Split Decisions

[killersheep]

Why do we even have them? If the Judges are hung, The fight should be classified as a "Draw" and there should be an automatic rematch rather than a "W".

......... or give them another 3 rounds and see if the split decision will change.

That's dangerous after the fighters have cooled down and are exhausted.

Can't they come out with the decision in less than 3 minutes since it's just a matter of adding the scores? And boxers a few generations ago had been going for 15 rounds. There was even a time when they duke it out for more than 20 rounds.

It's not just a matter of waiting for a decision, boxers tend to remove their gloves, so they would have to re-wrap as well. in the old days of 100 plus rounds it was a much different game, it's not a matter of just lasting now. Plus there is the issue of swelling, which will be worse after the fighter cools down. Not to mention you have to get all the entourages, officials, cameramen, promoters, stools and everything out of the ring.

[InTheNeutralCorner]

Why do we even have them? If the Judges are hung, The fight should be classified as a "Draw" and there should be an automatic rematch rather than a "W".

......... or give them another 3 rounds and see if the split decision will change.

That's dangerous after the fighters have cooled down and are exhausted.

Can't they come out with the decision in less than 3 minutes since it's just a matter of adding the scores? And boxers a few generations ago had been going for 15 rounds. There was even a time when they duke it out for more than 20 rounds.

It's not just a matter of waiting for a decision, boxers tend to remove their gloves, so they would have to re-wrap as well. in the old days of 100 plus rounds it was a much different game, it's not a matter of just lasting now. Plus there is the issue of swelling, which will be worse after the fighter cools down. Not to mention you have to get all the entourages, officials, cameramen, promoters, stools and everything out of the ring.

I mean there could be a rule that the boxers are not to remove their gloves immediately after the 12th round nor does anybody get into the ring until they have verified that the judges decision is not split. This I think can be done in less than 3 minutes if the judges already total their score every round and it will just need to be verified after the 12th.