How do you judge a fight?

[whollisboxing]

I think it is tough to properly judge a fight. In theory I like the idea of counting punches thrown and landed but in practice that is a flawed system. I think that the compubox guys are probably counting punches that don't land well or even punches that are partially deflected. I think judges also allow the crowd to influence their decision. Fighter A could be winning the exchanges all fight but fighter B could be the crowd favorite and the noise the crowd makes could persuade the judges to score the fight in his favor...I'm not really sure of the best way to judge a fight but I will reference the DLH vs. Trinidad fight. I think most observers agree that DLH won the majority of the rounds 1-9 but he shifted his focus to defense in 10-12. Some people call that running and maybe that is fair but that doesn't mean Trinidad out-boxed him in those last 3 rounds. I would have judged that fight for DLH

It is difficult to judge a fight and that is why I wanted to get different takes on it. For me, I ignore the crowd noise and remain as objective as possible. Like you said, a crowd favorite might throw 5 punches that catch nothing but elbows and forearms while the other guy blocks, lands and clean counter and moves of danger. If I'm judging and I see that, then the crowd favorite lost that exchange