Re: 10-9 round with a knockdown?

Originally Posted by
erics44

Originally Posted by
Vendettos
100% the judges should be allowed to overrule refs!
Watch Martin J Wards fight from Saturday there, he ended up with a draw BUT he was dropped by a headbutt for 10-8 and he CLEARLY slipped on the adverts around the edge of the ring for 10-8 also.
So he would have won the fight if the judges had seen the headbutt/slip and overruled the ref.
yeah but what if the judge overruled a knockdown because of a headbut that he saw and scored it 10-9 the other way but it turned out the headbutt he thought he saw was actually a punch and the fight has swung 3 points in the other fellas favour?
Then that judge should be given 10 seconds to run an shot after 3.
Unfortunately that would be unfair but you'd hope that an overrule would be based on something you clearly saw.
I mean if the ref standing 3 feet away couldn't see Ward being headbutted I'm not entirely sure how the judges would see it.
Boxing is a sport with so many issues and this is just another piece of the puzzle.
You say tomato,
‘n I say …… it correctly.
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