A fight that "could've gone either way" should be a draw.

[triplohe]

Losses matter. Why put a stain on a fighter's record if the fight was too close to determine a winner?

[TheBigLug]

Losses do matter when it's a robbery yes, that is unjust....but if it's a closely fought fight between good fighters and one fighter gets the nod, there should be no shame in having a loss. It shouldn't be seen as a stain.

It never used to be such a big deal to take a loss if it was against another good fighter, it's sport. It hasn't done plenty of legends any harm to have losses. It's modern boxing fans that need get past the mindset that a loss is the end of the world, it really isn't.

I understand what you're saying though. If we did that though, then we should only have 1 judge that scores it, that would be the only way around it. There would be no point in 3 judges all giving different opinions.

[Robbie Barrett]

How are they supposed to do that? Should judges go back and change rounds?

[TheBigLug]

How are they supposed to do that? Should judges go back and change rounds?

Yeah, it's a ridiculous suggestion when you think of it that way.

Also you can get fights that have a lot of close rounds yet a 10-2 or 9-3 scorecard is not a bad scorecard. On paper it looks bad but it could just be the reality of how the fight pans out, a fighter just shading rounds, not much in it but picking up the rounds.

There's nothing wrong with the scoring format that we have now if the judging is honest.

[boliodogs]

These days any serious boxing fan will watch the fight on line if they didn't see it before. They will decide for themselves who really deserved to win. Horn and his team can insist they deserved to win but the proof that Horn should have lost is forever on film.