boxing judges

[walrus]

I'm catching up on some old matches this eve as those of us who work weekends are forced to do. We all see some abysmal judging but when I have a day of leisure and watch nine fights or more and see four of those fights with absurd score cards it is really concerning. Boxing aint no joke. These guys are putting their well being on the line. Waiting years for title shots let alone the money being wagered around the world. I refuse to bet on boxing unless I feel confident of a knockout. One fight I watched this evening had me seething. I won't even mention the fighters, I wasn't even that familiar with them but the cards made me nauseous. It's a theme we all see, we boxing fans know what's what but records and belts are what help make these guys the money they deserve and you have a couple idiots sitting on the sidelines handing in a piece of paper that slaps them in the face.

I know we've probably done this thread a zillion times so forgive me but do you think or have you heard of binging some changes to the situation. Bring tech or replays into the scoring process. Tighter control and review over the judges. I don't even know how the process is monitored as it stands. It just really pisses me off. Needed to get it off my chest. Thanks for listening and do you think anything can be done to remedy the situation or will it be status quo and just part of the sport we and the fighters need to accept. At this point I'm willing to elect Steve Farhood as judge for every fight.

[powerpuncher]

I've always said that you get 3 strikes as a judge and then you are out. After every controversial decision you play a role in, you must sit down with whoever was putting on the match and go through each round and say why you scored it the way you did. If it checks out, no strike. If it doesn't, then you get a strike. Either the judging is fixed or they are incompetent. Either way, they need to fix the problem.

[Master]

There is a third option which is they were just innocently wrong with their scoring.

[Britkid]

Generally things have got better.

No longer do you see the blatant cheating; like for example Duke McKenzie in 1986 going to Italy and although winning a majority decision, the drawn card being scored 120/120...

http://boxrec.com/show/26417

[Master]

Italy was a bad and corrupt place. Herol Graham knocked down Kalambay twice and still did not get the decision.

I bet if Nigel Benn or Lloyd Honeyghan had not knocked out the Italians they fought they would not have got the title.

[Britkid]

Italy was a bad and corrupt place. Herol Graham knocked down Kalambay twice and still did not get the decision.

I bet if Nigel Benn or Lloyd Honeyghan had not knocked out the Italians they fought they would not have got the title.

Benn had Cortez to thank for not falling for the tricks of the Italians. If Galvano had somehow kept the title live on prime time terrestrial Saturday night TV, I think the following 'golden' years for the British game would not have happened.

[nuggetdotcom]

I'm catching up on some old matches this eve as those of us who work weekends are forced to do. We all see some abysmal judging but when I have a day of leisure and watch nine fights or more and see four of those fights with absurd score cards it is really concerning. Boxing aint no joke. These guys are putting their well being on the line. Waiting years for title shots let alone the money being wagered around the world. I refuse to bet on boxing unless I feel confident of a knockout. One fight I watched this evening had me seething. I won't even mention the fighters, I wasn't even that familiar with them but the cards made me nauseous. It's a theme we all see, we boxing fans know what's what but records and belts are what help make these guys the money they deserve and you have a couple idiots sitting on the sidelines handing in a piece of paper that slaps them in the face.

I know we've probably done this thread a zillion times so forgive me but do you think or have you heard of binging some changes to the situation. Bring tech or replays into the scoring process. Tighter control and review over the judges. I don't even know how the process is monitored as it stands. It just really pisses me off. Needed to get it off my chest. Thanks for listening and do you think anything can be done to remedy the situation or will it be status quo and just part of the sport we and the fighters need to accept. At this point I'm willing to elect Steve Farhood as judge for every fight.

Theres a blue corner, theres a red corner, theres a home fighter theres an away fighter, theres a sanctioning body who a promoter 'works with'. Normally the home fighter will always win on the undercard, try an accumulator bet on a hearn show! You can make money. The fights that sometimes tip the balance are the top of the bills where cheating by judges gets more publicity, because both fighters are having a go and joe public likes a fair result. Clear
Now?