Can you score a round with a knockdown 10-9? 10-10? What is the deal?

[Lomadeaux]

you can also see 9-9 if the guy who drops his opponent has a point taken away.


in cases where both fighters go down the judges usually award a 10-9 round to the guy who they believe won the balance of the round. again, the winner "MUST" be awarded 10 points, and can only lose them if he fouls.

In the case of a fighter winning around and also being knocked down, the score would be 9-9.

The second part is true. The knockdowns ultimately cancel each other out.

[Lomadeaux]

... that's it... (10 point must system = the winner of the round MUST be awarded 10 points)... because the fighter (who was floored) will automatically lose the round...

You guys must be new to boxing and have never seen a fighter completely dominate the round, and technically get knocked during that same round.

[Lomadeaux]

You can't score it 10-10 but if the fighter who was knocked down won the rd. , then you can score it 9-9.

That's how it's done.

[Lomadeaux]

I always view a KD as an automatic 1 point deduction. So if the guy who was knocked down goes on and wins the round I score it 9-9, if he loses the round I score it 10-8. If he’s knocked down twice 10-7 and so on.

Another who understands it well.

[Lomadeaux]

What I would like to know is, if a round is completely and utterly dominated by one guy but he gets dropped by a shot near the end of a round would it still be 10-8? I mean we all know you can fight back and turn a round back on its head after being knocked-down if you're dominant, but surely its unfair to ignore all the action that proceeded before that knock-down.

Please see previous posts.

The round would be scored 9-9.

[Lomadeaux]

Jacobs Mora was 10-10 with 2 knockdowns in same round

Both knocked eachother down right?

[Lomadeaux]

If it's a ten point must system and there was a KD, the best the fighter being knocked down can do is a 10-9 round which to me is not really all that fair.

That said, most of the time when a fighter is legitimately knocked down, they rarely did enough before or come back to win the round.

He did get 10 points.. He won the round. But he was also knocked down. So he lost a point.

Same thing happens when a point is deducted by the ref and they still win a round.

[Eff Pandas]

Theoretically a judge can do w/e. But most commissions in the US seem to frown upon 10-10 round in general. And they also appear to not like to see too many 10-9 rounds when a KD had happened.

Randomly that makes me recall of some country that maybe still does, but for sure used to be very 10-10 friendly in their scoring. Seems like it was some South American country. And you'd see a high amount of fighters from that country with a high amount of draws on their record (like 5+ & there were a several guys with double digit draws on their record) cuz the judges from that country just gave a high number of even rounds when scoring a fight which had draws being a much more likely outcome.

[New England]

In the case of a fighter winning around and also being knocked down, the score would be 9-9.

The second part is true. The knockdowns ultimately cancel each other out.

this is wrong! the system is literally called the 10 point must system. if a fighter knocks another fighter down the round is scored 10-8. if a fighter knocks another fighter down but badly loses the round you score it 10-9. the only way a fighter wins a round and gets less than 10 points is if there is a foul.

http://boxrec.com/media/index.php/Ten-point_must_system

[DuckAdonis]

Nah that mofo just made a mistake and was trying to save face lol