Is open scoring a good or bad thing for boxing?

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Double edged sword imo

[Punisher136]

Mostly its to monitor fights to make sure theres no shady ass decisions but it could change how someone would fight if they knew they were behind on points. But hey, Everyone in hockey, football, soccer, baseball, and basketball know who's winning by how much b4 the end of the game so why not boxing?

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It certainly won't stop dodgy decisions!
How can it?
I think it could make for more entertaining latter rounds if say a fighter is well down on points and is fully aware of just how far behind he is.... (as opposed to just knowing he is behind.)
Surely fighters in that position are gonna go for it much more from say 8 rounds onwards!!

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I thnk they need to keep doing it for some time before they decide. The taylor match as of yet proved nothing, so it will be interesting to see what happens now in future fights.

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Actually this could give the fighter who is way ahead after 8 round the knowledge to just run away for 4 rounds too

[Punisher136]

There's no easy solution

[amat]

I hate it. At least I think I do? Maybe going into the last round it would be good but I'm not that receptive to change. One of the most suspenseful moments in all of boxing is that final scorecard being announced after a close fight. I mean, the scorecards being revealed was one of the most exciting parts of the fight.

I don't know, I hate the new NBA ball and I hate this Open Scoring thing. That's just me.

[Punisher136]

I hate it. At least I think I do? Maybe going into the last round it would be good but I'm not that receptive to change. One of the most suspenseful moments in all of boxing is that final scorecard being announced after a close fight. I mean, the scorecards being revealed was one of the most exciting parts of the fight.

I don't know, I hate the new NBA ball and I hate this Open Scoring thing. That's just me.

Sometimes it turns from the most suspensful moment into a flood of boos when someone clearly gets robbed. I dunno maybe its bound to happen regardless from human error or being paid off.

[gyrokai]

It certainly won't stop dodgy decisions!
How can it?
I think it could make for more entertaining latter rounds if say a fighter is well down on points and is fully aware of just how far behind he is.... (as opposed to just knowing he is behind.)
Surely fighters in that position are gonna go for it much more from say 8 rounds onwards!!

No you got it backwards. Fighters who know they are ahead, don't take risks
and run/hold their way to a victory.

[amat]

I hate it. At least I think I do? Maybe going into the last round it would be good but I'm not that receptive to change. One of the most suspenseful moments in all of boxing is that final scorecard being announced after a close fight. I mean, the scorecards being revealed was one of the most exciting parts of the fight.

I don't know, I hate the new NBA ball and I hate this Open Scoring thing. That's just me.

Sometimes it turns from the most suspensful moment into a flood of boos when someone clearly gets robbed. I dunno maybe its bound to happen regardless from human error or being paid off.

How does open scoring change that though?

[amat]

I know in the 80's the scorecards would get released to the media a lot but I'm not sure that the fighters ever knew.

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It is a double edged sword!
they say it will stop corruption but i can't see how

[gyrokai]

It is a double edged sword!
they say it will stop corruption but i can't see how

Exactly... which means it's a one edged sword afterall.

[Punisher136]

I dunno it might it help it might not. Could it be worse? is the question i ask.

[gyrokai]

I dunno it might it help it might not. Could it be worse? is the question i ask.

YES! The crowd can "BOOOOO!" and harass their way when the hometown kid doesn't get the round "they think he should've desereved" in every round. Judges can back down from those calls. Judges are already influenced by hometown crowds, this will make it worse, because the hometown crowd KNOWS the scores in advance and can influence the next rounds.