Every state has their own rules. It varies.



But, I think scoring a fight and judging a fight are what people get confused. There's no official way to score. So people JUDGE what they think is better when awarding the 10-9 score. Since everyone's judgement is different you have the variety in scoring.

It's a beauty contest and you can't really change that. It's not just homecooking or robberies all the time. The judges will score it based upon what they like.