10-8 rounds scores need to stop

[Skip Bayless]

it baffles me why people score a round 10-8 despite there being no knockdown, i don't care how dominant someone is i will always give the other guy credit for staying on his feet. if u cant floor him then its not 10-8, simple.

this **** needs to be scrapped.

[Tom Cruise]

Nah a super dominant beatdown round should be worth more than a round edged to either fighter.

[muslimer12]

Naw it makes a lot of sense. Better to give a 10-8 round in that situation then if someone got a flash knockdown but wasn't hurt at all.

[All in]

Nah a super dominant beatdown round should be worth more than a round edged to either fighter.

Agree. And 10-10 rounds need to be used much more.

[-PBP-]

I agree. If you can get 10-8 with no knockdown what's the incentive to fight back and stay on your feet?

Just take a knee and recover

[TonyGe]

it baffles me why people score a round 10-8 despite there being no knockdown, i don't care how dominant someone is i will always give the other guy credit for staying on his feet. if u cant floor him then its not 10-8, simple.

this **** needs to be scrapped.

10-8 rounds are a good idea. 10-9 scoring doesn't always give a true picture of some of the rounds. The 10-8 scoring isn't used enough.

[devildg]

wrong. The 10-8 round would actually help stop bad decisions from happening.

[Robbie Barrett]

I can't remember an official judge scoring a round 10-8 without a knockdown.

[stiff_back]

Agree with OP, it's used too subjectively by fans. It's less subjective to determine who won the round than how much they won by imo.

[Vlad_]

Imo the whole boxing scoring system needs to change.

Scenario A.
Having a very close round (i.e 19 vs 20 punches landed) and the judges swing it to one guy = 10-9

Scenario B.
Having a round where one guy totally beats the other guy down (i.e 5 vs 35 punches landed) but doesn't drop him = 10-9

That is just totally messed up. They have to start looking at the whole fight in general. Because by current rules the guy who had 7 rounds of scenario A gets 115 pts whereas the guy who gets 5 rounds of scenario B gets 113 points so it's 115-113 but totally not winning the fight.