Quote Originally Posted by miron_lang View Post
Quote Originally Posted by LobowolfXXX View Post
120-115 with competent judges not for the actual fight, but for your hypothetical fight where Marquez dominates 5 rounds and the other 7 are even. I did read your post well, and I do agree that a lot of judges take the "tie goes to the champion" option, but that's why I specified that if there were competent judges, then in your scenario, Marquez should win comfortably.

But I wasn't suggesting that was how the actual fight should have been scored.
reading all the posts from this board its quite obvious that judges did score it that way. Two fighters fought evenly but some of the judges gave it to the agressor or the champion.

In the eye of the fans the counter puncher won convincingly because his rounds were very clear while the champs were not.


Its not a perfect way of scoring it. but judges can score it that way.

so yeah 120-115 if judges scores it a 10-10 on close rounds but that its not happening and is discouraged. Judges are encouraged to have a winner in each round. and in my hypothetical case the champion usually gets it 115-113.

Talking about two different things, though, in a couple of places. First, what does happen, vs. What should happen. The champ shouldn't get a 7-point edge for fighting 7 even rounds. Do some judges score it that way? Yeah, I agree that they do, but not only is it poor judging, there's no basis for it in the rules.

Secondly, when you say give it to "the aggressor or the champion," that's actually an important distinction; favoring the aggressor in a round is a legitimate element of scoring a fight (and a subjective one, as far as how much weight to accord it). Favoring the champion, though, unlike favoring the aggressor, is not a legitimate element of deciding a ballot. See earlier post for relevant excerpt from Nevada State Athletic Commission rules re:scoring.