10-8 rounds scores need to stop

[Lomadeaux]

How long you been watching boxing? You do know that sometime when there IS a knockdown, a judge won't give that extra point?

If a fighter completely dominates his guy for a large portion of the round, has him hurt but doesn't score the knockdown, he can be entitled to that extra point.

[Madison Boxing]

dont agree with OP at all, if anything they should be used more. if someone knocks someone around from pillar to post all round, then that deserves to be rewarded more highly than someone who edges a round by landing a couple more jabs.

[Mister Wolf]

Agreed. People usually talk that 10-8 **** when its a fighter they have bias towards having the good round. Kellerman tries to do it all the time.

[buge]

I agree that it needs to be used MORE not less. UFC has changed towards this, boxing needs to do so also.

[Skip Bayless]

How long you been watching boxing? You do know that sometime when there IS a knockdown, a judge won't give that extra point?

If a fighter completely dominates his guy for a large portion of the round, has him hurt but doesn't score the knockdown, he can be entitled to that extra point.

yh i know that, but that is also bs. if he dominates the round and doesnt drop him than no extra point, what would the incentive for staying on ur feet be? might as well go down and run 10 seconds of the clock

[asgarth]

So when one guy wins the first 6 rounds barely with staying outside and potshotting and gets hurt in the 7th and gets punished until the final bell without going down.
According to your logic it should be ruled a draw?

[_Maxi]

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.

No. I believe 10-9 should be used for close rounds and 10-8 for clear rounds. This way we would get better decisions.

[Code Red]

One thing is for sure, there is no way round 9 Pac-Horn should of been scored 10-8 like Atlas and Stephen A. kept ranting about.

[HAMMER77777]

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.

No way. You are wrong. Judges should have the flexibility to call a round as they see it. There can be 10-8 without a KD, just as there can be 10-9 WITH a KD, if the guy that was knocked down Wins the rest of the round.

I also often score 10-10, if I can't determine a Winner of a round. All these scores are legal. Judges should have the discretion to score it as they see it, instead of being locked into an arbitrary system that isn't even in the rule books. I'd like to see more 10-10 rounds. Not every round, of course, but I see nothing wrong with 2-3 even rounds in A Fight. That's how I score.

[HAMMER77777]

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

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.

This^. If I see a round where 1 dude lands 19 punches and the other lands 20, I'm making it 10-10. You're not getting a point from me for a round that close. Usually, in A 12 rounder, I have 2 or 3 such rounds. I think I had 2 Last Night.