Quote Originally Posted by J_C View Post
Just to play devils advocate here (cos honestly I do see merit in your argument).

But you could say it is harsh to judge against the fighter who had the courage and strength NOT to go down. Using the 2nd round with Bradley last night as an example, he didnt get knocked down but it can still go down as a 10-8? Why not just take a knee and buy some extra breathing space if its scored the same whether he does go down or not? Or would taking a knee and getting battered also be a 10-7? It kinda opens a new can of worms in some regard
It's not really a new can of worms, because judges have not only the ability, but the responsibility to distinguish between what is a 10-9 and 10-8 round, regardless of whether or not there was a knockdown. That's one thing that a lot of boxing fans seem to be unaware of or just don't understand: you don't need to score a knockdown to win a 10-8 round.

As far as your argument, I can see what you're getting at but the fact is boxing DOES NOT score points for courage or toughness. Those are great traits to have, but the philosophy of boxing, the sweet science, is to hit and not get hit. So if you have the courage and toughness to survive a brutal onslaught, great, that gives you the ability to fight on and try to turn the fight around (just like Bradley did). But under no circumstances should a guy be REWARDED for taking a beating.

The point of the 10-point must system was to quantify how dominant a guy was in a certain round, and if the Siberian guy is getting the same score for what he did to Bradley in round 2 as Floyd Mayweather would for winning a round with a few pawing jabs, there's something seriously wrong with the system.