoring, I give rounds to the more effective fighter. And that can mean a lot of things for different fighters. I do score body work more than HBO does. Body work decides many fights that it doesn't even get a mention from the announcers in.

[iamboxing]

1. You count all punches but not all punches as equal. If each fighter stood in the center of the ring and only threw one punch each, and landed, and one threw a jab, and the other threw a hard hook, it's not an "even" round, the round goes to the fighter who landed the hook.

2. It's not hard to make a mental note of what's going on for 3 mins, if it's easier for you to make notes live, do so, just keep in mind you are missing what's going on while you are writing, unless you are typing and can type and watch at the same time. I personally know who is "in the lead" the whole time, so for rounds where on my card it's up to the other fighter to take the round back, it's an easy round to score, for example, if he doesn't do something significant in the closing seconds, I already have the winner of the round decided.

Yes, in fast paced fights like Porter vs Berto fight I was jotting down punches but by the time I'd scored I'd miss some of the action. Thank you.

[iamboxing]

I pick the fighter i want to win, then watch the round looking for a way to score it for him.

[koolkc107]

You use the 4 scoring criteria:
1) Clean punching
2) Effective Aggression
3) Defense
4) Ring Generalship

The emphasis is on clean punching.

I posted the following in a similar thread started a while ago.

It makes scoring easier and more accurate.

Teddy Atlas uses the following method to score an individual round. What he does is divide the 3 minutes into 3 separate segments, awarding each segment to one of the boxers. The fighter who wins 2 segments will usually win the round unless there is a KD by the winner of the one segment, or the one segment winner has a minute more dominant and damaging than the 2 segments by the other fighter. That doesn't mean one or two good punches in one of the minutes win a round for a guy being owned and kept at bay by constant jabs and counters the other 2 minutes and 15 seconds of the round. The work done in the one minute has to be significant enough to make the 2 minutes less relevant.

[Holystroke3]

I pick the fighter i want to win, then watch the round looking for a way to score it for him.

Similarly, I pick who I want to win and put a 10 next to his name. I don't even watch the fight

[danceswithfire]

just score the fight before it happens- CJ ross

[Tony Trick-Pony]

If it's a lackluster round where neither guy does much, as so many rounds tend to be, I usually score for the guy being the aggressor and if that's even, I try to go for who lands the most and if that is even, I score for whoever I like because who cares? No one made a statement.

If one fighter lands a hard shot that clearly rocks his opponent, well, he's getting the round no matter what the opponent does, outside of hurting him as bad and then it can get tricky.

I do score based on who lands more punches usually along with who is the aggressor. Aggressors who get hit a lot lose on my card as well, but when neither lands much, I go with the aggressor because they make an actual fight happen. When it's a chess match, this is how I score. When it's a war, I look for damage inflicted.