Scroing Even Rounds... Whats the big deal?

Only reason I don't like to use it is becuase makes you more comlacent as a judge, and I think thats why they don't want judges using 10-10 rounds very often because no round should be prefectly equal, and it would have made Clottey-Cotto like 116-117 for me.

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Originally Posted by Andre

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Originally Posted by killersheep

10-10 assumes that there is nothing to differentiate the two fighters. In my experience there is almost always something to seperate the two. If you are judging you are there to make that distinction. 10-10 rounds should be incredibly rare. I think like Barrera-Morales I 5th round, on replay it's easier for people to see something that would make them support the volume punches of Morales or impact punches of Barrera but during the heat of the moment without instant replay it would look very even. I personally try to avoid even rounds as much as possible.

I think the worst examples of 10-10 rounds were one that Teddy Atlas did and that commentater had on TSN last week. Where one fighter is winning a round and the other guy scores a knockdown so somehow that becomes a 10-10 round, I absolutely don't get that.

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It shows you what a tough job scoring is too.
Cause there is the other side to that same coin if you feel you are forced into picking a 10/9 every time.
Where we get some judges with ridiculous scores because they have seen a fight differently to the other judges on maybe ring control or something else they personally prefer to see.

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I have no problem with people giving credit for different elements than me that's why there are 3 judges.